You need this if you feel like quitting!

[@mariemetellus7633]

Thanks for the advice. It will work not only in gardening but in every aspect of life.

[@debbiesorganicgarden]

Yes, it's true. The Lord will be with us in the hard times and the good times. Thanks for sharing.

[@zerodeconduite804]

Amen.

[@ksel790]

Amen sister!!!! We think so much alike. You are a blessing.

[@debbiesorganicgarden]

Thank you for the encouragement!

[@jharbo1]

Thank you for the wisdom. I am getting back into vegetable and herb gardening, and there is a lot that I have forgotten. Taking it in baby steps. God bless!

[@debbiesorganicgarden]

Yes, inch by inch, it's a cinch. Yard by yard, it's too hard:)

[@Frdunsing]

Beautiful 😊blessings my friend

[@debbiesorganicgarden]

Thank you so much and thanks for watching.

[@ronm6585]

Thanks for sharing.

[@debbiesorganicgarden]

Thanks for watching!

[@bizboomer]

thanks! Excellent, as always!

[@debbiesorganicgarden]

Thank you for your kind comments and thanks so much for watching.

[@reer5340]

one quote from a book I am reading (paraphrasing a bit): "The gardeners are the ones that work very hard to make live the plants that want to die and kill the plants that want to live"

[@zerodeconduite804]

That's a good quote 😂 Thank you for sharing ❤ I'm going to write that down.

[@rustygirl8174]

Have you ever planted Thai Soldier beans? They are a type of pea. Tastes like field peas and grow like crazy. They don't mind the rain or heat!

[@debbiesorganicgarden]

I haven't tried them. I saw them online. I am growing cowpeas that I think are speckled peas. They are growing like crazy too but not a lot of beans. My soil needs phosphorous so I think that is my problem. When you say field peas, do you mean like black eye peas? I have some black eyes growing now and they are doing well, much to my surprise.

[@rustygirl8174]

@@debbiesorganicgarden They taste like the brown cow pea. They are prolific producers also. They have a green and purple hull with light green and purple peas. They are runners that need a good 10 feet to climb!

[@debbiesorganicgarden]

@@rustygirl8174 Got it. Kindof like asian beans. Thanks for sharing.

[@Lorraine296]

I love u for that....the truth about gardening

[@debbiesorganicgarden]

Thanks for your kind words.

[@cherylenettles656]

Try your greens in the fall. That’s when they do best

[@debbiesorganicgarden]

Yep. They do very well all through the winter here but I saw that they were used to combat the root Knot nematodes so I sowed the seed in the summer. Nope. Didn't work! They are starting to sprout on their own now, from left over seed that had not germinated. They typically volunteer in my garden starting in September so my new plants are just a tad early. Always a lesson to learn!

[@margiechism]

What I say ■ research if you can eat the leaves; especially if no fruit form. Keep your shovel because fulvic acid/essential minerals are generally 1.5 feet down in the ground. M

[@debbiesorganicgarden]

Yes, research has taught me a lot of things, even from commercial farmers who have a completely different approach. I feel like a spy sometimes! As far as eating the leaves, I can't. the image of a slug on the leaf is very clear-ugh.

[@margiechism]

@@debbiesorganicgarden Chop ■ chop salad works great! My radishes do not develop, the leaves are great; same with beets. Making a tea would work for other plant greens; I even bonsai maple trees to brew leaves as well as edible pine needles. I have gardened nearly 40 years at my home and I know of no parent or family lines that were not farmers personally; so far, I am the first generation not to grow crops and raise herds/live stock. M

[@truthseeker9688]

I have NEVER seen so many aphids...destroyed my basil...and they are all over the okra. Ants are Everywhere!

[@debbiesorganicgarden]

It is sad. This year seems to be the year of the ant. And with them, aphids. Yes, they got into my okra too. I haven't seen them in my basil. I hope I don't!

[@margiechism]

The military has a routine spraying ■ for herbicides and pesticides throughout the year. M

[@debbiesorganicgarden]

I'm sure. That's another reason why it's so important to learn how to grow food organically.

[@margiechism]

​@@debbiesorganicgarden"ICAN’s legal team recently obtained records through FOIA showing that the U.S. military sprays dangerous chemicals from airplanes over residential areas. The spraying is usually done at night (when insects are most active), so you likely wouldn’t realize that your home had been sprayed. It’s done by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), which has a specialized unit that is dedicated to spraying large areas of land (5,000 acres or more). ■ According to its website, this military unit “conducts as many as 25 recurring annual missions on 12 military installations in nine states, and in some cases, over communities surrounding these DoD areas.” It uses airplanes that “are specially modified with spray arms and the MASS [Modular Aerial Spray System], which can carry a total of 2,000 gallons of insecticide, herbicide or dispersant. The agent is then disbursed out of spray bars under each wing, in 30-micron droplets.” The documents also include the unit’s flight records which show where these military planes systematically sprayed, including large, populated areas in Texas, Louisiana, Virginia, Parris Island in South Carolina, and the City of Burlington in North Dakota, just to name a few. The records also show that the pesticides killed mosquitos that were inside boxes inside the buildings. Incredibly, one flight path shows the planes intentionally avoided spraying areas with bald eagle nests. So, if the chemicals being sprayed are too dangerous for baby eagles, how are they affecting us?" TheHighWire

[@coldhandjacinth9069]

@@margiechism The DOD is improperly labeled so many people believe the government lies labeled as 'defense'...the sprayers are clearly a department of atrocities , thus 'DOA'

[@cherylenettles656]

Does your banana plant covered by any shade or are they in full sun?

[@debbiesorganicgarden]

They are in the shade for the first 4 hours of sunshine, then full sun until sunset.

[@patriciamoore3936]

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[@sarahmiller3941]

My pinto bean experiment has been interesting. I live near Orlando. Of course, the temperature has been high. We are on Day 6 without rain. My bean plants are beautiful and there are a lot of flowers, but there is not the first bean on the plants. Is it the heat? Are they sterile due to GMO?

[@sarahmiller3941]

I got the beans at the grocery store, not a reputable gardening company.