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Hey Steve! I prepare a grated horseradish with salt and vinegar and then use it to make an amazing horseradish dip for chips. I whip a pint of heavy whipping cream and fold in a cup of miracle whip, fold in 1/2 c or more of prepared horseradish and chill. My family packed on 1/2" of fresh...

No,no,no! While carrots can cross with Queen Anne's Lace , they do not make them yucky unless you are growing them from seed that you saved from the plants. Carrots are grown as annuals even though they are biennials(2 year). You plant the seed, it becomes a carrot and you harvest it in the...

I meant that carrots and Queen Anne's Lace will not cross with Horseradish, sorry if that wasn't clear enough.

It can spread from thistle birdseed that folks put in feeders for finches in most any state. That's how I ignorantly seeded mine :he

No, they are in two different families. Horseradish is a brassica, same family as broccoli and radish. They won't cross with carrots. Horseradish is a perennial and carrot is a biennial. Horseradish does have a mix of leaves in maturity. The plant dies back each winter and regrows in spring...

I've read that the best compost pile is one placed under an oak tree. From my experience I'd have to agree that the oak presents an atmosphere which makes great compost. I'd shred the leaves first to quicken the process.

Steve, that's fantastic! Thank you for taking the time to investigate, hahaha (mystery pun). I just checked and my library has some of the Tea Shop mysteries!!! "Death by Darjeeling" and just out"Oolong Dead" but I'll have to wait until tomorrow, of course. I drink herbal tea, Lemon Verbena is...

She's got her first great gardening story! I hope she keeps a gardening journal and that should be in there. :D

You are not alone! I first heard of them from Twiggy, 1960's British model. She attributed her looks to the Loofah. I was pretty young but thought "I need me one of those!". No one knew what those were around here and we thought they were sea sponges or those little square green/ yellow fake...

Thanks Ann, I will look for those books. I have seen a couple on DVD and they were intriguing.

There are some great mysteries centered on herbs and gardening. The China Bayles Mysteries are books about a woman in Texas who used to be a lawyer but now is an herb store owner, herb authority and amateur detective. Great reading, books on CD. I listen while I weed! Rosemary and Thyme is a TV...

That's the problem with common names. Here phragmites is called pampas grass. I included the name phragmites to specify which I was referring to. We have an extensive marsh in NE Ohio that has been colonized by phragmites. The park naturalists refer to it as both pampas grass and phragmites in...

Pampas Grass (phragmites) is a complete pest here where we have long cold winters. It is illegal to plant it here. If you were to plant it, anyone with a pond is going to hate you because it will infest, choke and take over a pond 100%. The seeds are windblown, carried by birds and animals...

I tried landscaping cloth for weed control around my carrots. DH plowed a new portion of the lawn the year before and the weeds were sprouting everywhere. I carefully cut 2"x2" square holes every 2" and laid it over the tilled row bed. I planted the carrots in each square and watered well, then...

Easy to grow, there are the thornless for the less adventurous. I don't think blackberries are too picky. They grow in our heavy clay soil. I planted several at the edge of my garden and pretty much forgot them, didn't water or fertilize and they are just fine. I am watching for the underground...

I had 5 bins of worms for awhile. I mixed peat moss. shredded paper and cardboard with some ground leaves. They love eggshells, too. You can over feed the worms and can tell by smell and the slimy moldy produce that they aren't keeping up. They need some moistness with a spritzer, but not soggy...

I have heavy clay soil and love Chantenay carrots. They grow about 6-8" long and as much as 3" wide at the shoulder. I leave them in the ground all winter and dig as needed. I mulch heavily in fall with chopped leaves, say 10", so they are easy to dig. If I know we are to get a deep 2'...

:gig When you phrase it like that I sound desperate, lol! Yup, that was me. I think I better get some cuttings from a few sources because I don't know my variety. There are a few trees locally that I have in mind. Oh come on, haven't you ever entertained the idea of getting a cutting from...

If Reinbeau's link didn't have solutions you could use then try pouring boiling water over them every time you see new growth. If you kill the leaves enough times the roots will eventually starve. Or try something like roundup.

That's a great idea! I had considered picking a branch of flowers from another tree for pollination but it would be better to go the extra mile and graft! I've got nothing to lose.