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Now, I don't often get on a soap box, especially about plants, but I think that I'll rant a second about roses, in specific, species roses. As I'm...
I refuse to be cowed in my moral assessment of deer. They are evil, evil, evil. Well, that is, of course, unless you are talking about venison,...
Well, temperature is important too. As you probably already know, The systemic enters through holes in the leaf called, stoma. Stoma are often...
I've found that I have a better kill if I cut a plant to the grown and get the new growth once it's a foot tall. The extra energy used for the new...
Another reason people will wrap tree trunks is to keep them from splitting. Thin barked trees (this happens with Japanese Maples and young fruit...
I bet native bittersweet would survive.
Not too long ago, I actually saw three deer on their hind legs around an old Thuya. A truly hideous sight, like minions from hell performing a...
I'd second the Metasequoia. But I'd also consider a weeping Taxodium. Metasequoias grow almost as quickly as Salix but without some of the...
There is a local grower, Elliott Coleman, who grows organic produce year round under glass no too far away. Between that and canning and freezing...
I'd send for a priest. Did they ever make it?
If you know any little boys or girls, hire them to find you some. It's a fantastic project for the younguns. Give them a nickle a piece and there...
chuck, Thanks for the article. I've been a Pollan fan for quite some time now and enjoy his NYT articles as well. He's an interesting thinker...
Karin, Well true enough. I myself came to the conclusion that that forum and I were not a good fit. I responded to their annoucement of my...
My favorite sign outside a farm stand was, "If you don't want condominiums in our fields, buy our food". Eating locally for me right now would be...
Well, I can tell you that ours, which grows in a pot (I am assuming that you are asking about Murraya koenigii?) likes a potting mix that is...
I can't help with the science but I can help others who might read this thread because they'd like a plant for a soupy area. When planting a...
I used to be a contributor on DG but when I found myself to have been censored for what was called profanity (which, in fact was blaspheme and not...
