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plants

species, plant ID

Best ever

What staple crops are you growing?

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plants

Reforestation - Growing trees in arid, barren lands - by Seeds and Clay cubes (no watering)

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plants

Amazing Amaranth

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plants

Giant Kale

133 replies 24 27

plants

Maxima, Moschata, Pepo

74 replies 37 9

plants

grow tomatoes without irrigation or fertilizer

109 replies 3 4 1

plants

Sepp Holzer's perennial grain

3 34 39

plants

the dark side of native plant enthusiasm

142 replies 8 36

plants

Direct Seeding Tomatoes in ~100 Frost Free Days without season extension

128 replies 131 31

Plants that are money in the bank, food in the ground(/container)

106 replies 1 62

plants

Great big thread of Harvest photos!

48 replies 74 16

What do you know about sorghum?

72 replies 1 11 21

Landrace Squash photos and discussion

80 replies 104 31

Over wintering chickpeas?

23 replies 3

plants

Are you growing a new vegetable this year?

92 replies 1 55

My Chayote Squash Journey

59 replies 35 39

plants

Perennial Greens You've Grown

142 replies 15 38

plants

Own or Breed Unique Varieties/Cultivars?

52 replies 22 23

Growing Lentils

49 replies 14 3

What new plant will you try in 2025?

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Best this year

neighborhood bamboo patch

24 replies 9 17

plants

How long does it take for Rhubarb to establish?

20 replies 1 11

plants

what are you planting or allowing to grow that future owners might consider invasives?

22 replies 2 17

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

31 replies 13

plants

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

22 replies 2 16

Is comfrey supposed to look this happy?

9 replies 2 1

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

25 replies 12 5

plants

Help me ID two, maybe four types of comfrey?

12 replies 15 10

My stinging nettle doesn't sting!

23 replies 5 5

plants

is this hollyhock?

23 replies 8 2

Is this nettle?

25 replies 11 5

Fatalistic Fennel?

16 replies 4 15

plants

Poor Soil Plants - What can you get to grow?

21 replies 1 3

Perennial plant identification please

10 replies 2 1

Does anybody know what this is?

17 replies 1 1

Will Bermuda grass spout through landscape fabric?

26 replies 6 4

Whatsit? Geum canadense

9 replies 6 5

Safe disposal of ricin, Ricinus Communis, seeds

9 replies 5

plants

Is there a way to increase vitamins and minerals in produce?

15 replies 2 4

Butternut Squash Stem-End Rot

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books

The Resilient Gardener by Carol Deppe

22 hours ago 4 4 10

Seeking help in curing sick crops in my gardens.

1 day ago 11 replies 2

medicinal herbs

Desperate for allergy relief!

1 day ago 109 replies [ 1, 2, 3 ] 2 23

Prairie Turnip Pideomelum Esculentum

2 days ago 1 reply 1

cascadia

Growing ginger in the PNW

2 days ago 25 replies 1 12 5

trees

Mesquite from bean to pod

3 days ago 7 replies

seeds and breeding

When does your horseradish flower? Have you ever seen it make good horseradish seed?

3 days ago 10 replies 8

plants

Echinacea success!

3 days ago 9 replies 1 7

gear

Planting stick

4 days ago 28 replies 1 7 10

Help with currants and rose

6 days ago 6 replies 2 2

Propagate comfrey from a cutting

6 days ago 5 replies 3 7

Cultivated thistles... globe artichokes, cardoons... ??

1 week ago 7 replies 3 7

Staple Crops--Apple Poll Style!!!

1 week ago 8

Perennial sources of starch and protein

1 week ago 29 replies 4

I want watermelon

1 week ago 2 replies 5 3

forest garden

For the love of buckthorn

1 week ago 4 replies 3

Fatalistic Fennel?

1 week ago 16 replies 4 15

What staple crops are you growing?

1 week ago 298 replies [ 1, 2, 3 < ... <6, 7, 8 ] 3 24 58

Whatsit? Geum canadense

1 week ago 9 replies 6 5

plants

Help me ID two, maybe four types of comfrey?

1 week ago 12 replies 15 10

plants

Are you growing a new vegetable this year?

1 week ago 92 replies [ 1, 2, 3 ] 1 55

Is comfrey supposed to look this happy?

1 week ago 9 replies 2 1

house plants

Growing coffee at home

1 week ago 21 replies 4 8 10

plants

How to create my own fertilizer for corn?

2 weeks ago 33 replies 1 11

Does anybody know what this is?

2 weeks ago 17 replies 1 1

plants

Seeking chestnut orchard groundcover seed sources and ideas

2 weeks ago 14 replies

Growing peanuts - and then?

2 weeks ago 10 replies 4

homeschooling

Did I get this right? Vascular & Non Vascular Plant Flow Chart

2 weeks ago 3 replies 6 1 2

gardening for beginners

Easiest Vegetable to Grow

2 weeks ago 206 replies [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 ] 15 108

plants

Reforestation - Growing trees in arid, barren lands - by Seeds and Clay cubes (no watering)

2 weeks ago 1256 replies [ 1, 2, 3 < ... <30, 31, 32 ] 203 367 161

Free LED plant grow lights

2 weeks ago 11 replies

Domesticating Wild Plants

3 weeks ago 7 replies 2 4

Sources of fen nettle aka the "stingless"(!) nettle?

3 weeks ago 3 replies

plants

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

3 weeks ago 22 replies 2 16

Looking for some Whitten kenaf seeds — rounded-leaf Hibiscus cannabinus. Can you help?

3 weeks ago 2 replies

plants

Anyone treat fusarium wilt with Brassicas?

3 weeks ago 2 replies

house plants

Plants in my house make me happy! Mental well-being through rewilding the house

3 weeks ago 39 replies 12 17

Will Bermuda grass spout through landscape fabric?

3 weeks ago 26 replies 6 4

Plants where all of it is edible

4 weeks ago 28 replies 4 22

plants

How long does it take for Rhubarb to establish?

4 weeks ago 20 replies 1 11

Can you ID these three plants for me? Nipplewort, hollyhock, and wild lettuce

4 weeks ago 20 replies 6 1

grapes

Can someone identify this grape vine?

4 weeks ago 5 replies 5 2

city repair

Removing Invasives in Public Places

1 month ago 77 replies [ 1, 2 ] 3 61 12

dyeing

growing, harvesting and using natural dye plants and other natural dye materials

1 year ago 98 replies [ 1, 2, 3 ] 3 41 21

plant fibers

Are any Canadians interested in growing cotton?

5 years ago 55 replies [ 1, 2 ] 5 6
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