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Gardening is trial and error Just start small and learn as you go

Yes 9 plants and now they have started to blossom

Today was a rainy day in Georgia so I decided to make and incubator and hatch my own eggs I had everything I needed except the styrofoam cooler It took some time to regulate the temperature but I think I've got it Let you know what happens in 21 days

Lettuce strawberries red onions

This seems to be working pretty well I took my paper chicken feed bags and covered a raised bed I had, then I punched holes in the feed bags, planted the lettuce Covered the bags with wheat straw and a little 10-10-10 I know it may not look like it but weeds have been minimal and the plants...

Pictures of my first straw bale gardening efforts This has been very easy gardening The plants I've planted seem to be doing very well It has even allowed me to plant my tomato plants a little earlier

What is the story on using Cedar to build a coop I have read that cedar is toxic to chickens Are there only certain types of cedar you can use The coops in the ad were made of Red Cedar

Try to find someone who has had them for a while and dig out a few These were 5 year old roots, started from 10 roots I purchased at Wal Mart

I thinned my asparagus bed and was afraid I would not get any spears this year They are already starting to peek thru the soil The roots are 5 years old and the spears are bigger around than my ring finger I also put some in containers but they have not come up yet This is also the first year...