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Preventing cabbage moths
Posted by Anise | June 16, 2014How do I get rid of the white moths that are eating my vegetables?
Lint and vegetables
Posted by Teresa Hicks | June 16, 2014A dryer vent is located right above my garden (didn't realize it at the time). Will the lint from the dryer hurt my vegetables that are planted right beneath it? I noticed lint getting on my vegetable plants.
Curled leaves on tomato plants
Posted by Karen Grobe | June 15, 2014Why are my tomato plant leaves curling up?
Big Boy tomatoes won’t grow
Posted by Shirley Ledger | June 15, 2014For the last two or three years I have planted at least two tomato vines. They grow to be beautiful. Then they start flowering, but most of the time I have no tomatoes. I water them every day and feed them MG, but nothing. When I do get a tomato growing it only gets the size of a small plum. The ...
Light green foliage
Posted by elizabeth Bernardi | June 15, 2014Why is the foliage of the flowers in my planters coming in a lighter green?
What to plant in a wheelbarrow
Posted by heidi lutzker | June 15, 2014I planted spring flowers in an old wheelbarrow. It had a good size hole, however, In just one day my flowers burnt up. What can I plant in my wheelbarrow that won't burn up? Should I try cacti?
When to plant tomatoes
Posted by brenda byroads | June 15, 2014How late can I plant tomatoes in New York?
Mushrooms in vegetable garden
Posted by rriggs2112 | June 14, 2014Why do mushrooms keep popping up in my vegetable garden?
Wilting tomatoes
Posted by charles smith | June 14, 2014Got a lot of rain the last couple of days and found standing water in my tomato plants. Now they are starting to wilt. Suggestions?
Manure and boxwood shrubs
Posted by Lucy Keres | June 13, 2014I have boxwood shrubs to plant. I have had the whole garden plot rototiled and amended with peat moss, mulch, and compost. There is manure in one of the mixes. Should I worry about this mixture touching the root ball? I seem to remember something about not letting manure touch the plant directly. Thank you for any help you can ...
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