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  Marilyn Burtnett

  September 3, 2016 at 11:41 am

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  I manage a school garden and teach an eighth grade gardening class. I want to start harvesting our own seeds for planting in the spring. How do we harvest seeds from overgrown okra pods? Can you harvest from green pods?

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  bjwalk

  January 31, 2016 at 12:14 pm

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  as i am planning my garden for this year … i’m at a loss of how much to plan for (canning – preserving) for the entire year … the page for “Growing a garden for Canning” does not seem to be available. thanks

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    oldworldgardenfarmsPost author

    January 31, 2016 at 12:58 pm

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    So sorry about that! It is all fixed now and working! You can also find it here : http://oldworldgardenfarms.com/2014/03/12/growing-a-garden-for-canning-how-to-plan-to-can-and-save-big/

    Thanks again for letting us know!

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  Anne Lind, Northern Minnesota

  January 13, 2016 at 6:40 pm

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  I have a number of questions regarding your “Stake A Cage”.
  Do you put the wire on the prevailing winds side? If not, which side? Is the wire on the outside of the stake? What do you use to tie with? Your cage reaches approx. 46″ high. Is that enough for the indeterminate tomato varieties? Mine have reached 6′ on occasion, of course they are usually on the ground before the season is over and my stakes are broken so I have to scramble to beat the slugs to the tomatoes.
  Do you have a problem with birds pecking your tomatoes? The robins love my paste tomatoes and I end up picking most of the tomatoes while they are mostly green. Thank you for your time, I really enjoy your newsletters and wait for them to come. It’s nice to see young people your age doing what you are doing and sharing with everyone. I planted the potatoes in crates last spring and then was unable to follow through during the summer. I was amazed at the amount of potatoes I did get and some of them were very good sized. It’s my intention to retire for real (tried to last year) so I’m really looking forward to spring.

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  Louann Herman

  January 11, 2015 at 10:59 am

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  Can you folks discuss the topic of powdery mildew? It is my greatest nemesis in central New York. I water from below when I get home in the late afternoon, I have adequate spacing, I weed block between plants. I am organic big time, use compost only to feed. My powdery mildew treatment choice is liquid copper…every leaf, for three days. It works, but takes hours.

  Also, my celery and lettuce this past year was beautiful, but inedible….bitter!! What did I do wrong?

  Zone 5a, seed collecting organic Gardner of Syracuse NY suburbs

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