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BBQ party favors
Sprayed painted any kind of boot I could find and filled with hollyhocks I grew from seeds I collected in Santa Fe. Gave one to each guest at an annual BBQ party at our home.
Gardening: A friend sent a post from another site about killing weeds with vinegar. I'm posting the pix and part of the text from
that. This result happened in only one day. I brushed Roundup on some liriope volunteers over two weeks ago and they're just now puny and can be easily pulled out of the ground, but none are truly DEAD like in this photo. Will this be safe, do you think, if I put it on liriope volunteers and other weeds in my front yard? The yard has tree mulch, no grass, but lots of hostas, some hellebores, ferns, azaleas and other things. Guess I'd need to spray directly onto the potential victims, or brush it on with a sponge brush?
Gardening: Trail of dead grass mystery?
Trail of dead grass appeared two weeks ago that starts in neighbor's yard and goes to the sidewalk, then continues past the sidewalk in a line into the grass into my yard all the way to
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Possom - does anyone know about these animals?
A possom walked so close to me so at first I was afraid. It looked at me, I looked at it and slowly it went away. Is there a anything I should know about this animal/rodent? What does it hurt/destroy? Should I call animal control?
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Commentedthanks to all who responded... I had been through my books and could not any instructions. I ...»
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CommentedI think Walter should offer up in instructions for the vine... I have a tree, but would prefer ...»
Anybody doing any seed starting this winter? I've discovered winter sowing using my recycled containers.
I've also started plants indoors using my new seed germination mat and grow lights. Seems that the plants started by winter sowing outdoors is doing just as good as the ones I have in the house that I've been babying.
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CommentedI planted nicotina in small cups that I have gradually moved up in size... with weather ...»
Home Maintenance & Repairs: my new home is 4 months old and the caulk and grout are already cracking. Is this normal?
It's cracking around the edges of the tile in the kitchen and bath.
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Commentedthe manufacturers inability to make a caulking product that doesn't have to be dug out and ...»
Plant Labels
Fellow Hometalker Erica Glasener and I visited a new nursery together today and inevitably brought back a few plants. I bought a cardoon, which will grow into a large, spiky, distinctive
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CommentedAbout your cardoon -- do you plan on removing the flowers before the birds spread the seeds ...»