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Best way to winterize Geranium plants?
I have 6 hanging baskets of geraniums that I currently have moved to hangin g in front of my garage window. The garage never quite gets down to freezi ng, but does go as low as the mid-30's once or...
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suggestions re ugly retaining wall
my new property has a very steep back garden with a 35ft long retaining wall. Could anyone suggest how to make this wall a bit softer and disguise it. I thought about willow screening with climbers,...
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What to do with Osage oranges?
I have access to a couple dozen Osage Oranges if I want them. But, I can't figure out what to do with them. Help!
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Glyphosate
If I have some raised gardens with vegies in them and grass weeds start growing can I carefully paint the weed with glyphosate without affecting the vegies?
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Lily Seeds
I have some lilly seeds that I collected from mature seed pods a couple of weeks ago. I do not know what type of lillies they were, so I don't know w hether they have to be refrigerated for a month or...
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Water tank levels?
Hi All, Have a farmer for a customer with a large water tank for watering his fields. He would like some telemetry as to its state: full, half full, etc.. (Currently he uses the "There She Blows!"...
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Fall Foliage
Autumn Blaze Maple in my front yard: http://i62.tinypic.com/j7c86v.jpg http://i59.tinypic.com/30d8mdt.jpg
 
Mulch over needles?
The street where I have lived for [censored] years is afflicted with horrible trees; If it isn't the effing needles, it's the effing sharp seeds or the effing sap on parked cars. The City won't take...
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Apple varieties
If you have access to the NY Times, on-line or hard copy, you might enjoy article on the thousands of varieties of N.American apples ( NOT sold in supermarkets!) Title in Home & Garden Oct 22 An Apple...
 
Flower ID needed...
I saw this on my walk today and love the color of the flower. Included is a pic of what look like seeds. Can anyone ID this flower? Are the seed-like marble sized 'things' seeds? Can I plant them? I'd...
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What ate my shamrock (oxalis)?
I've had a "shamrock" plant sitting on my deck for years. I put "shamrock" in quotes because I don't know what real Irish shamrock is, but I bought this in California and I'm quite certain it's some...
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milk as soil food?
ran across this article and was wondering if anyone has tried this method for vegetable garden? Do you know about the magic of milk and molasses in improving your garden? Milk is a miracle in the...
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Calling all extreme gardeners for new tv show idea!
Have you go the greenest fingers in your village/ town? Are you rarely out of the garden even in the winter months? Do you grow award winning vegetables or have some extreme plants on your allotments?...
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garden manure question
I am spreading/tilling fresh horse manure into the garden today..........a friend told me i will get better results by adding lime. I have not checked soil ph, but have added the same horse manure for...
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"Agent Orange" -- EPA & USDA in bed with Dow
Yum Yum! Our food animals raised (tortured) on factory farms will now din e on crops poisoned by a deadly new herbicide APPROVED by our government "g uardians". Just in from Organic Consumers...
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