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Gardening: Plant advice for sloping yard
Hi Everyone, I'm looking for suggestions on plantings for a new old garden bed. Here's the issue: we live in NW Illinois, zone 5, heavy clay, full sun, cold winters. Our backyard was
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Gardening: An advise for grub worms in soil
things are dying and when I dig in there are grubs - but I want organic
Gardening: Gardening Table
I want a cheap gardening table to use to pot plants, wash veggies, ect. . It has to be able to be left outside in the yard because I do not have a shed. Any ideas?
Gardening: Just bought a passion plant. Never saw one before.
What is the best way to care for it, says you can bring it in during the winter months. Right now in a transportable pot, any suggestions?
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here is a fascinating read about Passion flower vines ...»
Gardening: One Lonely Iris
Last year, I planted a number of iris cuttings from a friend. The only one to bloom has just opened. They are in full sun and I planted them shallow as I've done before successfully. What could be wrong?
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Robi -I did not know that - thanks!!
Gardening: Weed?
I have this coming up all through my flowerbed. Can anyone tell me what it is? I can't find anything online that even looks remotely close. I live in the West Central part of Oklahoma if that means anything...
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From the wife of a chicken farmer who also grew row crops for 10 years, the weeds don't come ...»
Gardening: One of my red maple trees died.
We planted three red maple trees over two years ago and they did well the first year. Last summer two of them had some white powder looking stuff on the leaves. This year one of them did
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Thanks Patricia W I will do ...»
Gardening: Plant I.d.?
I have had this planted in my Secret Garden (shade garden) for several years. Although I had probably left a plant id tag by it when it was first planted, I have no idea what this plant is.....can anyone help id the plant for me?
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Here's more info on the variety you have: Epimedium x perralchicum'Fröhnleiten' ...»
Gardening: Ants on My Prickly Pear!
A friend noticed some tiny (sugar) ants on my Prickly Pear then told me they would kill it. They are not easy to grow here and I really don't want to loose it. At this time it also has
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I wonder if spraying vinegar would work to kill the ants. Vinegar has many uses. ...»