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Yoo Hoo.... Bill W.... favor
Last year you posted a list of planting times in summer for fall crops, I believe. Was that what it was? I think it was from Organic Gardening in the past. Given my organizational proclivities, and...
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Is a Big Hunk of Steak Worth Almost 2,000 Gallons of Water?
V, your food choices are moral choices from this viewpoint also. Dammit, I'll not enjoy a big chunk of dead cow nearly as often and likely not enjoy it nearly as much. Hell, after reading Pollan and...
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What's wrong with my Boxelder (Acer Negundo)?
My tree is dropping tons and tons of leaves. We've had a very wet Spring and Summer here in NW Arkansas. Here is a link to some close- ups of the leaves. The yellow detached leaves fell from the tree...
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Natural landscaping and home values
Hi everybody, We live near the downtown of Green Bay, Wisconsin, though actually, it's an old "suburb." Back in the 1920's, the lots were platted as "farmettes" 50' wide and 250' deep, the idea being...
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NOW what??? dead skunk in garden
Last Tuesday I discovered a skunk in my culvert trying to feast on my recycling. It walked funny and grumbling - no doubt rabies or other ailment. I backed away and called Animal Control - who may or...
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ID help: fragrant crape myrtles?
I traveled to Sacramento recently with my mother to vist my uncle (81 this year, and still taking care of his house and garden). I was able to figure out that the white-, pink-, and rose-flowered...
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geraniums
I am a resident of Spain, Cost Blanca, a very mild climate. I love geraniums but am not sure how to prune them in this climate. Obviously frost is not an issue. Does anyone know if my geraniums will...
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Are the oleanders coming back?
About five years ago, yet another plant plague seemed to hit southern California - the ubiquitous oleander bushes were all sagging, apparently from some internal bacterial infections spread by...
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Bean and Tomatoe question
Uhh....do you really think chlorothalonil is a good idea? Charlie This one-of-a-kind pesticide resource has detailed information on over 15,300 pesticide ingredients and related products. A unique...
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Can anyone identify this plant?
Hope this is a good enough description: Green fleshy leaves,look a bit like cactus leaves, with regularly spaced spikes along each edge.Leaves are about 3 feet long and radiate to cover a diameter of...
 
Starting plants indoor
I want to start plants from seeds in my bedroom this winter and I want to get a gro-lite system for this purpose. Can anyone recommend any that are not too large or too expensive, but still do a good...
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Removing kikuyu grass lawn
Hi, Need some advice on how to remove kikuyu from the lawn. My backyard has a large lawn section where the kikuyu grass has taken over. Its located on a terraced bed above the paved courtyard. Quite a...
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Tomatoes
Ailsa Craig and location Kent England. I have a couple of dozen plants in an outside plot and they are doing very well. An overflow I planted in a dozen large clay pots. Almost every fruit is...
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Why garden in images---no need for a thousand words--
This tool enables the below real easy Thanks to Billy for pointing out it¹s existence and just like that more folks have access to binaries. Bill
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Whitefly and spider mite infestation
OK guys, my tomatoes are still covered with whitefly and their small green babies that look like minute aphids. My friend, looking at them today, said she believes they also have spider mites. Her...
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