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Eggplant

My lovely Black Beauty eggs plants (26 of them) not fully grown yet are all turning orange on the out- side and don't look nice at all. Is it the heat? Any ideas. I never dreamed I could come up with so many questions until I started arid gardening i

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Eggplant

My lovely Black Beauty eggs plants (26 of them) not fully grown yet are all turning orange on the out- side and don't look nice at all. Is it the heat? Any ideas. I never dreamed I could come up with so many questions until I started arid gardening i

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Eggplant

My lovely Black Beauty eggs plants (26 of them) not fully grown yet are all turning orange on the out- side and don't look nice at all. Is it the heat? Any ideas. I never dreamed I could come up with so many questions until I started arid gardening i

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Eggplant

My lovely Black Beauty eggs plants (26 of them) not fully grown yet are all turning orange on the out- side and don't look nice at all. Is it the heat? Any ideas. I never dreamed I could come up with so many questions until I started arid gardening i

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Name this insect

Two pictures are attached.

From what I could find stated that these insects do not harm the garden. However, they thoroughly enjoyed eating my tomatoes and I consider that harm since I was not the one enjoying them.

The reason I am looking to identify

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My garden

  This a picture of the garden at first planting in March.  It is 40' x 12' box 12" deep. I tilled the dirt on the ground  6-8" deep and tilled in mulch prior to adding the soil mix. The soil is 1/3 mulch, 1/3 native soil and 1/3 manure (supposedly).

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Getting it right!

I have read all the numerous posts and all the friendly advice from many of you.  The information has been very interesting and helpfull. Many of the problems you have spoken of I am experiencing too.

You mention issues on soil mix  such as native soi

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Shading a vegetable garden

  The hot sun is brutaly attacking my tomato plants laden with tomatoes.  Other plants are being effected as well.

I went to Home depot this morning and looked a heavy duty sun screen.  They want $79.00 for 6 x 50' roll.  My garden is onebox 12 x 40 a

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Mellons

   Does anyone have any ideas as to why the blossoms are not setting fruit?

  I have cantaloupe plants that have grown to 6' on the ground.  There have been plenty of (hundreds) of blossoms but as yet not ONE canteloupe. The same for a watermellon pla

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Book list

 I found a book at Library "Teaming with Microbes- ORganic Gardener's guide to soil food web.

I LOADED with info, some  often  above my head but add it to the list of good reads for gardening !

Has anyone else here read it , know of it. Feels it has be

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Anyone have a Wood Chipper??

We've recently moved into a home on an acre property. The yard is chock full of mature trees (bonus) which have not been maintained, pruned, trimmed, otherwise had dead branches removed in any way for at least a decade. We are overwhelmed with debris

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