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A nice addition to a flower arrangement?

I split my lilies in the spring when they had only a few leaves up. All transplanted well and are blooming now, but I believe they are about 4-5 years old. The bulb things were huge. I pulled some apart by hand, some I chopped apart with a shovel. I too have a question. I would like to...

I'd have to look into what else I could plant. I'm in WI so the growing season is pretty short, and we're pretty well into it already. Anyone else have an idea what I could plant in July that would be productive?

It's in a contained area, but I wanted to add some butterfly-attracting flowers there. I should be able to dig a giant hole to remove a good portion of them. I imagine they've been there since the original owner of the house, up to 30 years.

I planted WAY too much lettuce this year, and now that lettuce season is almost over I am going to have a very large area of empty garden. I have heard of using clover as a cover crop to keep weeds out while I'm not growing anything. The weeds get pretty raucous out there as the garden is next...

I was wondering about those too! I inherited a huge patch of them when we moved in. I like them, but I think I will try to thin them out.

First batch this year. They are about a foot tall, no sign of beans yet. I'll let you know how it goes!

Yes! I'm a pesto junkie, made arugula pesto last night in fact! 1) You need a mezzaluna 2) This is a good recipe. Very simple. I like to toast the pine nuts and add whole ones on top of the finished dish. Last night's version was arugula and walnuts.

I take it to work, everyone there eats like bunnies!

Don't plant 5 packets of lettuce all at once for 2 people Spend more time weeding Till twice in spring

Mine did that too. I figured I just didn't do a very good job laying the seed. Picked my first salad last night, yum!

I actually have a permanent wood foundation, so lime's not a problem. The limitations with it are that I have to make sure the root systems of nearby plants stay small as to not penetrate the seal on the wood, and I should not water excessively near the foundation. After looking up the size...

No deer that close to the house, it's about 3 feet from the front window.

I've lived at my house for about a year now. There's a rhododendron in the front that I *thought* must have bloomed before we moved in. Now I come to find out that it barely blooms at all. We got 2 flowers on the whole thing this year, it's maybe 1.5 ft tall and wide. Does it need pruning...

Thanks everyone! I think we'll try cutting them back and see what happens. If they die, then I will just have to let them go.

Darn, that's a lot of trees to pull and a lot of something else to plant. Anyone have any other ideas?

I have this line of shrubs (that now look like trees, 10+ ft tall) on my lot line. I was talking to the neighbors who said that the people who lived here a long time ago used to keep them pruned such that they were a 6 ft tall hedge that you couldn't see through. The people who lived here...