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did you have any luck with the bait stuff? I too bought it, and spread it all over my raspberries, flower garden and veggie garden. I might have done it a bit late, but I cannot tell if it helped as most of my garden was demolished by the time I got it. I still have lots of hoppers. I heard that...

I was in the garden the other day and there was a praying mantis on my arm. I tried to brush it off and it ran around my back and I could not reach it then I turned my head and it was on my shoulder! I actually freaked out when he ran around my back, I almost stripped down right there in the...

Actually, it never gets any bigger here, never really spreads that I have noticed. I might have to pass some on to you Ron, I think its lovely and wish it would spread. Because I want more non care flowers in my garden as I am not supposed to have one anyone due tot he new septic so anything...

I have a shamrock plant that I took outside to transplant into a larger pot and accidently missed a bulb (whatever you want to call them) and now its growing in my flower bed. I like shamrock plants, its even flowering but I wondered if it would come back next year or not? I live in Northeastern...

Since we bought the house 8 years ago, we have had this growing along the side of the house in our dogs yard in the shady part. Well, not really any left in the dogs yard now but so now its growing by our front steps almost under the lilac trees. They are pretty, grow straight up almost like...

Yeah, they are just little black gnat like things. I thought about taking the plants out and washing all the dirt off of the roots and putting them into new soil. I guess I probably do not need to go that far, but changing the soil and washing off the top layer of soil that was on top.

I brought my plants home from my previous job and have introduced lots of tiny flies to my house now. Is there a way to kill the little flies without harming the plants? They seem to be on the soil and not the plants.

Wow, my neighbor mentioned lasagna gardening to me, but was not going to try it. However, this strawbale gardening seems great! I have a neighbor, who we get our goat hay from for nothing, has a LOT of bales that have been sitting out decaying for at least two years. How old is too old as I...

Thats been my concern about the mulch. I am here in Northeastern Colorado and the wind is horrendous sometimes. I have Rhubarb I have to move to a differnet location, (over by the leech field) and not sure where to put it. I think I might put it over on the side of the house, as I had tried to...

Well, I ordered two books on Xeriscaping, one written by a guy in Boulder. I have been doing a little research, I just am not good at planning a "layout". I am thinking of going with ornamental grasses, maybe even some Yucca. I like the Purple Sage, or is it actually called Russian Sage? My...

I just paid a dang fortune to replace my septic system, which is in my yard I have worked so hard on for years to grow grass after the house was a rental for over 20 years. We have clay soil so drainage was and is bad, so we had to have a larger than planned leech field (rock bed style). The man...

I hope you get an answer, as I am in the same predicament, my pumpkins are not ripe but we had an early frost and the vines are pretty well dead. :(

I started pulling a few plants when I noticed them starting to turn yellow and wilt. I still have I think like 4 or 5 plants in the ground. Maybe I have pulled them too soon, but they appeared to be dying. I think I got what seemed to be about 5lb per plant. Not too many small ones still to...

I went and bought seed potatoes this spring to plant, apparently the ones that you buy in the store have something on them that inhibits sprouts so can't use those I guess. But if yours are sprouting, you could use them I guess? I planted mine in May (I think) and that was a lot later in the...

Thanks- I am not for sure why that I have never had a Jalapeno turn red ever, it must take a really long time! Like I said, I have had them start to turn black, not sure what that means, but not like they were going bad or anything. I will look for them to turn red then, Serranos too I guess. We...

Anyone have some help for me on picking these suckers? :D

I totally agree Bills, My mother boiled everything when I was a kid, butternut squash, turnips, sweet potatoes, potatoes, and then mashed them all. I never ate them any other way than that (difference is I did like them all) but now, I find it delightful to try things a different way from that...

I have posted here a few times about my tater plants. They bloomed about a month or so ago and the plants seem to still be growing well. I dig through the dirt periodically to check to see how things are progressing and then recover. I am out of taters to eat so decided to go see if I had any...

Well, I have never seen a Jalapeno turn red ever. :P But, one plant (I just went out and checked) one plant is a Serrano, the other is Jalapeno, and the other is a Hybrid- Hot pepper (what the tag says) so not sure on that one. :D The other I think may be some kind of bell, though it didnt say...

I planted 4 different kinds of peppers this year, all hot. In the past, I have always had a terrible time knowing when the peppers are ready to pick. I had one I picked a few weeks ago and hubby said it wasn't ripe, tasted just like a green pepper instead of hot. Anyone have a way of telling if...