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Going to play Devil's advocate for a minute: 1. The anti-tax folks have a point (at least in the States.) The point to the American Revolution was to evade "unfair taxation"- sales and excise taxes, if I remember correctly. The Constitution never acknowledged a system of income taxation; t...

That's one reason I'd like to try them shanging straight down--I expect the weight of the fruit would break the branches if I let them scramble over the sides of the pot, like normal hanging baskets. I just really really hate staking... (and bugs.)
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The ones I see for baskets are all small- microtoms and whatnot. I'd like to at least get a sliceable tomato, if I can't have beefsteak...

Do you suppose it would be possible to grow tomatoes out of holes in the bottom of window boxes? I'm thinking of ways to maximize space in the glasshouse, and to get out of staking all together. I wouldn't try it with the giant sandwich tomatoes (Parks Whopper and the like) but I would think smallis...

I know it can work, because my dad's done it. I've heard anecdotally that a good soak in willow water (willow roots or branches steeped in a bucket overnight) can replace rooting hormone (auxin, isn't it? It's been ages...) There's no study out that supports it, but as far as I can tell the lab occu...

Northwest Florida...home of the hurricane of the week.

tmd

What I mean is, what equipment is actually necessary to make a decent, drinkable wine (peapod or otherwise) out of the veggie-and-fruit bits I have access to? Periodically I scan the Ebay listings for winemaking kits, and am inevitably offended at the $80-plus-shipping for what appears to be a coupl...

Newbie, obviously. I kicked around the place a bit last week, wishing we did elderberries and allotments around here. (Elderberries, no. Hurricanes, in spades.) I expect I'll be around periodically for advice...