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What is the Difference Between a Fruit and a Vegetable?

13 replies 2 3 10

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Rhubarb: to seed or not to seed

33 replies 10 8

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Nitrogen fixing corn discovery

23 replies 6 20

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Yellowing leaves at bottom of tomato plant

9 replies

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This plant is taking over...

22 replies 2 5

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How long until nitrogen fixers fix nitrogen?

37 replies 7

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Magnesium - alternatives to Epsom salts

14 replies 3 3

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starting a jerusalem artichoke patch

37 replies 4 3

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fire danger and fire resistant plants around house

21 replies 1 4 11

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Specific varieties of zucchini for resistance to mildew & squash bugs? (plus adventures with tatume)

20 replies 11 11

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tomato experiment: transplant vs. direct seed

78 replies [ 1, 2 ] 6 1

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Permaculture solutions for Scotch Broom

58 replies [ 1, 2 ] 3 9 5

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Plants which generate large volumes of green matter for compost?

22 replies 2 16

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Opuntia prickly pear nopales "paddle cactus" tunas: my quest for fruits to control blood pressure

44 replies [ 1, 2 ] 33 11

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Growing Cucumbers Naturally

40 replies [ 1, 2 ] 23 17

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Why would native Americans have planted and dried summer squash as opposed to winter squash?

25 replies 11 17

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Best plants to plant and forget? Perennials or self seeders.

31 replies 13

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Homemade Lactobacillus Serum

26 replies 8

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What to do with harvested lavender?

14 replies 2 1 9

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Black Locust Uses

42 replies [ 1, 2 ] 2 1 2

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What do you do with surplus_________________ (fill the blank)?

22 replies 2 16

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electroculture gardening

40 replies [ 1, 2 ] 5 11 9

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Bush Cabbage

45 replies [ 1, 2 ] 2 13 2

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Unusual Plants We Should All Be Eating?

42 replies [ 1, 2 ] 10 3

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What are you planting in your zombie apocalypse-herb garden

32 replies 6 15

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Xenia Effect in corn?

30 replies 81 18

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Echinacea success!

14 replies 4 9

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The uselessness of my garden huckleberries (Solanum melanocerasum)

27 replies 3 6

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What plant could I grow in my yard to use as dental floss?

40 replies [ 1, 2 ] 2 8

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Has anyone propagated lamb's quarter in any way-seed, etc.?

22 replies 13 10

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Shade Tolerant Edibles

60 replies [ 1, 2 ] 2 3

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Invasive species on purpose

21 replies 1 15

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Success planting caper seeds: plant for a super arid climate

35 replies 18 20

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Bamboo -- some fantastic structures and a link about the downsides of building with it

49 replies [ 1, 2 ] 5 11 3

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Perennial sources of starch and protein

29 replies 4

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Poor Soil Plants - What can you get to grow?

24 replies 2 6

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Is comfrey supposed to look this happy?

12 replies 2 1

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What is this—its taking over my tall grass area.

25 replies 12 5

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Cold Climate Bamboo!

21 replies 3 13

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I can grow onions, what else?

34 replies 1 3

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Mints and other mints

20 replies 1 6

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Help me ID two, maybe four types of comfrey?

12 replies 15 10

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How to create my own fertilizer for corn?

33 replies 1 11

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Tomatoes - Stake or let them do their thing?

27 replies 3

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the weeds we love

35 replies 4 8

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Vegetables You Can Eat and Replant

70 replies [ 1, 2 ] 5

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Permaculture Pumpkin Patch Ideas

19 replies 7 15

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Best Veggies for a Continuous Harvest

35 replies 6 6

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List of Nitrogen Fixing Plants?

11 replies

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Nitrogen Fixing Plants

23 replies 1 2

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All about orach - a fantastic vegetable for your garden

37 replies 9 8

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Another reason to grow tomatillos: long storage, easy keepers

26 replies 3 3

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Vitamins for Plants

29 replies 10

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ANY uses for common thistle/hemlock?

11 replies 1 8

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My stinging nettle doesn't sting!

23 replies 5 5

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Transplanting nettles

8 replies 2

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how to take rosemary cuttings that don't die?

31 replies 3 18

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Growing kudzu

79 replies [ 1, 2 ] 3

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comfrey

40 replies [ 1, 2 ] 10 12

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Squash Selection to Avoid Common Issues

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