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Dear Joel, I have southern California clay soil with embedded/encased/entombed river bed-like rocks that range from pond skipping to softball size. It has made just growing grass difficult! I have been digging down about a foot and filling with various organic ...

Dear Joel,

If I purchase conventional seedling plants of tomato, eggplant, squash, etc. that are not organic, would they grow to be just as healthy as organic if I put them in a prepared organic soil to mature and produce fruit?

Thank you,

Rosanne

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Dear Joel,

We live in the Rocky Mountains -- zone 4-- at an altitude of 7800 feet. We have a short, unpredictable growing season and a large population of deer and rabbits. We currently have a container garden... Keep reading…