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Cultivating Wheat-grass

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Kathleen A Wayne, IL 7 minutes ago
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Repurposing & Upcycling: Jasper or Agate?

I found this rock in my backyard tonight. Not sure if it is Jasper or Agate. Anyone know? It weighs almost 4 lbs and is bigger than the palm of my hand. If it is agate or jasper is it ...»
worth anything and is it worth having it cut somewhere? Thanks for your help!

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Missy L Duluth, MN 13 hours ago
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  • Up, up and away.
  • Clematis 'Perle d'Azur'  trained up our mature maple tree.
  • Clematis 'Perle d'Azur',

How To Train a Clematis on a Tree Trunk

When I planted a climbing hydrangea (Hydrangea anomala subsp. petiolaris) near our maple tree, I also planted Clematis 'Perle d'Azur', thinking that it climb the tree using the hydrangea ...»
vine for support. I knew that Clematis climb by wrapping their wrists around small twigs, so other vines are wonderfully helpful for their successful climbing.

Here are some tips to get a Clematis started up your tree!:

-Choose a tree with rough bark, like a maple or oak. A smooth tree, like a cherry, with not get enough grip for your Clematis as it grows.

-Plant it on the shady side of the tree trunk and add compost. Mulch well. This enables you to give its roots the shade they need to start well.

-If you are not planting by another vine, then add a way for the Clematis to make it on to the tree bark. Use small bamboo canes, fishing line or twigs to make a scaffold for it to climb.

-Help the Clematis along by occasionally tucking its loose new growth into the rough bark of the maple.

It has turned out beautifully! I especially like the dreamy blue of Clematis 'Perle d'Azur' when viewed on the tree trunk against the blue sky. I hope yours does too!

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Julie @ Wife, Mother, Gar... Pittsburgh, PA 2 days ago
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    Will, abundant growth with no flowering sounds like it might be a case of a fertilizer with ...»
    too much nitrogen. It could also be a case of untimely pruning.

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My Labor of Love

I love my home and my gardening
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Alice G Palm City, FL 2 days ago
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    I am from Tampa and I miss the Bird of Paradise!!! Beautiful!!!
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Home Maintenance & Repairs: Ant hills everywhere!

We recently had our backyard graded after building an addition to our house. We plan to put down sod in the next month (once we can get rid of some of the rocks and roots that are now ...»
showing up). In the last few weeks, there are ant hills appearing daily. Many ant hills. What is the best way to get rid of them at this stage? Would a liquid spray work better than a granular bait? I am going to use a barrier treatment around the house, but feel I need to do something on the hills themselves. All the rain we are having isn't helping matters, either.

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Teresa W Greenville, SC 34 minutes ago
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  • This is the pond in front of our house.  Built by previous owners.  Fun, but dirty w/the trees surrounding.
  • Front of house w/large garden in front, and to the side.  Entry gate is to the left of the corner of the house.  Hoping to build deck along the length of house

Outdoor Living: Our Front Yard Pond and Other Projects

We just purchased this house and it has a great 3/4 acre yard with a pond in front. It has a fountain, w/a spray fountain (see white pvc pipe in pic). We like it OK, but it is dirty as it ...»
is under the trees and gets lots of leaves in it. The fountain leaks in back and the water keeps getting lower and lower, probably a hole in the liner somewhere.

So we are thinking of filling in the pond w/small red lava landscaping rock on bottom (lots of this in a garden we are redoing and I dislike it), then river rocks on top w/the fountain still bubbling up in the middle. Any suggestions on how to do this properly so that the water will not leak out, and we don't have to continue to refill the water level? Thanks for any ideas, I live in Wyoming so there is LOTS of snow in the winter and it is only used in the summer months.

Now we are also going to redo the front of the house w/a full length deck (eventually a roof over it). Have some cinder blocks, and thought about using wood decking over them w/the blocks as support. Do we need to place the blocks in sand to level? Or how should we proceed?

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Kris Lee Jackson, WY 3 days ago
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    Our pond freezes in the winter too but our fish are always fine. As long as it is 18" deep. ...»
    Whatever you do ...... DO NOT put goldfish in your pond. If they breed you will have so many fish you won't know what to do with them! We had three goldfish and they had 104 babies. What a time we had getting those out.

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Landscaping: Grass for a sandy yard.

Our yard is mostly sand and hard dirt and has alot of dead patches in it, I am trying to get grass to grow. Anyone have any ideas of what type of grass I could use. Plus I cannot get my ...»
dogs to stop digging holes. the dirt they dig up looks just like sand. I just want a nice green yard without holes

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George Frederick Florence, SC 2 days ago
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Landscaping Ideas for Zone 6a

there is a crimson king maple in the front and will shade the right side of the house some. the drive that lead into the portaco doesn't have anything to obstruct the morning sun. The front of the house faces east. drive is south so might get some afternoon sun on the right side of the house then. I posted a pic before but this might give everyone a better idea of what I am working with.
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Rindy Bergbower Newton, IL 5 days ago
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    Marilyn M 12 hours ago
    Let us know and show us what you have done to your area. :)
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  • Old tin, cedar posts, composted horse manure
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Red Neck Raised Bed

This bed is 10 feet long by 4 feet wide. It is 3 feet deep. I used a scoop shovel and my JD lawn mower and trailer to haul composted horse manure to fill the bed. Yes, it took a lot of ...»
it to fill the bed. I have yet to come up with a trellis to hold the cukes, squash, gourds and tomatoes. Any great ideas?

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Jamie M Cave City, AR on May 09, 2012
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    Catherine Smith 4 hours ago
    Clever, clever! Love the idea and might be able to afford this kind of raised bed sides. LOL
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Gardening: How do I get trees out of my ground cover?

I have a good sized bed of myrtle ground cover and there are oak and maple saplings growing in it. How do I get rid of them without digging up the whole bed? Is there any way to keep them from starting there in the first place? Help!!!

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Dotty Albright Scio, OH 3 days ago
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