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I got a surprise with my potted mini-rose
On Valentine's day, my husband bought me a potted miniature rose. It had white blossoms with a pink flush to the petals. I put it in my bathroom under the skylight on the shelf, and it is doing fine....
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Do deciduous plants grow in the winter?
Hi All, I may just be my eyes, but it looks like my Goji Berries have grown about a foot over the winter with all their leaves gone. IS this possible? Goji Berry is a dicot and a member of the...
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FODMAP
Thought group might be interested in this: Fortunately I do not have this problem as a lot of good stuff is on the bad list. Trials have shown that eating foods low in specific sugars—the low FODMAP...
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Chinese gooseberry
CBC radio podcast < hope the link works ? > John T.
 
anybody home?
it has been a while and not much new to report when it comes down to garden items. at least until the weather warms up and spring gets closer... however, before then i have to test out a few things...
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bug cycles
this winter it is box elder bugs. when the weather fluctuates they are around the house (inside). last fall there were a large number around the outside of the house so i figured there would be some...
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cut from linden
How close to the stem do you cut branches on a small-leaved linden or "Tilia cordata"? Right now it is mostly about getting the downmost smaller branches away so people don't get them in their heads...
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Winter Gardening
My wife has started planting seeds in the greenhouse, inspired by all the s eed catalogues we've been getting recently. She likes to work out there whe n it's bitter winter outside. The people at...
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Feeding plants flies for protein using soapy water
How does a single soap drop of "flak" incapacitate a housefly? Do you think the dish soap is bad or good for the plants? What is it about soapy water that knocks house flies right out of the air? In...
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George says hello
he's still kicking. he e-mail works. rattle his brain. :) songbird
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borer resistant squish
just reading along in another forum and came across this and thought i would post it here for T. Tromboncino (a.k.a Zucchetta Rampicante) a very long squash, can be harvested young and used like...
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a few snow pics
from the recent sparkle goddess... Various things around the place... http://www.anthive.com/img/decorations/thm/pc140013_Bumps_Shadows_thm.jpg...
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got this bit done
for the website finally... probably needs editing and polishing, but at the moment i want to get on with other things. songbird Learning by doing...
 
Br-r-r-r
Winter finally made it down to the sunshine state. Frost this morning: Not unheard of but unusual this early in the season. Overnight low of 30° on the our front porch. Not real optimistic about the...
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on to the next project
surprisingly nice weather, and the ground dried out enough i could finish up the last few gardens that needed seasonal debris buried. then once i finished that i could start in on a project i wasn't...