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Hi all, Been a while since I said much but I'm getting back into the swing of my garden - tis the season, now that it's warm enough in my area and I have a bit more time. My strawberries are really flourishing this year, but I noticed they all have slugs on them! The plants seem alright but I...

I always keep cash on me, especially for gas. Where I am (not sure if this is universal, definitely could be) it's usually a few cents cheaper to pay cash, and with the prices of gas how they are it's definitely worth it.

I'm planning to transplant my started seedlings outside next weekend, but I'm worried because many of them either haven't come up or did grow but died quickly. I'm hoping they'll all be much healthier once they're outside.

Transplanted half my blueberry bushes today, hoping they survive and thrive. Gotta do the other half soon

Yesterday I went through my sprouts, figured out what seeds hadn't sprouted, and replanted them. They might end up a growing a bit later than the first group, but it's still early enough that I'm hoping they'll all be ready when I want them. Still gets to freezing every couple weeks here so...

Last year I tried growing some store-bought potatoes. They weren't amazing but I was able to harvest some, gonna try again this year and see how it works. Later on I'd like to get seed potatoes but I'm going only a small amount right now so store-bought works fine.

Why do you cook the soil? I've never heard of doing that before

I didn't need much so I had small orders (might've made it faster?), one arrived today, another is scheduled to be here tomorrow. Placed both less than two weeks ago.

I heard that it's also best to roast peanuts for safety, since they might have a poisonous fungus or something? So I suppose I should look into that before I grow them

Oh awesome! I didn't realize they were that easy. I might try that then, thanks y'all.

I need to order my seeds soon. Debating if I should buy more seeds because I already don't have room for all the ones I have, but then I look at seed catalogs and want more seeds. Has anyone tried growing sesame or peanuts? Are they worth getting?

I transplanted carrots to a pot, since apparently you have to wait until their second season for them to produce seeds, and somehow they got aphids! I have no idea how since they've been inside for months now, but I had to spray them with neem oil.

I speak English, and know enough French that I could probably get by (been studying it for years, but never use it in daily life so I need more practice). I used to know some sign language too but forgot most of that except the alphabet so I can spell out basic sentences, and I know how to ask...

UrbanHunter, I started my sweet potatoes last year in the spring and used that method, it turned out fine! Just submerge them about half way in water and wait about 2-3 weeks for slips to form (sprouts), then separate them and grow them in water till they're a good couple inches long, then plant...

Next year I'm planning to keep it similar to what I did this year, except move some plants around. Several had issues so I'm hoping being in a new soil patch will help them, might also try doing alternating rows of plants that get along. Definitely doing sweet potatoes again because they turned...

Dug up my sweet potatoes a couple weeks back - they got all over the garden, some grew to a decent size even in the tomato patch. Currently I'm curing them to store through the winter.

Hello everyone! This may not be a common thing, but has anyone grown tea? I know it's possible in theory, but I'm not sure if it's feasible at all.

I've been thinking over what animals I'd like on my (very distant) future homestead, and I thought goats might be a good idea, but I don't know much about them. Primarily, I was wondering what you can do with goat milk - I don't eat dairy much in general, simply because it's not especially tasty...

I live in New Jersey, so winter can get below freezing. I might overwinter a few plants indoors but I don't have much space for that.

Are there any plants y'all know of that can be left in the garden throughout winter so that they don't have to be replanted?