I love green onions! I use them constantly and I use the whole thing - just trim off the very ends on each side. I grow them a lot in the garden. I planted them one year in such a way that I could fit my lawn lounge chair beside them. Then every time I sunbathed, I would do weeding right...
I removed part of our lawn by the house to make areas for bushes and flowers and I just used a flat edged shovel and scraped off the grass where I didn't want it. Then I added steer manure and hoed the area pretending I was a human rototiller! Lol. It worked great!
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I believe African Violets like indirect sunlight and warm, humid temps. When you water them, water directly into the soil avoiding wetting the leaves.
Many of the incidents of me getting stung were due to other people that were near me at the time. One was my brother messing with a nest and I happened to be hanging out nearby. Another time I was hanging out in front of our house holding our dog while our house attic was getting sprayed due...