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I need help. I have never done plants from seed indoors until now. My squash all look great. Cucumbers great...tomatoes look SO tiny tiny tiny even after the seeds sprouted weeks ago. Seriously they are like 2 inches tall, single stem with 2 leaves each. I have been setting them outside on...

I had mine under lights indoors for about 6 weeks. I started moving them outside in the daytime to harden them off a few days ago (plus 2 of the squash varieties looked a little yellowish and I thought the sun would help.... and forgot the trays outside overnight. Most everything looked pretty...

The evil gophers dont get in the pool...it has nice edging, concrete all around...perfect! The only bummer is the drip has a garden hose that runs across the concrete. I have to disconnect it when the little ones want to ride bikes etc

Here is my very pretty but not very productive garden...I just took this at noon. When we bought the house we jackhammered holes in the pool, filled it with dirt (it was trashed) and that is now my pumpkin and melon patch..which is in the back of the house.

So here is the crazy thing. Ive been here in the hills since last July. Transplant from the city. I was a Fresno County Ag Ambassador to the school district setting up community gardens in lower income schools. I was a rockin' gardener. And now I find myself such a rookie with a whole host...

Well at least my chickens are good! WAH!

Im in the foothills above Clovis CA. My plant date was Mothers Day (so advised by everyone on this mountain) but there was more rain than in 40 years, cold until nearly June then all the sudden 110. Now it is averaging 100 daily and last night down to 60. My cucumbers are several feet from my...

Out of 4 tomato plant 3 set fruit (not much either), out of 4 egg plants only ONE set fruit. Grasshoppers have wiped out nearly all my beans so Im trying again, cucumbers are bitter no matter what size they are. Squash are all fine. My pumpkin and melon plants are pretty slow and just now...

I was in Tractor Supply 2 days ago to get fly traps and saw like a gallon jug of that stuff - Neem oil- and my husband has some in the tac room. How do you use it? Mix with water and spray? What is the mixture ratio? Do I coat entire plant including fruit?

What awesome photos!

Ok here is my garden today-it looks sad cause of grasshopper problems. I still dont know how to put photos on my page. Hm..

I do NOT trust the chickens. I have just started letting them free range for a few hours before dark ( I have to lock up the dogs) and they trashed my petunias...my garden is ony 20 yards from the coop so I kinda hang out but the garden and shoo them back the other way if they get any big...

S*I*G*H I had a feeling ....they are even getting in the house. My sprouting beans barely get leaves poked out before they become grasshopper dinner. I am trying so hard to feed the family with a big garden rather than just a fun hobby and Im feeling discouraged. This is also the first...

Anyone ever had a bad grasshopper issue? They are destroying my garden. Im paying my kids 10 cents for each one they kill...then I feed them to the chickens. Fly swatters is about all I have at this point. Anyone?

I used them. I have two 8 x 16 foot beds. My ground is tons of decomposed granite and I have a major gopher problem. I got all the ties for $5 each. (about 60% less than retail) They are very old and very dry. I lined the bottom of the bed with welded wire to keep gophers out and the...

Chicken Pot Pie...very informative since hubby and I are going back and forth about goats or sheep. I vote goats. Nice story about your "kid" too!

Thats IS awesome! I wish they werent so hideous. I have them in all the fixtures that I cant see the bulb in. I know the incandescents are going to be gone soon and I have to get over it. I just hate how those look sticking out of the end of a nice fixture. Cry baby me.

Thanks! I use all butter now (as seldom as I bake) but I am trying to change the way I cook a bit.

Ok I have to ask...the coconut oil I see and also the grapeseed oil...do they add any flavor to the dish? They sound wonderful!

Howdy from CA!