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Gardening: Pesky little red ants in raised beds
Built a couple of raised bed gardens. Here in the south, we have these pesky little red ants, and they have taken a liking to the raised beds. Since these are vegetable gardens, I'm
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I recently read that pouring ginger ale on the mound will kill the queen Bee!
Gardening: I bought a somewhat leggy tomato plant and upon looking online to see
how to plant it, I found a video that said to put it into the ground sorta lying on its side but then pull it up into the upright position. Said the part underground would form roots and send up new plants (I think that what's she said). Shown here is a screen shot from the video showing how she's lying part of it down into a long hole in the ground. She also said to put some bone meal into the planting hole to produce more tomatoes instead of more green parts. Ideas on whether any of this is a good idea?
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Thanks. I'll try cinnamon. A lot of the ants dispersed, running for their little lives. They ...»
Gardening: Persistent crape myrtle
I had two huge crape myrtles taken out, thought I had the stumps ground. But they keep sending up suckers in my papyrus. Anyone know how I can stop this, it's constant.
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Don, how well i know that. My driveway is cracked from the roots, I have volunteer in the side ...»
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Thankyou Barb and Douglas. I didn't know if I should leave them on for the energy to go to ...»
This plant is very old. Just last year, I put 3 different smaller pots
together into this longer planter. They've lived outside all spring thru fall on my shady deck for years and have always done well. But look what happened this year. The now brownish and not-so-pretty areas were new growth, I believe. What do you suppose made this happen? Nothing bad is happening to them right now but I want to make sure it doesn't.
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These have lived in the same spot all spring thru fall for several years and have done very ...»
Gardening: Best LOW-LIGHT indoor plants??
I need some suggestions regarding some larger low-light indoor plants. I seem to be able to find plenty of indoor plants that require a good bit of light, but not very many low-light. So far, I have only purchased a Chinese Evergreen. Which ones have you all had the best luck with/your favorites etc? Thanks ahead of time!
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I too wondered about low light plants. Thank you for all this info. ツ
Please name this plant
This plant sheds its leaves in winter and in May bears new leaves then buds then these white flowers with yellow centers. It is a perennial and very hardy. This shrub is very old and does not need pruning.
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It's a Mayapple.
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Eucalyptus, cinnamon, cayenne pepper, cloves, mint have been known to 'repel' mice. However ...»
Privet hedge!!
Once I chop down the small privets growing in my back yard, what can I do to get rid of the short stumps, and make sure they don't grow back? Thanks y'all!
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you will have better results with Roundup if you spray thoroughly while there are still leaves ...»
Nervous about cutting my climbers for painting....
When I bought my 1880 Victorian home two years ago, I grumbled about the invasive climbers the previous owner had planted to grow up the porch (a wisteria and a trumpet vine!). But I
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So I've cut back the trumpet vine and am going to dig that one out. I'm still debating on the ...»
