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Many of the plants have stayed tiny in one area-- the area where the soil is NOT amended. Time to mulch with compost!

NOw I am learning that I can dip the trimmings form a tomato and plant it . . . . I'm confused about how to trim a tomato. THe intederminants sprout a the junction of a leaf and the main stem. How many should I leave? Should they be kept lower than the main stem?? Left uncontrolled last...

I took a number of cuttings fromt he tall blue berry-- carefully removed all the leaves except 2 at the top. IF large I cut it in half and if tiny left them. Dipped in root tone, poked ahole in the damp soil and set in the cutting. Praying some take root-- I will be so thrilled. I have been...

Maybe this explains my take on the subject better . . . NOthing is perfect . . . . .it is about balancing the risks and just trying to do our best to live in the world that we have been handed.

DO you have chickens?? any meat scraps given to the chickens are woofed down so fast , don't blink or you will miss the event, lol . BOnes-- are usually roasted and stewed before hitting the bone yard and then covered with soil/compost-- there is no evidence of any being dug up. I dont...

Oh I forgot to mention . . . I learned just a few short years ago to compost the bone after a meal and had been putting htem in an old water trough filled with soil. Dump bones, cover with soil, dump bones, fill with soil. ANd I have transplanted 2 tomato plants into that trough this year-- will...

Now I have another use for all those egg shells!! Normally we crush the shells and dump them back on the ground where the hens travel . . .now it will be to the garden beds . . . or at least some of them. I envy those that have nice clar soil to till . Someday I will have that too . . . ...

OK Cassie-- given that you gifted me with a wonderful essay of information, I have needed a little time to absorb it all. THe tomatos are grwoing well OUTSIDE. THe otion was to ustilize the outside as it is here. Garden space is a bit mishmashed: some is heaps of rotten manure; other is...

Thank you!! Couple questions---how to train a tomato for higher yield?? I'm all for few plants and higher yield. And how is this extra production supported nutrient wise ( NPK) and water?

TOmato plants are thriving in the outside green house--- will keep planting out in the garden area and hope to find one variety that will stay smallish.

I trapped 2 more fat mice--- me thinks the mice are still getting in somewhere . . . Meanwhile-- moving the plants outside to green house and then back in at night-- some cold weather in the 40's lately. HOping yesterday is the beginning of warm weather . . .

I did get the greenhouse, but for now it is outside. Not sure it would be useful inside dirung hte summer. Overall I'm thinking growing a tom in the house is just a bad idea. I'm down to 6 tomatos again and down 4 mice!! THese mice are tricky-- eat the PB, licked clean, and off again. A...

You mean like a square made from bales of straw?? and topped with a window??

Yes, bought the mini green house yesterday on sale for $20. I have HUGE clearish bags but coulnt come up with a reasonable closure system. Funny, I have been keeping an eye out for a reasonable window to put into use. Otherwise I have the scrap plywood to make a cold frame but may just need...

Caught a second mouse-- a juvenile. Resetting.

ONe mouse gone thanks to a dab of peanut butter!! Will reset-- likely to be others lurking . . . . THe 4 in the north window are alive-- but wilting continues. THe 6+ in the south window are in the same condition. Planning to plant more seeds and get a mini green house-- saw them...

Forgot to exchange the cheese for peanutbutter, but the good news is that the cheese is gone!! Now time for a dab of PB. BUgger!!

LOL, Set one with cheese!! But you are right I should use peanut butter, DH says they work to get the PB off the treddle rather than run away withthe cheese. I've lost most of the plants, all that were in that room.

The plants are diappearing right out of the pots--- me thinks a mouse!!!!!! Four in the N window continue to live--eat has some badly wilted leaves though and some healthy leaves.