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Over the weekend, my sons and I planted a striped German tomato and a West Virginia hillbilly tomato. We planted marigolds around the tomatoes. Also, 4 mixed color verbenas, French tarragon, and 3 different scented geraniums. Then we went up the street where a neighbor was getting new stone...

spirea has been a GREAT plant for me.

Hey bills! Thanks for the tip. It almost sounds too good to be true. I am considering trying it on my carpenter ants!

I think the same conversion would work with chickens too!

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If you want low maintenance, put in bushes. I would put in some evergreens: maybe look for a variety of greens like blue-green, and yellow-green. Patterns too. I have this evergreen plant that will grow in deep shade and its leaves are big green ovals spattered with gold dots (will look up...

Field bind weed and garlic mustard are my worst weeds. My bindweed is mostly in a little patch next to my driveway. Every time I get out of my car, I try to spot the tiny ones growing and pull them up gently, getting as much of the root as possible. I also gave up trying to grow flowers...

Well, I was born and raised in West Virginia, but have gradually made my way to the burbs of NYC. I visit my mother and sister every summer. I was deciding on an heirloom tomato the other day at the garden center, and I saw one named West Virginia Hillbilly. I decided that was the one for...

http://www.gardensalive.com/article.asp?ai=871 There are a few suggestions for purslane cuisine in this article. Sounds good.

Thanks Patandchickens. I think I will try that! I will let you know.

On this forum and BYC, there is much discussion of the merits of DE. Many people sprinkle it in the deep litter in the coop and also in the run. Many even put it in the chickens' food. Seems that most people also compost the old litter from coop and run. How does this affect the composting...

You guys are lucky. My entire property is only 1/3 of an acre and a lot of it is in dense shade or too close to where the boys play handball. I try to make the most of it though. The kids panic when we pass too close to a garden center 'cause they know that if we stop we will be in there for...

Mint will regrow from even a little piece of root left in the ground, so probably the worst tactic is to till it. You are essentially multiplying it by cutting the root into smaller pieces. Hand pulling religiously is the way to go. And containment of the original plant of course, if possible.

Maybe make a little wheeled base (a dolly) for each container so you can move 'em easier.

I think white clover would be great! It would be nutritious for the chickens, if it poked through the chicken wire. It also add nitrogen to the soil it grows in. Doesn't get very tall either so you might not even have to mow it. I love the herb idea too.

I believe blueberries and maybe something like gooseberries will tolerate some degree of shade.

Wow. I would have suggested adding sand. Thanks Patandchickens for that illuminative info.

Wisteria scares me. I have a young volunteer wisteria about 5 feet tall in my backyard. I have been pondering what to do with it. It is in a good place, near a sturdy fence. My daughter and I both love the way it looks. But driving around town I see that it is almost rampant. It grows up...

Yeah, I think I will be extra diligent about it now too. Sigh, another weed for the most hated list.

A quick Google search doesn't look promising. One website cited an incident in 1942 in Maryland in which 300 pullets died from feeding on this plant. http://www.cbif.gc.ca/pls/pp/ppack.info?p_psn=56&p_type=all&p_sci=sci&p_x=px Looks like all parts of the plant are poisonous except possibly the...