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Gardening

Gardening

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Gardening is one of the hottest topics on Hometalk. Whether you're gardening as a profession, or as a hobby, you'll find awesome gardening inspiration on Hometalk. Do you need to identify a plant? Post a photo of it, and a gardening expert will be able to identify it for you. Is your garden blooming in a spectacular way? Share the joy with fellow gardening buffs. All garden talk is welcome on Hometalk; so whether you're planting a flower garden, looking for green gardening tips, or researching the perfect gardening tools, you've come to the right place.



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Gardening: Organic Gardening - amending soil - ground is too hard

Can anyone tell me what I might be able to work into our soil that might loosen it up some?. The ground has been tilled. I created a row for some vegetables, planted the seed, watered and ...»
the ground is very hard and compact. I would like to stay with organic matter.

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Sicilian Rose Fritch, TX 39 minutes ago
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Gardening: Unknown plant taking over.

Can you telllme what this is and how to get rid of it???? Please ! At this time it has tiny blue flowers. Soon they will turn to blue/purple berry things. What a mess.
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Linda B Crescent City, CA 2 hours ago
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Mugwort

It is the perfect weather today! No major winds, humidity or clouds. Just gorgeous sunshiny blue skies! I have been outside trying to weed, move plants, replant etc. around our yard. We ...»
use our herb beds here at home for recipe developing, testing, personal use and just to try different herbs that we are not familiar with

. About 4 years ago we planted Mugwort. And let's just say I have been trying to eliminate since then! LOL This herb makes mint look docile and non-aggressive! It has a very pretty varigated leaf. But, once you plant it, it will take over! And replant itself everywhere! It also grows pretty tall and bushes out. So, if you ever decided to grow Mugwort, know that you can hack away at and it just comes back.

Mugwort was used in cooking to add a bitter taste to fats and meats. Before hops came along, it was used to make beer. It was a big medicial herb in Asian medicine. It produces a toxic oil when concentrated and used in large quanities over a prologed time. Pregnant women want to avoid it. And quite frankly, I am trying to avoid it by getting rid of it because Mugwort pollen is one of the main sources of hay fever and allergic asthma in the USA.

So, today I have been really working at pulling it all out. I will have to stay on top of this plant areas because new little sprouts seem to come from no where quickly!

For more info on this herb, check out Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mugwort

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Gardening: Black lines on sting ray plant

I have black lines on my sting ray plant, I didn't have them last year. The plant seems healthy, and is still sprouting. The lines look attractive. Is this suppose to be or is something wrong with it?

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Power to the Lemon: 10 Amazing Household Tips

Lemons may seem pretty run-of-the-mill as far as fruit goes, but this citrus has hidden potential! Since they're highly acidic, lemons have a ton of simple and helpful applications around ...»
the house. Want to keep ants away? Or maybe you'd like to give your windows and mirrors an extra shine? Look to the lemon! Here are ten amazing uses for our yellow friend.

More: https://brightnest.com/posts/power-to-the-le...

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    Alexandra Arena 6 hours ago
    This is an amazingly informative post! Lemons are great and smell so good! Love your graphics!
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Plant Identification

Looks like I planted this in my garden but I have no idea what it is. Any ideas?
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Melani R Bristol, IN 6 hours ago
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  • Trench planted tomato plants with slow watering upcycled milk jugs.

Trench Planting Tomatoes

This is the first year that I'm planting my tomatoes in a trench rather than vertically. I have read that this method will allow the root system have more area to grow. I also upcycled a few milk jugs as a way to get the water to the roots without having to go through the soil. The milk jugs were cleaned and have small holes poked through to let the water go directly to the roots. These tomato plants are two Early Girls and a Celebrity. I can't wait to see what they yield! I also ...»
planted a little basil around them because basil makes the tomatoes taste better.

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Alysha Slater Gardnerville, NV 6 hours ago
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  • Beautiful garden and garden gate.  http://heavens-walk.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-old-garden-gate.html
  • Summer decor with a patriotic wreath.  http://ourpinterestingfamily.blogspot.com/2013/05/patriotic-cupcake-liner-wreath.html
  • Barn built and decorated.  http://pudel-design.blogspot.de/2013/05/the-barn-reveal.html
  • Lovely mantel with Spring touches.  http://revisionarylife.blogspot.com/2013/05/modernvintage-late-spring-mantel.html
  • Beautiful table transformation.  http://www.therusticpig.com/2013/05/09/miss-mustard-seed-desk/
  • Lovely dining room and tablescape.  http://throughmyporchwindow.blogspot.com/2013/05/moms-day-lunch.html
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The Queens From Make It Pretty Monday

Barns built and decorated, beautiful dining rooms, garden gates, Summer decor, and the ever present furniture transformation were just a few of the features from the Make it Pretty Monday party at The Dedicated House.

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The Dedicated House Cypress, TX 7 hours ago
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  • Rose at dusk
  • statue in the ferns
  • One of the many varieties of peonies at Goodstay Gardens.
  • Columbine & painted fern by a rock wall.
  • entrance in the stone wall
  • Flowerbeds filled with peonies scent the air.
  • Rhododendrons in bloom
  • Peony blooms as large as dinner plates!
  • statue in the penstemon
  • garden seating
  • Just one of the huge collection of hybrid iris.
  • sun dial in the Knot Garden
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May Garden ~ Historic Goodstay Gardens

On a recent balmy spring evening, the Arden Garden Gild visited the grounds of the Goodstay Gardens on Pennsylvania Avenue in Wilmington, Delaware. At the height of its spring bloom, the ...»
collection of six enclosed gardens was a sight to behold. Breathtaking peonies planted in long flowerbeds filled the air with a lovely scent. Roses, iris, columbines, rhododendrons and many other lovely blooms filled the garden with color, accompanied by bird song as dusk approached.

Dating back to the late 1600′s, this colonial garden has undergone several restorations and improvements: in the 1920′s by Ellen Coleman duPont Meeds and Robert Wheelwright and, for the past twenty years, by the Friends of Goodstay Gardens group.

Goodstay Gardens is an oasis in the city, a trip to the country through a stone gate entry. Here is a small sampling of the beauty contained within. I hope it inspires a trip of your own to discover this garden gem.

see more pictures at http://ourfairfieldhomeandgarden.com/springt...

See a wonderful article by Moira Sheridan on Goodstay Gardens at http://www.delawareonline.com/article/201305...

Face Book site for The Friends of Goodstay Gardens https://www.facebook.com/FriendsOfGoodstayGa... (with many more pictures)

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Barb Rosen Wilmington, DE 8 hours ago
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    Beautiful!! Thanks for pointing out this post! I really like the columbine with the painted ...»
    fern.

    I have added it to my growing list of "Philadelphia Gardens" to visit. Thanks! :)

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  • This is how our Lithodora looks today in our front garden bed! (May 2013)
  • One year ago, here's the Lithodora, w/ a newly planted patch in lower left. (April 2012)
  • You can see how much fuller and bushier it is this year! (May 2013)
  • I love how the newer plant and original plant spread and combined together! (May 2013)
  • The buds are a medium purple color, which look so pretty mixed with the intense blue flowers! (May 2013)
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Blue Perennial Flowers? Try Lithodora (an Update with New Images!)

This is an update to my original Lithodora post here on Hometalk -- http://www.hometalk.com/1047300/lithodora-ev... -- with new pictures so you can see how this plant has grown in just ...»
one year! Can you tell that I adore this plant? :) #MayGarden

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    Alexandra Arena 5 hours ago
    WOW! These are just lovely. I'm always looking for pretty blue flowers.
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