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Hydrangea Leaves Turning Yellow
I fear that some of my many and precious hydranges have contracted the horrific Yellow Leaf Syndrome. The bushes seem healthy otherwise; all have bloomed this year. Even one of my ES bushes has...
 
Grow your Own .......Italian Farmers Protest Food Labeling
Italy ? Tens of thousands of Italian farmers protested Wednesday against the lack of clear and detailed labels on agricultural products, saying cheap imports from China were hurting their bottom line....
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Grow Your Own .....Poll: 92 Percent Want ‘Country of Origin’ Labels
- U.S. consumers overwhelmingly support stricter food labeling laws, with 92 percent of Americans wanting to know which country produced the food they are buying, a consumer magazine said on Tuesday....
 
Invader
Please see photo, via link below. We caught a few of these guys today, crawling around on the tomato plant vines. Wonder if anybody can advise what the white things are, attached to the caterpillar's...
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raccoons
the motion detector ... water cannon, called a scarecrow might work. some people have had the raccoons knock them down, so they need to be tied to a metal pipe driven into the ground. Ingrid
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Ever heard of this website?
I went to and bought some plants, they were very interesting when I received them in the mail. I live in Virginia and I had never heard of these, they are so cool! Anyone have thoughts on these...
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What makes it hot?
Last year, grew some jalapenos. They were relatively mild. Could eat raw, no eye tearing or tremendous urge to drink liquids resulted. This year, same seed, eyes tear up, scalp sweats, lots of liquids...
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Container Gardening - Growing Vegetables.
Im trying to grow some vegetables in Clay pots and plastic pots. The veggies i have chosen are Tomato's chillies, and few herbs. My question is, can i grow most of the vegetables in Pots, provided...
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composting
I compost my grass to roll into my garden. I've been wondering though, am I screwing myself by doing that? I say that because my back 40 has quite a bit of dandilions in it, plus I also use the...
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Catnip in bloom
I didn't even realize it did that, but my catnip is in full bloom! Well full bloom is a strong word, actually it looks more like a huge collection of tiny purple flowers on the stems - but I'm still...
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Strange Food Garden practices
Oh about 20 years ago A guy I worked with did this as a food garden. First ran a disc about. Then mixed every thing he wanted to plant with annual Rye. Then ran a disc again to mix it up. Quite a mix...
 
Please identify plant? ? ?
Earlier I posted a query about this plant, but now it has grown. Recently I visited William Faulkner's home, Rowan Oak, in Oxford, Miss. I pulled a small plant which was coming out of the side of the...
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Trellis and vine provide narrow space privacy
QUESTION: "I own a little Cape Cod built in the 1940's. It sits on a 40 x 120 lot, which doesn't leave much space between the neighbors' houses. I'd like to have a privacy screen on the one side of...
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FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN HERE LONG ENOUGH TO REMEMBER POTTINGSHED
For those of you here on the newsgroup who remember POTTINGSHED (Bev Brown up in Suffolk) Beverly was the FIRST person from the NEWSGROUP to decide to come down from her home in Suffolk to meet me....
 
Herbtastic
- The directory of garden related websites. For centuries herbs have been grown in gardens for their culianary attributes, their curing abilities, sweet aromatic smells and for simple aesthetic...