Gone shopping at the Ace hardware a few memorable times when something critical broke unexpectedly and I know exactly where Morgan is and can't help but take note of it as that's my family's name

Chickens, at least mine, are way to destructive for the garden. Guineas don't tend to scratch like chickens.

I picked up my Roma tomatoes and California Bell Peppers Friday; probably will plant them tomorrow. I really need to get some mulch for the garden this week...I'll probably get wheat straw or something.

Anyone got a few dozen extra fish heads laying around? I need to put them in the ground before I plant my corn.

"I used rubber snakes in the garden to repel the birds , it worked"

Really? I'll try anything.

The strawberries have blooms all over them and blackberries are coming up nicely.

We spent all w.e. planting seeds(squash, cucumbers, okra, corn) and 20 diff. tomato plants and over 20 diff pepper plants.

We also cut the power line going from the garage to the house and buried it, which has been on the list for years!

Sore and tired.....back to work.

nice yard!

you can pee on the fire ants and they will move out. Also you can pour boiling water over them.

Got some tomatoes, peppers and herbs in today. Gonna try some Thai peppers this year....

Yesterday I got some pepper plants. Hot jalepeno and California Wonder Bell. Last year when i transplanted my peppers I put em in with the root ball even with the soil but this year I read somewhere to plant them deep like a 'mater and it'll grow more roots from the stem. I could see a couple plants in the nursery starting to develop these roots so I'm thinking it would be beneficial. Advice on how deep to plant my peppers would be great. Thanks

I plant mine where the first set of leaves are level with the ground...It makes them a bit more sturdy...

I need to go buy some more tomato cages this year...I haven't had to buy cages in over 10 years...

Thanks LSS. I'm planning to trellis my maters and peppers this year. Last year my hot banana and maters didnt' do well with the stake up method.

oh, and on a side note, my sugar snap peas are about 4" tall and are sending out the little climbing vine things? reaching for the trellis. These peas are by far outgrowing everything else.

Also, the texas sweet onions are still looking bad. I think a couple of em are done for. On the other hand, I planted some bunching onions from seed and they are reaching for the sun. They are almost 3 inches tall....

That brings me to another question. Bunching onions. Do you just plant one seed and they send up several shoots or do you plant multiple seeds per hole and they don't mind the company?

I don't know about the bunching onions...I just buy onion sets and plant the individual onions in the ground...

Glad to read about the peas, the shoots are there for them to latch onto something to support them...They generally grow straight up and need something to latch onto to support the weight of the plant. I take 4 tomato cages, place them along the row of peas, string lines over them on every rung and let them hang on to those...

I have found tomato cages are perfect for the majority of pepper plants too...That's the main reason why I have to buy more...

The peas will soon find the trellis.. I have a 6' tall metal trellis with extra twine strung from to to bottom so they can climb at will.

The onions are called evergreen bunching onions and from what I can tell, you are meant to cut the green just below the surface for salads and such and they somehow spread underground and keep producing year after year. We'll see how that goes. So I guess I answered my own question!

Also, if anyone has ever grown hops in the DFW area any input is appreciated. Got some rhizomes last weekend that I plan to plant very soon.

I thought about growing them. I think Mother Earth News had an article about it some months ago. I'll see if I can find it.

Does anyone know where to buy (or even what it is) the black plastic sheeting "mulch" that goes beneath tomato and pepper plants?

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