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I'm doing marigolds to try to help with pest control. If it's not worth trying, I can forego them for some extra space as well. The cardboard will just be atop the grass in my back yard. The ground there is pretty much entirely clay, so there's no way I'm putting my stuff in the ground...

Gotcha. I might forgo the tomatoes just to help give everything some space. Tomatoes rarely do well here anyways unless I go for a heatwave or some variety of cherry. I haven't planted anything yet, or even dumped soil into the planter, so it's all still up in the air right now anyway,

That's what I was wondering-- the stuff I've read insists it will be fine, but I'm just a bit more than skeptical on it.

Hey group, been a while since I've been here. Last summer sucked in my area (see below). Anyways, what do you folks know about square foot gardening and peppers? Here's what I'm considering doing and I'd love to know anyone else's experiences with anything similar... I live in USDA Zone 7B...

Well hello everyone. Been a while since I've been here. Took a short break from painting the bedroom to post here. I decided this year to buy all my plants from a nursery instead of doing them from seeds. Yes, I know, I'm a cheater. But I also didn't have the time to devote to the seeds...

I decided this year to take the advice given here to pinch off any early buds and blossoms to help grow a sturdier, stronger plant that would produce more later in the season. Or something. All I know is I've read to pinch. My question is, therefore, when is it time to stop pinching and let...

I'm sitting here dealing with a foot of snow. In North Texas. We have one snowplow in this city, powered by a geriatric mule and controlled by a team of drunk monkeys. Salt trucks? What the hell are those used for?! Supposedly they called in plows and shit from Amarillo and Gainesville...

For Thanksgiving, my wife made a raspberry pie, and it was pretty awesome. Now raspberry chipotle sauces have become really popular of late. So I got an idea the other day: chipotle raspberry pie. Has anyone ever tried making it before? Recipes, anyone? We're trying our own experiment with...

The first frost is about to hit tonight, so I brought a few plants indoors for the night. Okay, more than a few-- 17: a NuMex Big Jim, a serrano, 3 aji pineapples, a Bolivian rainbow, an o-hab, 2 choco habs, a Caribbean red hab, a Zimbabwe bird, a tepin, a bhut jolokia, a mustard hab, 2 rocotos...

I haven't, but only because I haven't found a place that does it. The ones I used to go to in Boston never offered it, nor do the ones here in the middle of nowhere in Texas. Kind of ironic, considering I know of a liquor store here that sells pickled quail eggs. I got into making my own for...

Are you sure you aren't thinking flying fish roe (tobiko)? I like that and it's more poppy seed sized. Salmon roe (ikura) is like ball bearings filled with sperm.

I just saw this thread today. Definite sushi fan here. My favorites, without shellfish: Mackerel "Super white tuna" (be careful; don't order more than about 2 pieces or your intestines will hate you for it) Salmon Tuna Whitefish, yellowtail, flounder, and bass are alright, but not my...

Two and a half months later, I'm still getting pods in. Most of them have been dried and will be ground soon. On that note, the season in review... Jalapenos: Really didn't grow well at all. The few I got were very small and got damaged by insects very quickly. They're cheap enough to buy, so...

Possibly tabasco, Zimbabwe bird, or Apache?

I was at a QuikTrip in Texas that had them with their other condiment packets. Needless to say, I took a handful.