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When we were in the garden today we found this tiny white bug on one of our tomato plants. Does anyone know what it is? My best guesses are an aphid or spider mite. These were the best photos I was able to take with my camera (the bug was very small). P.S. There does appear to be a green aphid...

Hello everyone. When we were in the garden today we noticed that some of our tomato plants have black-spotted dead leaves. I believe we're dealing with Septoria Leaf Spot. I had a lot of trouble with it at the end of the growing season last year, and resorted to just going through the rows and...

I was wondering until what date is it OK to direct sow peas in Zone 6 for a spring harvest? We're running a little late on our pea planting, so I was wondering if anyone in Zone 6 (or a similar zone) could share when they would say is the latest you can plant them for a springtime harvest? Thanks,

Hey everyone. With the gardening season quickly coming upon us, I was thinking about companion planting. We did a little bit of this last year, but I didn't apply it very thoroughly in our garden layout. We planted our tomatoes and peppers close together, as I heard nightshade plants do fine...

Hey everyone! We recently got a Gray Tree Frog, and I just want to clear up a few things about caring for her. I posted this on the "Reptile Lovers Thread!!", but thought I'd start a thread on it, as well. We currently have her in a 10 gallon glass aquarium with a screen lid, but we plan on...

My friend was telling me a few days ago that her chickens at some point had knocked over a wooden board. When she lifted it, she found it had crushed one of her chickens to death (she's moved the board at this point). 🙁 Yesterday she noticed one of her chickens looked injured, which she...

A month and a half or so ago, I created a thread asking what all of your favorite heirloom tomato varieties were. Since then I've gotten lots of great information on growing tomatoes, and you all have influenced us to purchase seeds for several more promising tomato varieties (such as Black...

Do you prefer the Berkeley Green Tie-Dye Tomato or the Berkeley Pink Tie-Dye Tomato?

As some of you know, I'm interested in growing various (fruit bearing) plants indoors. I've been reading up on locating them near a sunny window. But I've heard many different opinions of which window to use! Some say south, others east or west. If I were to plant something that needed full sun...

We had some trouble with various pest and disease related issues with our squash this year. I was wondering what you all thought were the best varieties for pest/disease resistance? Thanks,

I saw both of these varieties on rareseeds.com but am unsure which to choose. I've never grown micro dwarf tomatoes before, but I might experiment with a plant on a windowsill. Not sure if I'll even try this, but I'm curious which you all like best.

I'm looking to grow dwarf papaya trees indoors. The only variety rareseeds.com sells is called 'Sweet David', and I can't find any info on it (like if it's a dwarf variety). So it looks like I'll have to look elsewhere. I don't know if any of you grow dwarf papaya trees or not, but if anyone...

Has anyone grown dragon fruit in a cooler climate like Zone 6, or indoors? Rareseeds.com sells these live plants that I'm interested in but I'm not sure if I could actually grow them in my climate. If growing them indoors is an option I might consider it. Thanks,

Has anyone grown papayas in a cooler climate like Zone 6? Can you grow them indoors? This variety that rareseeds.com carries seems to be a smaller (plant) variety...? Thanks,

I saw that rareseeds.com sells the Yamato Cream melon and the Silver Yamato melon. I checked the reviews of both but didn't see anyone in Zone 6 reviewing them. I was curious if anyone on here in Zone 6 has grown them? Thanks,

I notice a lot of ants running around in the garden and crawling around in plant blossoms. Should I be concerned? Are ants a threat, or can they coexist in the garden? Thanks,

I'm growing some different varieties of watermelon (sugar baby, bush sugar baby, blacktail mountain, orangeglo, crimson sweet, royal golden) and muskmelon (Hale's best jumbo cantaloupe, Sweet passion melon). So far the only melon of these I've tried is the blacktail mountain watermelon (as the...

What are your favorite heirloom tomato varieties to grow?

Recently I've been having a septoria leaf spot issue with my tomato plants. For most of the growing season I've had no trouble with it, but in this last month or so most of my tomato plants have caught it. I've been trying to trim off all or most of the diseased foliage, but this is quite the...

My friend just came in with one of her quail. It was born with the bottom beak longer than the top half. At first she didn't realize it was a problem but she just noticed one of its eggshells were mushy (even though she's been supplying them with oyster shell for calcium). She tried to hand feed...