"Veggies can be preserved through pickling (but need to use salt and or sugar heavily as well as vinegar), freezing (check a good source book for which ones freeze well and whether to cook first or not), and canning (but you need a special pressure…"

"Check out Armitage's book on Perennials under Anemones to get the exact species name. I have it growing in my yard too, and for the first time it is blooming again in fall! I saw a picture of it in Armitage's book a few weeks ago, but had…"

"The crowns of my shasta daisies look like that in early spring before they shoot up. Could be shasta daisy."

"DEFINITELY OBEDIENCE plant."

"I have something similar which turned out to be in the buttercup family. Didn't bloom the first year, but had big yellow flowers similar to wild buttercups the second year."

"Manure is good. Compost, peat, top soil, and leaf mold. Gypsum has shown some promising results in studies at Cornell, but not a guarantee. I learned in my master gardner's class last year that sand will NOT loosen the clay, but will bind with…"

"I found some images of jasmine seed pods on google. NOt exactly the same size, but shape is similar. I think it is a seed pod."

"I don't know much about Jasmine flowers, but this looks like a fruit or seed pod. It doesn't look like an insect cocoon or some virus. I guess if I had a Jasmine plant and saw that, I would think it was a seed pod. -- Kirsten"

"Great looking tomatoes!!"