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    Do you know this tree? Maybe called a Chinaberry?

    My grandmother had china berry trees all around her house in Fla. and we also had great china berry fights, but in a strong wind the branches are real easy to break, and Grandmother always said the berrys were poison.So we just had fights with them but man did those dry berries hurt.
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    ground covers

    It's a steep bulldozer cut hill. Went to town one day and came home to find back has been cut by a friend that just wanted to help. we're 71 and unfortunately he cut the hill so steep I can't climb it without a sharp stick, them I'm almost afraid of falling. He thought he was going a good...
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    ground covers

    We have a steep hill behind our house and since its middle Tennessee, its covered in rocks(they reproduce overnight), and clay, what can i plant that will grow fast and cover the hill as well as crowd out the weeds,I was thinking crown vetch, but have never tried it,suggestions anyone?
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    Tennessee!

    Woodbury Tn. 20 miles east of murfreesboro, WAY---------------------back in the hills,
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    Lavender how to's?

    I live in middle tennessee, all clay and rock, so I planted 2 lavender plants in a large flower pot, they grew really well but no flowers, do i need to reset them now or in the spring or just leave them in the pot. I LOVE LAVENDER. :bouquet
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    How do you compost your chicken poo?

    The ground where we live is so full of rocks that i just have a couple boards about 6 in tall & wide as i want my garden row to be and fill it in with the hay from the chicken house, come spring and planting time i add a couple bags topsoil, plant what ever i want cover that with fresh hay (No...
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