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| 10 days ago |
Your Favorite Late Season Flowers? - 22 replies Ok, so I was wondering what everyone’s favorite late season flowers were…. BESIDES MUMS! ;) So what are your faves? |
| 38 days ago |
Toy Trains & Slotcars - 5 replies While I was up fixing things at my mothers house I took the time to excavate dads old Lionel trains and etc from the loft in the work shed. They used to be displayed in the house but dad eventually put them into storage in their original boxes in the shed. Since my son (going on 3) is obsessed with trains I thought I’d dig them out and ... |
| 80 days ago |
Show Me Your....... - 69 replies Canning room, summer kitchen or any dedicated place you have set up for handling your summer harvests. I’d really love to see what you all have set up. I don’t care what it is, just snap a picture or two, or three, and show it off. Do you have a canning room/closet? Nice dedicated room for all your canning supplies? Do you h... |
| 86 days ago |
Overwintering Plants, What's Your Setup? - 11 replies I know it’s a tad early to be discussing overwintering, but I wanted to get an idea what everyone else is doing so I can gauge if my own plans will suffice. So what kind of setup do you all have for taking care of your outdoor potted plants till spring? Pictures would be great to see! |
| 111 days ago |
Plant ID Please? - 11 replies I’d seen these at Lowes for 50 cents each and decided to pick some up. They have a woody stem to them and do not look like annuals at all so I thought I’d take my chances and pick them up. Size is about 12” tall by 12-16” wide, variegated leaves, semi hardwood branching. CLICK TO ENLARGE. I’ve p... |
| 117 days ago |
Training Tomatoes, How do you Prefer? - 17 replies So, we’ve got 70 tomato plants that have been producing like bang busters for a long while now. Problem is they’re so gigantic that any time it rains, at least 10 pull their stakes and fall over. Some have even just “snapped” their stakes in half they’re so big. We’d lost a few to root disruption because of... |
| 197 days ago |
The Unknown Plant #3 - Shrub - 6 replies This is a shrub in the front yard against the foundation which has got us stumped. It’s about 3’ tall, does bloom but not quite yet. Has longer leaves and an odd flaking style bark which is a lovely brown color. As usual, click to see the larger image. |
| 209 days ago |
Stumbled On: 35 Pest and Disease Remedies - 5 replies Just stumbled onto this and thought everyone would enjoy the read. Japanese beetle bustersLike slugs and snails, Japanese beetles have plagued gardeners for years. One way to stop them in their tracks is to suck them up with a small, handheld vacuum. Another way is to throw a handful of larkspur or delphinium leaves into a blender, add the b... |
| 210 days ago |
SOLVED: The Unknown Plant #2 - 6 replies Second one.. Let’s see if we can figure this one out, too.. This plant was in a pot that moved with us and had daylilies in it. We took the lilies out and left this thing. It was small at the time and had large leaves, so we thought we’d see what it was. Not sure what it is. So….. Any ideas? Click to view the BIG pictu... |
| 213 days ago |
Advice on Soil Amendments. - 26 replies Ok, so I tried again to till the soil in the back yard. It’s just TOO hard to do.. So, I sent out a WANTED on Freecycle to see if anyone jumps in willing to break it up for $. Anyway, once it’s broken up I’ll want to add material to it to keep it from becoming to tightly compacted. Beyond sand, any advice on what I can ad... |
| 215 days ago |
Saw an Indigo Bunting, Cool! - 9 replies First time I’d seen one. Rather pretty little birds. Will have to build some more houses and see if I can attract some. As for the houses I have up, I’ve got at least 2 couples of Blue Birds nesting, which is quite fun.. |
| 218 days ago |
Fertilizer For Fruit Trees. Opinions Plz. - 3 replies Ok, so I’ve got two apple trees that need a drastic pruning. They’d been let go, had dead matter and are in bad shape. Though one is really nice, it’s also too large. Anyway, I’m looking at 30% pruning for one and 50% for the other, which will happen late November. It’s a hard hit for sure. Wanted some opinion... |
| 219 days ago |
Macro Media: Spring Time Fun - 16 replies Let’s see who can guess all of them correctly.. ;) Made it a little easy this time. Doesn’t this little bud make you want to pucker up and kiss it? Your maw and paw will surely know this one. This looks good enough to eat, but it’s not Welcome to the snow capped mountains of the Andes. Just don’t sneeze. ... |
| 221 days ago |
I must be going nuts. - 14 replies I just won an eBay auction for an antique 10×12 floor grate for $70. Yup.. Nuts.. Though, will look good in place of the crap stamped metal POS that’s there now. |
| 224 days ago |
-- Solved --: The Unknown Plant - 17 replies Lets see if anyone can ID this one. It’s an odd ball that we’d never seen before, just started coming up and bloomed in quick order. Any idea? |
| 231 days ago |
Moved Lilies - 10 replies I don’t think I’d showed anyone the piles of lilies we’d moved when we sold the old house.. These two pics show two separate groups that needed planted. I’d already got 30 or so into the ground, which are not shown. Some (not of the above) went into this bed along the walkway Some (not part of the above eith... |
| 240 days ago |
Got my first shipment from Spring Hill... Kinda.. - 11 replies Well, got my first box in. It had everything expected, but lacked my Pee Gee Hydrangea and my Lilac.. In its place was a Hopi Crape Myrtle I didn’t even order. Kinda sucks.. Sent a mail out to them to get it sorted out.. Will let ya know what they say. |
| 244 days ago |
Garden Sink... Got One? - 35 replies Ok, so you’ve got a hose.. You’ve got a spray end.. But do you have a sink in your main gardening area? I’ve got plans to do a potting bench of sorts with the foundation made out of part of an old metal break left on the property. Heavy as crud, it is.. It will have a raised center section and then a front and back table ... |
| 244 days ago |
What's so special about... - 15 replies Bluebirds? Ok.. So we’ve go Bluebirds now.. What’s so special about them? Beyond that they’re pretty, they’re rather boring. I think by far my favorite birds are the Mocking Birds that come around. Awful friendly, never fly off unless you get REAL close and have a WONDERFUL song selection. My least favorite? Blue... |
| 259 days ago |
Bat Houses - 17 replies Ok, I was wondering who’s got bat houses up among the group. I’ve got plans to put at least 2 houses up next fall, one on the chimney and one extended above the poll light outside. So anyone have a house or two up? Care to share a picture or two of it? :) |
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