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Side dressed more corn today. No sign of squash bugs today.

A tip not everyone knows is to use an electric toothbrush to aid in pollination of tomatoes. Tomatoes are self pollenated by the wind...

Some banana peppers.

I don't know that the uptake would be as significant as the foliar feeding. Anymore I put a couple TBS. in a small glass jar along with...

I used to put a tsp. in the hole when I set transplants, but now foliar feed plants when they start forming tomatoes. Seems to curb...

Did my first foliar feeding of the pumpkins this morning. Sure makes it easier to hit 260(ish) vines. Took about 2 gallons in all...

I had just hoed and tilled to break up the crust on the garden yesterday, Bd last night got about .7" of rain over about 7 hours. What...

Some progress Some corn is developing tassels. Some beans are ready to pick. Starting foliar feeding of the pumpkins starts...

Just a follow up if anyone is having the same issue. I had this serviced at a local shop while I was deployed and they said it was: The...

I was going to suggest getting a set of jumbo wrenches from Harbor Freight, but they aren't that cheap anymore. I got a set years ago...

We sell produce and can. Biggest crops are sweet corn, beans and pumpkins. Pumpkins are the largest cash crop we have. It's a small...

To be honest I'm tired of gardening! After growing up on a farm with a HUGE garden and having gardens ever since, they have just become...

Well, I made enough filling for 5 pies! Cooked one, froze one, and bagged the rest for the freezer. :p

Picked a couple bowls of tart cherries before the birds got them. Enough for 3-4 pies.

There might be two set screws located 90 degrees apart. I would fully remove all the set screws and fill the hole with penetrating oil...