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why isn't there a special spot for gardening? 
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Hey, I'm all over this! THANK YOU CRAZYGFRIEND....no EX.....from a fellow posie pal.....
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Hey CEGF, You just started one! What do you have in mind? 
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Anyone here raise gooseberries? I have some questions on growing them.
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Rae, I've never heard of a gooseberry, what exactly is it and what part of the country is it grown in?
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It's a transparent green berry that grows on a bush. My mother loved them and she grew up in Montana where they raised them. They make great pies and jam/jelly. A little on the tart side.
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Reminds me of the p/r/i/c/k/l/y pear cactus that we have here in AZ. The "fruit" is cut off and after being prepped, is used similarly and also makes a great unique syrup, always on the tart side.
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I've seen that in the produce section here. It looks very interesting. I wish they had folks demo-ing so that those of us that don't live in AZ knew what to do with it.
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Hey, I love to garden. And I raise gooseberries (well, they were here when we bought the farm and I just trimmed them up a bit. Don't know if I can answer a question, but I will try. We don't really eat them (I have a friend who loves to pick them for pie) but they are beautiful bushes so I have them in my perennial beds, and the birds enjoy the berries of course. minky 
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I've never attempted to work with the p/r/i/c/k/l/y pear, as it's too challenging and thorny. Luckily, here you can find very easily anything you want. I'll leave it to the experts!
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MINKBUNNY wrote:Hey, I love to garden. And I raise gooseberries (well, they were here when we bought the farm and I just trimmed them up a bit. Don't know if I can answer a question, but I will try. We don't really eat them (I have a friend who loves to pick them for pie) but they are beautiful bushes so I have them in my perennial beds, and the birds enjoy the berries of course. minky Minkbunny, I have a real problem with mine. They get little worms inside.......what can I do? Is it too late to save this year's crop?
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CRAZYEXGFRIEND wrote:why isn't there a special spot for gardening? I agree you just started a spot for gardening and I LOVE it! I just came in from working out in the yard. I planted ground covers on one side of our carport, bug sprayed our veggie garden, put Roundup down, pulled weeds and pruned 8 rosebushes that should have been pruned early in the Spring! Whew! I am getting tired. What kind of plants do you have girl? COOL THREAD! 
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Raeli wrote:MINKBUNNY wrote:Hey, I love to garden. And I raise gooseberries (well, they were here when we bought the farm and I just trimmed them up a bit. Don't know if I can answer a question, but I will try. We don't really eat them (I have a friend who loves to pick them for pie) but they are beautiful bushes so I have them in my perennial beds, and the birds enjoy the berries of course. minky Minkbunny, I have a real problem with mine. They get little worms inside.......what can I do? Is it too late to save this year's crop? Well, I went and did some reading and it said that some varieties of gooseberries can be attacked by little green caterpillar like worms from the sawfly. They said it will not the plant but will probably ruin this year's crop. They don't advocate spraying or anything but said if it becomes an annual problem to put a floating cover on the bushes. 
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Sounds like the birds will get some protein with their fruit!
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I'm so glad ppl r using this thread. I will maintain it like a garden.
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Thank you Minkbunny for your info on my berries.....correction....on the BIRDS' berries!
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Thank-you for-starting this-thread. i love-to garden to.
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CRAZYEXGFRIEND wrote:I'm so glad ppl r using this thread. I will maintain it like a garden. Then it will grow and flourish!
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Every year we plant a garden and either grow too much or everything dies,not much in between,last year I decided all I wanted were some nice hillbilly tomatoes and I got two of those toppsy turvy bags so the bunnies wouldn't suprise me like they usually do by eating little holes out of the bottoms of my yummiest tomatos,I had a great yield and the bunnies just got the ones that trailed down really low,those bags are great,I emptied out last years dirt and dead plants and I'm reuseing them this year.
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My hubby has grow boxes that he uses to plant his tomatoes. They are actually plastic bins filled with water and fertilizer. He has a piece of pvc pipe coming out of the top that he uses to fill them with water when the water level gets low. He built t- type lattices that he ties the tomato plants to. They are just getting started but they look really healthy. He tents a piece of plastic over them at night to keep the heat in.
Last year he also grew cucumbers up the lattice and they did really well.
We're just city farmers but we have fun!
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