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    Perinial Salvia

    Thanx so much! When I first bought it, I put it in pots, and it acted like it was sick, so I put it in the ground and it really took off. I can wait til next year to divide it, now that I know what to do! Thanx again everyone!
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    First Garden...pics

    :tools thanx everyone!! I have a hand tiller (manually powered, whew) and a gas one...but the DH is the only one that can handle the gas one! LOL it would drag me all over!! Since he is a truck driver, I have to wait for him to come home...whenever they decide to let him. :idunno
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    Perinial Salvia

    Being new to gardening, last year I bought 2 perinial Salvia plants. They came back stronger this year, and even prettier than when I first planted them! Question is, can they be divided? I would love to have them go all the way along my fence line, but don't want to damage them.
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    Anybody ever order flowers from Burgess?

    I was in the same situation earlier in the year. Ordered from Burgess some Wysteria, some moss, and Ferns. All came bare root, which I thought was fine, but none of it lived. First, it was sent waaaay too early for my zone, and when I did plant it, it all was dead. I think from now on I will...
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    First Garden...pics

    Hi everyone...new here from over at BYC and thought I'd post some pics of my garden. First a little background....as a kid (loooong time ago) we had a garden. But I have never had a 'green thumb'. This year, the DH and I decided to have a garden and see what we could do. So we tilled up a...
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    Pictures!!! (36)

    I am loving that old house!! I'm from over at BYC as well...looks like I can post pics of my garden on here!! wooo!!
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    what to do with my broccoli plants?

    Thanx sooo much! I'm in Zone 5, and we have been having the irradic weather..hot, wet, cool, etc. Got over an inch of rain last night. ggrr Well, at least I didn't spend too much on the seedlings, so I'll just cut my loss and learn for next year! :)
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    Illinois

    :frow Hello!! I'm in Hancock County, about 12 miles east of the Big Muddy...wooo!!
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    what to do with my broccoli plants?

    Hi all, new here and new to gardening, and did a search about broccoli. Anyway, mine sprouted up (bought seedlings at the garden center and planted) and are starting to flower. One has bloomed, but the other is still green (the flower). My question is when to cut it? Its not all that big...
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