When all else fails cut the bottom out of a steel barrel and build a low fire in the barrel and on top of the stump. Discreetly check if you need...
I lived in the lakes and monadnock regions for many years. Moved to OH last fall.
Scutelaria lateriflora (skull cap), Blood root & lady slipper (I disremember the Latin) will all work in your photo.
You might be able to kill wisteria with a hydrogen bomb of 100 mega-tons or bigger, maybe. I'm not totally convinced that is true though...
I'm in SE-OH USian, and we have had a positively Noakian April. If you live south of me in the mississippian basin pay attention to flooding...
Some time mid July to early August the tops will brown up, Pick your garlic then. Let air dry a couple weeks store ina cool dry area out of...
This was extreemly slow growing for me in NH, in pots. Did better but was still glacially slow in a sunny sandy raised bed.
I think "something" for a crank when heavy to facilitate turning would be very helpful. Nice job.
IMO there is enough salt in dry cure or brine to be problematic as a compost addition. If I lived in fairly soggy new england it might not...
Ken, I have MS caused spasms. Valerian is sedating. IMO it a good HS (hour of sleep) med for things like restless leg. I found it took two...
Valerian spreads by wind-distributed seed. Cut off seed head when just about ripe. Dry in paper bag. Collect root (the medicinal part) after seed....
Yup, that looks like rhubarb to me.
The old guys put a drop of mineral oil on their silks to drown borer. Now-a-days its olive oil ;)
It looks to me like moss. Is your soiless mix 100%, soiless mix, or part compost? Moss if well blended into compost blooms pretty quick....
Carolyn, I keep hoping the moles which have condo-ized my back yard all drown in this rain. So far its just a hope...
Soil born disease can be a monster problem! Rotation can be of some help to that. Rotation is also good to reduce some pest insect problems....
A true "determinate" tomato makes one good big set of fruit and is then pretty much shot. This is why mechanical harvesters like tomato with...
If your pot has a drainage hole, english ivy is an ideal plant for the beginner who wants to train bonsai. It should be hearty in your zone out of...
I've had limited luck with full sized rose as bonsai. I'm bumping this back up to the top to see what other mini-rose growers do.
Cheif of my garden is a supreme tomato sandwich. requires homemade bread and a big enough beefsteak tomato slice to cover from crust to crust,...
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