Gardening: grasshoppers in the yard
Self-tutoring about gardening: the tutor explores the relationship with grasshoppers. It’s been a very active year …
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Gardening: pumpkins: male and female flowers, part 2
Self-tutoring about gardening: the tutor mentions a possible theory about why male flowers develop first on …
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Gardening: pollination of female pumpkin flowers
Self-tutoring about gardening: the tutor mentions an observation about bees and female pumpkin flowers. I found …
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Gardening: pumpkins: male and female flowers
Self-tutoring about gardening: the tutor mentions the trend of male, then female, flowers on pumpkin plants. …
Yard work: the lime sourcing game
Self-tutoring about yard supplies: the tutor mentions a game he plays every year. Lime, which I …
Gardening: pumpkin, cucumber…female flower or male?
Self-tutoring about gardening: the tutor mentions something he recently learned. In the Annapolis Valley, where I …
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Gardening: what is humus?
Self-tutoring about gardening terms: the tutor mentions humus. My understanding is that humus is fully-decomposed plant …
Gardening: compost in the summer
Self-tutoring about what to do with compost: the tutor mentions what he’s doing this summer. This …
Gardening: observations
Self-tutoring about gardening: the tutor mentions some observations. Back on May 24, I planted pumpkins, cucumbers, …
Gardening: slugs (and snails) and copper
Self-tutoring about gardening: the tutor mentions a possible way to deter slugs and snails. Supposedly, slugs …