Cucumbers Turning Yellow and Falling Off Plant?
I had this same issue this year and read that it could be the lack of calcium! I had a small bag of gypsum from last year and spread it around the plants and now they are starting to take off! You can also clean your used egg shells, let them dry and crumble...
Pumpkin Plants Not Setting Fruit?
Northeast Illinois! I am glad I am not the only one. My pumpkin plants are doing awesome, I get a lot of the tall blooms but not the small ones where the fruit grows. The leaves are all so huge they are taking over the garden! And yeah, my zucchini arent doing...
My Frugal Life: My Garden Costs Almost Nothing
For tomatoes every year, I throw the rotting, or split fruit on the ground. The next spring I get a lot of volunteers sprouting. It will work with other veggies also. I have had pumpkins, broccoli, and other seeded veggies come back.
Pencil Shavings in Plant Soil
Lead pencils, of course, contain no lead. The writing medium is graphite, a form of carbon. http://www.officemuseum.com/pencil_history.htm
Freezing Percolator Punch
This sounds like the non-alcoholic Swedish Glogg I made for my family during the holidays. I love the idea of freezing this, thanks!
Percolator Punch
When I made this during the Holiday, I just used my crockpot. However, I did add additional ingrediants as I was making Swedish Glogg, non-alcoholic version. It was so good!
Blankets for Kids with Cancer?
Also try Freecycle.org. There are multiple listings of local groups that you can join through YahooGroups. Instead of throwing things away and creating a greater landfill, people will post what they are looking to get rid of. Multiple times on the group I am...
