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Help with Broccoli Thieves
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Josh Feb 18.

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Gina replied to Katrien's discussion 'Alternatives for cedar for garden beds'

We actually built our beds out of untreated pine due to the prohibitively expensive cost of redwood and cedar. We stained the outside for appearance's sake and then oiled both the outside and inside of the boxes with linseed oil (non-toxic). It's on…

March 5

Josh replied to Gina's discussion 'Help with Broccoli Thieves'

I actually planted broccolli in one of my food plots for wildlife one year. (had a BUNCH leftover from the greenhouse) Seemed like the skunks, raccoons, and possums just dug around the roots for insects (grubs, etc). The deer clipped them off quite…

February 17

Gina replied to Diana smith's discussion 'What do you grow that is a luxury?'

I don't think you can ever have too many tomatoes. =) Our luxury is roses - we've got over three dozen. In our defense, we live in "the Rose city" (Pasadena) and they grow like weeds here. I don't fertilize them (save for compost when I have extra)…

February 9

Gina replied to Matt Mayer's discussion 'What do you grow but get bad results?'

Broccoli. Between the cabbage worms and the rats (we figured out that it was rats that ate all of our mature heads) it is a pest magnet. I also cannot get it to grow from seed for the life of me. I have tried four times at this point. We're going to…

February 9