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Comments (8)snowheather, the photos of your 'Halloween' rose are breathtaking! I am glad to hear that it does well for you on its own roots. Judging from my personal garden experience I believe planting roses in really good soil is key to make them thrive, especially the ones that are a little bit more finicky to grow. Christina Here is a link that might be useful: Organic Garden Dreams...See MoreDoes anyone know what happened to "we grow garlic.com"
Comments (15)We have at least one source on the retail shelves here in Minneapolis, the two locations of Mother Earth Gardens. They have their bulb stock of seed garlic right along with that of their tulip bulbs. Good looking bulbs, too, at least they were a couple of weeks back. Most nurseries around here do not stock fall seed garlic, though. I also suggest some Googling. There seem to be more on-line suppliers who have not completely sold out at this point than in prior years. What I ordered was placed quite some time ago and the last is now being shipped; so I ordered early and keep most of my own stock anyway, but I still enjoy shopping. It seems to me that I am seeing fewer out of stocks this fall than in previous years. BTW I have had pretty good luck with seed garlic from the Pacific NW even though I garden in Minnesota. My original Music stock came from Red Gate in Montana and has been good from the beginning. Those who live in Wisconsin might want to stop in the Jung's garden centers. I got my VietNamese Red replacement from them online this fall. My yellow multiplier onions also originally came from them. One might also search on line, in farmer's markets or in grocery stores for organic culinary garlic. Those will normally be a bit smaller but can also be seeded. Those are not always or even often labeled as to variety however....See Moredo anyone know where to find similar bulbs like this? it's European
Comments (1)Hi Care Lane, It's hard to tell exactly what shape the light bulb is in your image but those seem to look like the Edison-styled light bulbs. You can get them at any hardware store like Home Depot, Lowe's, Ace Hardware, Menard's, etc. We hope this information will help you make a more informed decision on your home needs. Very Best, Tai Truong Elements of Design 3400 Medford Street Los Angeles, CA 90063 tai@lusivedecor.com www.elementsofdesign.com...See MoreAnyone know what this is? Grows on vine, size of a large pear. Thanks
Comments (5)The flavor to me is somewhere between zucchini and melon. The wonderful thing about growing your own is that you have control over the level of ripeness... more mature is sweeter. The cooked texture is somewhat like turnip or rutabaga. We love it in soups or stir fries. It stores on a shelf for months, so when we grew our own, we also ate it alone as a vegetable... long after the zucchini had died. It should not be refrigerated, the skin is damaged by cold, vastly reducing its storage life. Chayote is grown in many tropical & sub-tropical parts of the world. You can find a lot of suggestions & recipes if you look it up by some of its other names, such as mirliton, choko, or any one of the Oriental & Asian names (see the Wiki entry). It is really good in soups & stews. Other parts of the plant are edible too; I've eaten the young vine tips, and the seed - which is like a giant pumpkin seed. The tuberous roots are supposed to be edible too, but I never felt like sacrificing a plant to try that. Chayote grown from seed may be different in appearance from what was planted. I've planted smooth fruit, and had the plant revert to squash with the spiny appearance of the photo above. The fruit from those vines was much larger than those sold in stores... I hated leaving those plants behind when I moved. I should mention that for most of the year, the vines grow & branch heavily - without flowering. The vines are incredibly vigorous climbers, they will climb & cover a small tree if allowed to. The plants are photo-period sensitive, and will only bloom when day length approaches 12 hours (the Autumnal equinox). At that point, flowers will appear in every new leaf node; one female flower, and a cluster of tiny male flowers. The flowers require pollination by bees or other insects to set fruit. It amazed me that as tiny as the flowers were, the bees really seemed to like them....See Morehmhausman
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