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grains and pseudograins

Is Corn Worth Growing on Small Plots?

3 months ago 30 replies 1 4 22

Lettuce seedlings seeming to close up and fold inwards

3 months ago 6 replies 4

mulch

Applying compost over mulch?

3 months ago 11 replies 2

Companion planting asparagus

3 months ago 18 replies 1

I'm teaching a free webinar on seed starting!

3 months ago 6 replies 4

gear

Most used Winter tools

3 months ago 32 replies 2 3 4

Evening Solace Spiral- Has anyone tried something like this?

3 months ago 13 replies 4 6

Bagged leaves-what’s the etiquette

3 months ago 8 replies 3

mulch

Talking about types of mulch - which do you prefer?

3 months ago 47 replies [ 1, 2 ] 2 2 8

soil

Worm Castings?

3 months ago 5 replies 4

Botched soil blocking

3 months ago 8 replies 1 7 6

Growing rosemary from seed (it’s not as easy as it sounds)

3 months ago 8 replies 1 3

LOST all my seeds

3 months ago 15 replies 1 1

Why the duck cant I grow carrots!!!

3 months ago 46 replies [ 1, 2 ] 4 11

All those lovely herbaceous plants!

3 months ago 6 replies 5 1

organic

concerns with using cardboard/newspaper as a mulch

3 months ago 142 replies [ 1, 2, 3, 4 ] 2 3 25

Too much soil against house

3 months ago 5 replies

gardening for beginners

Need advice on designing & planning permaculture in Elgin IL

3 months ago 6 replies 3

Ye shall know them by their fruits

3 months ago 4 replies 6 3

frugality

Struggle meals

3 months ago 2 33

plants

Seed Starting Medium?

3 months ago 41 replies [ 1, 2 ] 1 1 1

gardening for beginners

Regrowing store produce after using most of it

4 months ago 40 replies [ 1, 2 ] 25 14 1

Weird thought: Is BIGGER better?

4 months ago 26 replies 20

seeds and breeding

Creating a Mochata Squash Landrace that is Vigorous, Productive, and Bug and Disease Resistant!

4 months ago 22 replies 10 16

Do you 'refresh' your garden every year?

4 months ago 31 replies 22

meaningless drivel

Happy Accidents

4 months ago 36 replies 3 10

gardening for beginners

Planting by Phenology (Natural Plant and Animal Cycles)

4 months ago 46 replies [ 1, 2 ] 1 7 49

Zone 5B Guilderland NY - best time and seeds to plant in new garden early

4 months ago 9 replies

trees

Fall Leaves! Uses?

4 months ago 37 replies 5 17 18

gardening for beginners

Do I really need a raised bed?

4 months ago 9 replies 2

cooking

how to grow and use kohlrabi

4 months ago 9 replies 1

permaculture design

Getting started with permaculture zones

4 months ago 17 replies 1 2 12

grains and pseudograins

A grain that is easy to grow and easy to process/harvest

4 months ago 53 replies [ 1, 2 ] 1 22

Guide to easy and cheap pea microgreens, with lots of pictures

4 months ago 2 replies 8 6

gardening for beginners

Raised beds

4 months ago 63 replies [ 1, 2 ] 33 10

organic

Pee good for the garden??

4 months ago 22 replies 2

I would like to grow winter squash, but.....?

4 months ago 14 replies 6

gardening for beginners

How do your organise your seed packets?

4 months ago 58 replies [ 1, 2 ] 1 25 16

tall crops for shade?

4 months ago 5 replies

Three Sisters Garden year 3, 2025

4 months ago 199 replies [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ] 151 35

chickens

Peach trees in a chicken run?

4 months ago 1 reply

Don’t forget to observe your garden

6 years ago 6 replies 4 1

soil

Pine needles - do they make the soil acidic or not?!

10 years ago 4 replies
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