Recent content by bantyshanty

I haven't posted here much, but I have lots of experience with mulberry trees (morus alba) and chickens , none with pecan. On the "Pro" side for mulberry trees, the chickens will adore the fruit. I'm a Chinese herbalist and, in Chinese herbal medicine, every single part of this tree is useful...

Thistlebloom, I have considered this. We have hundreds of rhodies, so we thought a single-stem tree would be something we could put out front that would distinguish itself from our rosebay rhodie grove an not block our view. Thanks for the thoughtful imput.

I wish you luck in finding Dutchman's Pipe vine. I know that the plant parts were traditionally used in Chinese medicine in quite a number of herbal preparations, but that it's recently been outlawed by the FDA and in Europe to sell anything with aristolochic acid (the active medicinal...

We've been toying with the idea of getting some sweet bay magnolias for our property. We're in zone 5b/6a and we have a half acre of rose bay rhododendrons which are 80 years old and thriving. We don't have any magnolias yet. Does anyone within 100 miles of Pittsburgh have sweet bays, and...