As I was feeding the chickens I found another of our recyclables. I cut away the bottom and about 1/3 of one side of a plastic vinegar bottle....
One reason is that mounds keep the plant up high and aid in drainage. Also, since cukes, squash, melons are vining, a mound gives them more space...
Ambrosia, aptly named! That looks delicious, and I'm glad it lived up to expectations. And that was only the first!
I fear I'm not as creative as you, but we recycle/reuse lots of things. I use 2 liter clear pop bottles for mini-greenhouses. Just cut the bottom...
You do find the neatest things! I'd dearly love that spatterware lidded pot since it would be so handy for kitchen chicken scraps (my compost pile...
Thanks, y'all--I'm a lot calmer now. I think what bothered me most was her having absolutely no consideration for the plants, it was all what she...
Tooty2shoes, I think you have a new pet! Helping handicapped wildlife isn't easy, but it seems you have made a mini-habitat for this injured...
Poor frog! But it is wonderful that you have a resident grass snake. Your habitat construction must be very successful! When my husband was...
Ivory soap is a good one to use--it is really a soap. I use it to make insecticidal soap, so a bar in the watering can would be helpful, too....
Happy birthday to the guy who makes so many here on the Stew happy! Have a great day, and enjoy every moment of it.
If you trim the plant back as Carolyn suggested, save some of the stems, minus the spent blossoms,to hang upside down and let the leaves dry....
Congratulations everyone, we have been trained! Our hummingbirds will do the same to us--give us the eye--when we are on the patio and they need...
Spiderwort is a great little plant, but it's almost a weed here (pops up in the lawn, even had one try to grow in the chicken coop!). We just mow...
Frank, if all web sites were as reliable and well-run as this one, we'd all be happier! You do a fine job, and when something does happen, you...
Thank heavens y'all are safe! When it came on the news, the first thing in my mind was "Droopy!" This will be a hard time for your nation, but...
Happy anniversary to you two! :smt058
Margie, When we lived in upstate New York, zone 5 (I think) I always planted spinach and lettuce in late August. I'd put in broccoli and...
I just finished talking to a new gardener. The entire conversation on her part was "I want, I need, I like". She wants to plant now--in over 100...
Cheryl hit it with #3. I think #2 is a holly, although the growth pattern is a little strange for a holly. When we moved here to the farm there...
I beg to differ. Fall will bring rain (we hope!) and cooler temperatures. We have had 38 days with temps above 100, and 20-some days in a row of...
