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About Samantha

Samantha: 25, Female
United States

Hometown:: Outside Canton, NC

Gardening Experience:: Novice

About Me:: Interested in gourmet mushroom growing, growing very large gardens, tail gate markets, permaculture, growing organic hops for brewing beer, growing grapes for wine and eating. I am growing a very large amount of produce this year

Favorite Plants:: I love them all except multi floral rose, privet, bittersweet, honey suckle, and Japanese Knotweed.

Garden as a hobby?: Yes

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Late Tomato Blight

Added a reply Jun 2

If you want to make absolute sure you do not get late blight, I would treat them before it starts. You can buy the chemicals at Lowes or Jesse Isreal at the WNC Farmer's Market. I would go with Jes... Read More »

Late Tomato Blight

Added a post Jun 2

The main thing in preventing late blight in tomatoes is to keep the foliage dry. When you water it is best to water the plant at the bottom. If you feel that you need to use a mister or sprinkler i... Read More »

What’s eating the tomato plants?

Added a post May 29

Could it be a tomato hornworm? From:http://www.thefarm.org/charities/i The adults are very large moths with a 4- or 5-inch wingspan. The larvae are large green worms with white diagonal lines on e... Read More »

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June: The Month for Battling the Colorado Potato Beetle

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Posted by Samantha on June 4th, 2008 at 5:25pm — No Comments (Add)

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At 6:28pm on June 24th, 2008, Polly McDaniel said…: What's shaking, Samantha? How about a fresh blog post on your garden. The last one was very informative, but general observations about how you're garden is doing are fine as well.

At 7:19pm on June 6th, 2008, Jim Childreess said…: Samantha,
Many thanks for answering my questions re tomatoe blight. I tried to answer before but had difficulty navigating the threads.
Jim Childress

At 12:43am on June 5th, 2008, Polly McDaniel said…: You did it, Samantha! I just posted your blog on the front of the site.

At 12:00pm on May 29th, 2008, Polly McDaniel said…: Oh, this is so fascinating to me! Thanks for the update. I would love it for you to start a regular blog about how it's going down on your farm.