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I need to mulch the leaves of four large oak trees every fall. This is a tree-mendous job. I HATE bagging the leaves and putting them on the curb, but you can't compost or mulch with oak leaves unless they are shredded. Can anyone recommend a good shredder/mulcher?

I had decided to tolerate the feral cats around here to keep the mouse population that lives in the garage down. But hookworms that penetrate human skin!?!? EEEEEWWWWWW!

Hi Patandchickens. I enjoyed seeing your random plant pics. I must get some lamium. I have so many places with dry shade. Yours is beautiful. Maybe I'll post some pics too.

Hi Cassandra. My neighbor used to grow eggplant and she insisted that the plants would not produce any fruit unless you left the plants alone (meaning no brushing against them, or bumping them or anything like that). I personally have never grown them. Good luck.

Our local Indian restaurant has rose ice cream. (We prefer the ice cream at our Japanese place: ginger, green tea and red bean)

I think Zoysia grass is the one that turns brown in the winter here on Long Island.

Sounds like cicadas to me. I think this is the year of emergence of the 17 year cicadas (according to a report I heard recently on the radio). Or is it too early for cicadas?

Also, everytime we visit family in West Virginia, my dh thinks I am crazy because I want to go to the bait shop and buy nightcrawlers and bring them back to New York for my compost piles! I must make sure I do this next time we go. I just have the regular worms. I want the super giant ones!

Several years ago, I used my lawn mower to shred a LOT of oak leaves. I just threw them in a pile and forgot about them for a couple of years. Then, one summer, me and the kids discovered that it was a worm farm! You could stick your hand in the pile and FEEL them moving! It was like the...

:D I sooo look forward to having chickens!