I am digging up some old strawberry plants that have been growing in a large container to move to a different place, and deep in the roots I find this? Anyone know how it could have got here?

I’ve been Googling but Google doesn’t quite understand my question. Sooo… my husband is a butcher and he uses a saw all day. Goat, lamb and beef. He can get his hands in BAGS of bone sawdust/meal/powder. He asked if I want it for my compost. Smart! But then I say… oohh, wait, maggots, critters, etc. Then I think what about sprinkling in my tomato soil or direct on garden? Then I think ooohhh, cats, critters, etc.

So! What if I lay it on a cookie sheet and slowly baked it, dehydrating it!?

Is any of this a good idea? It does have tiny pieces of fat and bone on it but it’s like a fine dust. I want to use it!! I am an inner city dweller. Lots of stray cats, rats, mice, raccoons, skunks, possums, etc.

What to do? Use it or leave it the hell alone? I also have compost bins. Appreciate the expert advice and opinions!

Hi, is there any way I can rescue my tree?

The more I trim it, the more it seem to grow.

They were stored cool, dark and dry and since three weeks they got some fresh soil, water and sun on my balcony. But they still seem so sleep ..

I swear this was not here yesterday and just noticed right now while watering. I looked it up but hoping someone can confirm that this is rust fungus? What in the world! Really thought this plant was thriving. Should I just trash the whole thing out of my raised garden bed?

Hello usure if its the right place for this.

I am looking to use a pressure washer hose with a normal spigot (without the pressure washer)

How do i go about getting quick connects to swap out the garden hose??

Ideally i want the the 3/8Inch plug as seen in this pictureto come out of the spigot (i have the exact piece in the image) . Im aware it might affect the flow, but this is not a problem

Any thoughts on what i can do to achieve this?

Thanks

Hello, I am starting a garden next Sunday. I live in zone 9b. Is it too late to start planting seeds? or should I buy plants that have already started and plant those?

My last frost date is coming up and getting ready to plant my pepper and tomato seedlings/young plants into my raised beds but no sure what to up in the soil? I started late last year and put a starter plants from Bonnie’s and had our beds half peat moss and half topsoil, and I also added in Espoma Garden Tone, is that good enough?

What else should I add to ensure there’s enough nutrients/ a big successful harvest?

I was thinking of adding peat that I already have 1/2 & 1/2?

I'm planning to kill a 600 square foot area of grass using the vinegar solution method in order to plant wildflowers. I'm worried about the soil not supporting new growth because of the salt. Has anyone done this using the vinegar and dish soap solution without the salt?

I was just curious if anyone else was trying doing multi species seed mixes of seed families like cold weather greens (cabbage, kale, broc) or tomatoes,peppers, eggplants, and okra in patches instead of perfect rows.

Last summer I tried a Three Sisters themed patch but only thing that thrived was the beans.The blue corn stayed small, with tiny ears and the squash bugs just demolished the squashes before they had a chance to really make any squashes. I even dusted with diatomaceous earth but I think the rain washed it off. So trying to rethink that?

We also had a multi species plum, heirloom, and cherry tomato patch that blew up (mixed with a few Anaheim peppers.) I had sauce for months.

I just planted a patch of beets, turnips and carrots all mixed together and then broadcast over a well-tilled bed. I have pretty good results last year doing this, but this year's the first time we've had the whole patch rototilled so nicely.

Is there any theory or science behind this or science saying why it's bad?

I watered these with a drip from my sink on Friday and left out of town until Sunday evening. When I got home the soil was very dry so I just added water with the drip from the sink. I’m worried that I let them dry out for too long. Is there still hope for these seedlings? The last one is the only one with leaves that are visible. The one in the second photo is starting to emerge and the first photo they seem to have fallen over. This is my first time trying to grow tomatoes and am very new to gardening, so just not sure what to expect at this point.

I live in San Diego California and this just sprouted in my greenhouse the other day. I’ve been letting it grow for a little bit so I can see what it is (we compost so random things pop up in our planters all the time) I can’t seem to figure out what this is.

I randomly threw some (year old) garlic seeds that I got off my great grandfathers when I was harvesting. I scattered them last season (2024) and now I have these tiny sprout popping up. One uprooted and it looked like a tiny bulb at the bottom. Are they garlic?

I just noticed this in my tomato pot today. What is this, and do I need to treat my tomato plants?

White fungus growing on potting soil still in bag. Bag was opened a couple weeks ago and has been sitting on the potting bench enjoying the warmth of the last few days I guess. Is this okay to use?

I have no idea how this turning into a self watering flower pot. Can someone explain it to me? Thanks!

I live in a Zone 8/9 area near Victoria, BC. A sizeable part of my yard has a high water table. If I dig a hole in this part any time in the winter, I get a few inches of dirt and then a good foot or more of … mostly water. If I dig there in the summer, I find hard clay and a fair amount of rock under the first few inches of topsoil.

Sooo…. I want to put in plants that will help soak up some of the excess water (in the winter, I end up with shallow standing water across large parts of the lawn). In particular, I’d like to put in native plants that will not be overly fussy. The area gets full sun and it includes a place where I naively built an arch before I realized what was going on (yeah, those climbing roses didn’t last long!).

Does anyone have a recommendation? I need something that can survive in very wet conditions in the winter but won’t need regular irrigation in the summer. I’m good to water the plants for the first summer, but they’ll need to become drought tolerant once established. I do have irrigation to the arch.

Oh yeah… we have a lot of deer and rabbits too. Just to add to the challenge.

The ground was super soft near my well so I dug down and found a fatty white substance around my well head. What is this?

hi all - i'm new to the gardening thing and i used to ask my mom for advice but unfortunately she passed away and i'm now stuck figuring everything out on my own lol. this is my rosemary's second winter, and when it started browning this year i assumed it was just cold and it would come back in the spring. googling and reddit have told me maybe i'm wrong and it's just dead/dying. there's still some green, but i don't know if that means much.

then i got this lavender early last spring, kept indoors until it was consistently warm, then planted in the ground. it was supposed to be a hardy variety, i thought. it did start to shrivel when it got cold again but i, again, thought it was going dormant and would come back in spring. google has told me i should prune it only once i see new growth, and admittedly it hasn't been consistently warm here yet (zone 7) so i'm just not sure what to expect.

my blueberry bush, chives, and peppermint have all started growing back already and i know they're different plants but i'm preparing to clean up the garden and wondering if i should be expecting to replace these guys lol. and if not, what can i do to help them?

I am wondering about growing Luffas in Pennsylvania for my chinchillas. I unfortunately don't have a green bone in my body and have no idea how to grow anything. Can luffas be grown in Pennsylvania, if so when should I plant them, how long does it take them to grow before I harvest them? How to I process them after harvest? I apologize for my own stupidity and asking what is probably something very simple but I thank you all in advance.