Thanks Jerry. I have sent an email & photos to the U Mass home gardeners extension service. I sure hope it is not that fungus. It apparently is...
I have 2 mini hostas that are not doing well. It always happens this time of year.....just when they bloom! What's wrong? [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
I picked this plant up several years ago at the local Garden Club sale. It is obviously a ligularia, but which one? In spring & early summer,...
Yellow flowers in August, 24" tall. Unfortunately the bugs have gotten to it, so the photos aren't great. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I traded plants...
Sounds delicious 2ofus! You will be appreciating the beans & zuks this winter.
Sherry, I have given up o tulips too. Between the deer & the moles, they just don't have a chance in my yard. That is a shame about your...
My community garden plot is producing & producing!! I am awash in vegetables, much to my delight. However I am aware that fall is around the...
My family & I went biking along one of the rail trails from Providence RI to Bristol RI. A great trip, and on the way back ona whim, we stopped...
Wow! I have never seen a garden center that big before! I really like all the diverse cement garden ornaments....something for everybody!
Thanks for the recipes & recipe ideas! I have one lone zuke that is just now beginning to produce. It was grown from seed & started very late....
Growingpains, I am glad you keep space for milkweed. You never know when a monarch caterpillar may show up! We grow milkweed too, or rather...
Your vegies look great Sjoerd! I have a question about Phacelia. You grow it as a cover crop? Any down side? Is it hard to get rid of in the...
It looks like a weed to me. But all tomato plants have a very characteristic odor. Your nose should be able to tell you.
Sjoerd, An update: Early Girl (planted VERY late) is HUGE. She has caught up with the other tomato plants that were planted a month earlier....
Hi all, I took Mart's suggestion & have been using the betadine solution. My tomatoes do have blight, but look much better than any of the other...
An update: trellis is COVERED with melon vines & I have at least 10 melons growing in their slings. I have harvested one the size of a softball...
Thanks Kate. I'll keep that in mind. I find wasps are creatures of habit: once they find a "good' location for their nest, they keep coming...
Kate, what is the ball thinging next to the bird feeder? Is it a counterbalance?
Ronni, it looks like you had a great vacation. It is so nice to see your family all having fun together. Heart warming!
Kay, how wonderful!! He is an adorable baby & it must be so wonderful for you to see your daughter so thrilled to be a mother.
