cfox248 I understand the frustrations involved in growing citrus trees. They are down right hard to grow but can be very rewarding. All of mine are doing very well. I did want to show you that other subtropical ( Hardy chicago fig ) fruits can be grown easily up north. My string of pictures show how productive they are. I was not trying to tell you to give up on citrus, I am not going to either. I hope others may be encouraged to go figs as well as citrus. After all, if you are not convinced in the citrus forum to try figs, you'll never go to the fig forum to be encouraged. The reason that citrus is so hard to grow is that it does not go dormant in winter. That is when all predator insects are gone and the light is so low the trees get sick. Figs shut down and hibernate. Go ahead and try one from ediblelandscaping.com as linked above. They go on sale for as little as $6.00 often. They grow fast, so get a small one. The tree above is 19 months old from a 2 inch cutting. JoppaRich I have given a lot of on topic advice over the years. I give 'out of the box' ideas through pictures on what I have done followed by instructions ( verbal and visual ) of technique that are low cost to free. I will continue sharing my ideas even though they wont apply to the majority. I would suggest that you look through my stuff and form ideas from it to what works for you. A pictures worth a thousand words. A video is worth a billion words click bellow for citrus growing tips and tricks Steve Here is a link that might be useful: http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/citrus/msg0320572518736.html This post was edited by poncirusguy on Thu, Nov 6, 14 at 7:38

Unless you want to grow baby strawberry plants - nip off the runners. And, perhaps give a side dressing of fertiliser. You might get a crop (or a minor snack) later in the season. Some varieties do fruit twice. The chocolate mint - 'you'll be soorreee!' If it has thug tendencies then it's time to confine it to a bucket with the bottom taken out. Or a six inch deep hoop of plastic to stop it wandering everywhere. If you think nutgrass is bad - mint can add a nasty taste all of its own. Parsley usually lives for 2-3 years then naturally goes to seed. You haven't done anything wrong there. If you don't mind it seeding then you can expect plenty of seedlings for free later on. Probably spring. If the place where you planted the peppers and tomatillos had been previously composted for the roses then last year's crops probably capitalised on the remains. This year you could make up the deficit with liquid feeding every two weeks to hurry them along. Make sure the Nitrogen level is not too high or you'll have leaves instead of flowers. Tomato food could be best, along with a seaweed or fish brew. Use something with more Nitrogen for the basil as leaf production is exactly what you want. For next year - when these crops are out of the ground, or largely finished, then add plenty of compost this autumn to prepare the ground for next year. Apparently tomatoes don't mind being planted in the same place year on year. However, it's prudent to move them around to prevent a build up of bugs and diseases over time. And think back on the weather you've had. Sometimes lots of rain, cloudy skies, a late chilly spell, will very definitely delay warm weather crops such as those you're growing. If your area is prone to fickle weather then you might want to invest in some form of cloches (plastic row protection) to ensure your crops aren't checked by inclement weather.

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Wednesday was the second candle. I screwed up and read the wrong calendar and invited my small family for Wednesday but we had a great time. My grandson's first latkes and he was so happy to have them, like several of his friends. And he measured the baking powder and pepper and mixed the Simply Potatoes with the flour and cracked the eggs. Me and dil fried. She's wonderful. Delicious. Easy menu, kind of around the world. We had greek seasoned lamb kebobs, sour cream/cucumbers, tomatoes, meat loaf, apple sauce, home baked challah and artisan bread, fresh pineapple(we said Hawaii), Plate of lettuces, used for wraps. I forgot a lot of stuff. Except for the meat it was kind of milchicky(dairy). That's like, except for that, Mrs. Lincoln, how did you enjoy the play?) I have done better in earler years, gelt, dreidle, and songs and lots more preparation, but this was what I did this year and we had fun. DD graced our presence for periods of time(between shopping forays) aint no shopping in Missoula. Are there any latkes left??? We saved you some lovely lotkes. She was not too thrilled wit