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Comment on How to Grow Moss in Small Space Gardening by » Volksgarden is a hi-tech hydroponics ferris wheel

» Volksgarden is a hi-tech hydroponics ferris wheel — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 01:44:15 +0000

[...] Hydroponic Garden Gets Five Times As Much Food Per Watt (treehugger.com) Veggie and flower-lovers who don’t have much garden space, or whose gardens are deprived of necess…flower-lovers who don’t have much garden space, or whose gardens are deprived of necessary [...]

Comment on Tricks to Growing a Square Watermelon by cynthia

cynthia — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 01:07:23 +0000

How are you friend ..
I just recently began to obtain my green thumb.
I love my garden. It is absolutely relaxing. I need this hobby. =)

Comment on From Container Garden to Lilac Bouquet by » 2011 Lilac Bouquet

» 2011 Lilac Bouquet — Fri, 13 May 2011 21:11:08 +0000

[...] Ahh, my yearly Lilac Bouquet has arrived. Jeff did a good job on it this year, it’s twice as big as last year’s flower gardening bouquet! [...]

Comment on Our Grand Potato Harvest of 2010 by » Growing Lettuce From Seed is Easy

» Growing Lettuce From Seed is Easy — Tue, 10 May 2011 05:15:36 +0000

[...] and did I mention the potatoes are also in. We had such good luck last year with our potato harvest that he planted double the amount this year. Again, they are under a tree, but who cares as long as [...]

Comment on From Container Garden to Lilac Bouquet by Glass Coffee Table

Glass Coffee Table — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 08:56:45 +0000

organic gardening is the thing that we do, we do not like artificial chemicals on our backyatd vegetable farm..`

Comment on Herb Garden How To by Gardening

Gardening — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 04:28:40 +0000

All this information is so helpful. I grow my own vegetables, prepare them, and lose weight for my efforts. I am also well liked by my neighbors because I share.

Comment on The Perfect Time to Harvest Potatoes by Tom Edwards

Tom Edwards — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 18:59:26 +0000

I don’t know if you have tried growing girasoles (Jerusalem Artichokes), but these actually improve in flavor if you wait until after the first frost. In fact, leaving them in the ground and covering them with a heavy layer of leaves (2-3 feet deep here in the Denver area) allows you to harvest without hard digging throughout the winter. Maybe the leaves would work for potatoes also?

Comment on Planting Your Garden: The First Steps by Raised be garden

Raised be garden — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 08:33:30 +0000

I love gardening and making dishes out of its harvest. Good, nutrient rich food can’t be beat.

Comment on Jeff’s Purple Clematis Vine by Tom Edwards

Tom Edwards — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 14:52:17 +0000

I had an interesting experience this past Saturday. I was wearing a red golf shirt, watering a hanging basket on my front porch when I was visited by a humming bird. I guess it thought I was a new type of flower, so it must have been examining me to figure out how to get at the nectar. It didn’t stay long – perhaps a minute at best, but it was fascinating to see it up close.

Comment on Vertical Gardening Space Saving Tips by Tom Edwards

Tom Edwards — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 17:59:15 +0000

There was an interesting article in a local peridical, “Grow” appearing on Friday’s in the Denver Post (daily newspaper). The article described a technique for growing potatoes in a small area. It doesn’t totally fit the “Square Foot” gardening theme, but I believe that it would be close enough to be able to “force” it into that mold.

The technique was to start in an approximate 2′ x 2′ box with moveable sides. You start by removing all sides except the bottom 4 sides. Plant the potatoe eyes in this area. As the potatoe vines grow, put some dirt over the vines covering about 1/3 of the vine height. Let the vines continue to grow, each time it outgrows the box, add soil and another layer of sides until the box has grown to 2′ or so.

The developer of this technique said that one of his understudies grew over 100 #’s of potatoes in his 2′ x 2′ box.

A co-worker from Viet Nam said that the farmers there used a similar technique with sweet potatoes.