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    Exasperated with Seedling Progress

    I also like a small fan going over my seedlings if inside. This keeps the air moving and the plants bouncing around which helps prevent leggyness. You can aalso brush your hand gently over them a fee times a day to simulate this.
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    search for fruit tree idea

    Next to none. This will be in the center of an elliptical garden about 8 feet by 5 feet in the front (north west) corner of the property. This is in the front yard 8 feet off the sidewalk, 10 feet off the alley, 15 feet off the house. The garden is filled with a mix of daisies, purple cone...
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    Treehouse project?

    Have you built decks before? Know anyone who has? I don't know the rules for deck footings but I know you want the concrete to extend below the frost line to prevent heaving and slanting of the posts. Your best bet may be to spend the $30 and rent a gas powered post hole auger for a few hours...
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    Treehouse project?

    That looks like a bit of a narley tree for a good tree house but it can be worked with. What if you were to sink four 4x4 posts around the tree and build a platform deck with the tree in the center of it. Design work and building will be a lot easier and the tree will be damaged a lot less.
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    search for fruit tree idea

    I ruled out cherries because I grew up in the self-proclaimed cherry capital of the world and even worked a few summers harvesting cherries. I'm done with those for several more years. What would be a good planting time of year. I could plant now but we're quickly going to start heating up...
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    search for fruit tree idea

    I have a peach tree in my back yard. I got it as a 6 inch volunteer seedling from a coworker and it is starting it's fourth season in my yard. Now it is about 9 feet tall and nicely branched out and has about 30 fruit on it. Peach is my fall back. Apple is possible if I get one that...
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    Self-Watering or Sub-Irrigated Container from two 5 gallon buckets

    Last year I had 25 buckets and 4 18-gallon totes. This year I have 9 totes and about 10 buckets.
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    Self-Watering or Sub-Irrigated Container from two 5 gallon buckets

    This is a planter container which is based on the Earthbox or EarthTainer idea where a reservoir of water is under the planter and being wicked up to the growing medium. The water is then refilled through a fill tube and overfilling is prevented with a weep hole. These work really well for...
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    search for fruit tree idea

    I was thinking about a multi-grafted tree but have not looked into it too much yet. Where was the recent thread about grafting things together? Its topic ranged from multi trees to potato/tomato mixes. I was looking at a nursery website with plum mixes on peach rootstock for $20 to $30...
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    search for fruit tree idea

    I have space for one more tree in my yard. Well I am removing a ginkgo that is a mess. I want an edible fruit or nut tree. The problem is I only have room for one tree not two for pollination requirements. This is in what USDA now considers 5A but I have witnessed -25 F in four of the last...
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    yard clean up with mulch

    The newsprint and cardboard are sheet mulches. They will help smother the weeds and grasss under the loose mulch. But unlike the terrible weed block fabrics they will compost down and you can plant through them. Four or five sheets are worth about another inch of mulch. Well that and there's...
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    Why aren't my grapes growing?

    No buds? Is there a customer service number you can call? What area are you in? Well by this point in the year most everything in the ground should be going, at least in the US. I have bought two of the cheap boxed grape vines from bigbox stores. The first never even started growing. The...
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    Help me Id this plant

    Worst case is you toss it in the compost pile. Mustard is a great "mineral miner" in the garden and will pull in a lot of minerals that will then go into your compost. In fact several places are working with types of mustard as a soil remediation method when there is heavy metal contamination in...
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    Help me Id this plant

    I use turkey bacon, my wife does not eat pork
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    Help me Id this plant

    I think mustard on this one. Look at the shiny green of one leaf the kale I am used to looks duller. Either way look up a southern greens recipe. Sautee some chopped bacon with chopped onions toss in the chopped greens and add water I typically add chicken base to this too Bring to a...
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    yard clean up with mulch

    I have two areas that pose problems for lawn and this weekend I did something about it. One area I have placed raised beds such that I can't get a lawn mower in there and the other is shaded all but 2 hours of the late afternoon. Oh and did I mention I HATE lawns? Friday a local tree service...
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    calcium amendment

    Any thoughts on using crushed drywall as a calcium amendment in the garden. I know farmers use it. My thought is powder it with a knife or rasp as dust the surface before I put down mulch. I think of this as I have a bunch of cut scraps after hanging board in my kitchen.
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    Back to Eden film and Mulching

    I am watching the Back to Eden documentary film right now and seeing this guy's (Paul Gautschi) extensive use of mulch in veg gardens. The film is hosted on vimeo for free. Has anyone else watched this film or know about this process? Has anyone else used a process like this for several...
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    Interspecies Grafting?

    I have seen of tomato/potato grafts for sale. I have also heard that they tend to be weak producers of both tubers and fruit relative to the non-grafted versions. With this I have heard that potato growers will graft potato uppers onto tomato root stocks to get a better yield of true potato seed...
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    Back with community garden questions

    We've received a $2400 grant for this. Word is the local park district will dump wood chip mulch for community projects like this for free - this is what is planned for the path between raised beds. The lot is nominally 122 x 50 measured from the sidewalk edge to the alley, but there is a drop...


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