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    Stinging nettle everywhere! Help?

    I have excellent luck with the SureShot foam. It goes where I want and nowhere else. Personally, I think they're pretty plants, but I have ZERO tolerance for them in my yard. Literally, I have scars on my hands from the stings.
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    Brugmansia cuttings Giveaway

    Yay! :D:D:D Please remind me. I am SO forgetful. And thank you so much!!! I can't wait! I've been eyeing them in the plant porn books for months now! And admiring the neighbor's for years!
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    Stinging nettle everywhere! Help?

    The "R" word - Round up
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    Can we talk about fertilizing tomatoes?

    Most of mine are already in the ground already, but they've had one heck of a time since they were transplanted (hailstorms, brutal winds, flooding rains and frost). Some of them seem to be stuck in neutral but others are perky up slowly but surely. One day I'll have red things on them (I...
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    Can we talk about fertilizing tomatoes?

    Jealous!
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    tall stalk with light purple flower weed (or wildflower)

    Had to Google: Yellow toadflax is an herb. The whole plant is used to make medicine. People take yellow toadflax for digestive and urinary tract disorders. It is also used to reduce swelling, relieve water retention by increasing urine production (as a diuretic), and cause sweating. Some...
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    Brugmansia cuttings Giveaway

    Yae! :D
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    Brugmansia cuttings Giveaway

    Ooo, Ooo! Pick me! Pick me! :D
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    Can we talk about fertilizing tomatoes?

    My porch tomatoes will be in 5 gallon buckets. I've seen many people here succeed with that set up. And they're cheap - free if you know people. :)
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    What are your Tomato choices for 2011?

    Yay! I will have someone to compare notes with.
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    I have STRAWBERRIES!!!

    This is my first time with strawberries. How long from bloom to edible fruit?
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    tall stalk with light purple flower weed (or wildflower)

    I can't believe that its name isn't more commonly known since we have so much of it here. But now we know! :)
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    How to Germinate Lemon Myrtle

    I guess this is what it is, but I still have zero experience with it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backhousia_citriodora
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    I have STRAWBERRIES!!!

    :lol: Boy was I mad for a second there. lol
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    An Average Day's Haul of Compost Material.....

    If you could get some of these in your pile, they'd have it reduced to compost in no time. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermetia_illucens
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    pine straw as mulch

    We have an unlimited supply of free pine straw (only requires a rake) so I LOVE it. :D Seriously though, the more vigorous weeds still get through. The rest of the areas that still need mulching will have cardboard placed underneath the pine straw.
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    tall stalk with light purple flower weed (or wildflower)

    I ran into some really knowledgeable gardeners yesterday and asked them. It seems that it might be something called "Oldfield toadflax." I don't think I have ever heard these words mentioned but it seems like our mystery weed for sure. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuttallanthus_canadensis
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    How to Germinate Lemon Myrtle

    I don't think I've ever heard of this.
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    What are your Tomato choices for 2011?

    Two each of: Red Zebra Green Zebra Mortgage Lifter Brandywine Yellow Pear Black from Tula Sweet Pea Currant one Blondkopfchen and a still undetermined number of Reisentraubes
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    Blooms changing color on Brugmansia

    Well if that's not cool. I have to wonder... What's the point of buying/selling these plants based on their color?
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