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a smidge of soil science
Cornell has a nice set of publications and lessons on soils and fertilization online. Here are a few, some more in depth than others, all readable: (URL broken, paste back together) Not all state ag...
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Lilly barely hanging on.
My wife and I have this lilly, at least she tells me it's a lilly, that is in really bad shape. Every couple of weeks it gets a new healthy looking green leaf. Within a few days, however, this new...
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Pollinating happening without the bees
Have yet to see first bee this season. Seems like a number of wasps are buzzing around garden and apparently ants are pollinating my squash and cucumbers and both seem to be doing well here in...
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Emergency patching of brown area in lawn
We just found out that we have to sell our house by September because of a job change. Our front lawn looks good except for a brown patch near the street, which was caused by someone spilling a...
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Recommended groundcovers
What attractive, flowering groundcovers that grow no taller than 6" (under 3" would be best) would you recommend that will grow well under these conditions: I live in Riverside, California (about 60...
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PHOTO OF THE WEEK, Sweet Woodruff
Also known as Sweet Woodruff or Waldmeister in German, this herb is the basis for traditional May Wine. js
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NEED Recommendations under Maple
My wife is on my case to get MORE LONG LASTING COLOR underneath our 60 foot tall maple tree. I have success on the street side of it that faces east and gets morning sun, but the west side that is...
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Applying P & K
A question for people in the know. What is the best time to apply P & K during a plants growing cycle? especially in relation to seeding plants like cucumbers & tomatos or root vegetables like potatos...
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Replacement groundcover
In mid-March, after posting to this forum and reading many responses, I planted 'Blue Star Creeper' in my partly-shaded garden. The garden is 350-feet-square so I cut 612 plugs (each about 2 1/2"...
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Volunteer tomatoes
They're coming up beside decorative plants in large pots. Must have been seeds in the dirt I used to fill pots. They seem very healthy -- almost more so than the ones I painstakaking planted and...
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Strawberry runners
On-line, I read the following: +++++++++=== As runners form from the plant crowns, train along the row and space 6 to 9 inches apart. Press the runner gently into the soil, hold in place with a rock...
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rhododendrons: it pays to procrastinate
I have two huge matched rhododendrons near the corner of my house. Suddenly, this spring, one of them had what appeared to be many dead branches on it. I was devastated. BUT I procrastinated, probably...
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Making A Case For Simple Life In A Small Town - Garrison Keillor
A Case For Simple Life In A Small Town by Garrison Keillor I bought a jar of elderberry jelly and an armload of rhubarb at a small-town festival last week, simply because the seller was a slender,...
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Aloe Vera
I have a metric buttload of aloe vera plants. Is this safe to plant, say, in the vicinity of a lawn, or is it going to try and srpead into it by running under the planter borders? Is this like bamboo,...
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Tree for indoors
I want to grow a Karaka tree (alternate name: Corynocarpus laevigatus; common name: New Zealand Laurel). I want to grow it INDOORS near a 10-foot tall window that gets plenty of light but never direct...
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