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gardening for beginners

Three Sisters Garden year 3, 2025

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How could a Permie deal with Voles?

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What's your favorite "alternate" product of a garden plant?

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gardening for beginners

Growing Food on a Budget

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gardening for beginners

What advice to take? Not?

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gardening for beginners

Can you eat immature pumpkins?

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gardening for beginners

What in the world is this? - lamb's quarters

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gardening for beginners

Need squash ID, maybe Flat White Boer?

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What can take care of itself and thrive regardless of surrounding "weeds"?

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gardening for beginners

Need an ID, greens with red stem

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What to plant . . . IN JULY!!!???

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gardening for beginners

Unexpected seeds

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late planting of rhubarb?

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Straw Bale Garden - Tips?

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Watering with tap water

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gardening for beginners

How did you guys do with this late frost/freeze?

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Winter gardening, AKA winter harvesting

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Tomato problem

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planting peas

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gardening for beginners

Raised Bed Garden

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Do you need to be an expert?

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gardening for beginners

How much to till?

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gardening for beginners

How do I find value in a non-native and seemingly pointless ornamental plant?

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gardening for beginners

How did plants evolve?

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gardening for beginners

starter seeds pack for non gardeners?

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gardening for beginners

A shoutout to bush and pole bean mavens

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gardening for beginners

How much does gardening cost?

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gardening for beginners

Thinking about complete re-doing my gardens--Ideas?

10 replies 1 3

gardening for beginners

Heavy Clay Soil Amelioration

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gardening for beginners

Peanuts - advice wanted

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gardening for beginners

garden infested with squash bugs....

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gardening for beginners

Help me plan a garden that thrives on neglect

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Weevil life cycle and corn seed long-term storage questions

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gardening for beginners

Late corn planting for a last minute harvest?

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gardening for beginners

Fertilizing the garden on a budget

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gardening for beginners

Help with my peas please

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Hydroponic tomatoes

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Cardboard and mulch

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Can I plant now?

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gardening for beginners

Cold Stratification for the Total Novice

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Will it hurt my plants to be near my central air outdoor unit?

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Mulberries in my Orchard

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gardening for beginners

Ants <Sneaky wee bug-er’s> the stealth pollinators

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gardening for beginners

Water is the hardest element for a gardener to get right

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gardening for beginners

guerilla gardens 2025

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The effect of leaf shape and posture on water direction

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gardening for beginners

Tips/Tricks for transplanting trees and bushes

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gardening for beginners

garden expectations and projects for 2025

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gardening for beginners

Toona Ciliata Germination Seedling

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gardening for beginners

cabbage seedlings are always leggy

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Thief in the garden

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Hot manure on dormant plants?

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gardening for beginners

Permies Poll: Where do you source water for your garden?

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Potting on...root development

2 replies 1

gardening for beginners

More Soil Amendment Questions

6 replies

gardening for beginners

Corn needs food?

5 replies 1 1

gardening for beginners

Cumbers are wilting

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gardening for beginners

What in the shrimpy elephant garlic?!

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Any tips for harvesting Jerusalem Artichokes?

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