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Actually, I've only gardened at this location on small scale last summer, and we had plenty of rain. Oddly enough, no deer damage. Only thing used was Sweeney's deer repellant cylinder things on sticks from Lowe's. And some human urine. Not even a fence or dog. Don't know if that had anything...

Noticed one of my old pricey deer repellent containers showed putrescent egg solids as a main ingredient. I now have chickens, thus excess eggs. Any good recipes, or can I just bust some eggs around perimeter to rot - wait, that would attract even more coons & possums & skunks, so how does that...

Bowls of soapy water with some fruit peel or such.

Flies...inside, outside, around the chickencoop. What control do ya'll prefer?

I have some in a pot inside a window and in a pot outside away from chickens. Inside ones are weak and thinleafed (not enough light).Outside shade one looks good and has "bloom". Both pots were left inside over winter in windows.Leaves died off, I forgot to water,noticed the pots and assumed...

ok, I'll try that! And also looking for my sharper knife. And needlenose pliers. Seems like there'd be some kind of palm-sized mini-bush ax hook thing sold for this purpose somewhere. I know hand digging is prob. best, but I'm a scrawny 55 yr. old elfwoman with all warranties off, so I'm into...

Anyone got a favorite way or tool they use to remove the long grass and roots that wind around rototiller tines when tilling newground? Seems I spent more time under the tiller than behind it today.

I hate vinca major, because it's too snakey, but vinca minor is a tidier, slower-growing groundcover that I have used successfully to prevent erosion of banks, and it doesn't need mowing because the smaller leaf keeps it low to the ground. So vinca haters, don't condemn the species until you've...

That would be fun, except that my ten acres of abandoned pasture-jungle are in bad need of refencing due to being pulled down and swallowed by trumpetvine. Hmm...Wonder if I could sell that stuff? I used to love it before I moved here. So far I've cleared several acres with my DR brushmower...

Dirt Digger,filling with a garden hose would be pretty taxing on your pump. Don't know enough about how to get it to fill unless you have a source of water naturally going into it. Before I discovered I had a part time stream (stream was dried up when I moved here and grown up with brush around...

Will repeated mowing eventually kill poison ivy?

Yeah, my work would not be near that extensive. Dam seems in good shape except for what would need reworking if whole pipe has to be replaced. The old one may be repairable, but seems pretty rusty, and I'm a little uneasy about the idea of a rusty pipe with water flowing through. Seems like it...

No. Thanks for turning me on to that!

Well, happy fishing! Too much water sounds a lot scarier than not enough. I would love to have a good fishing pond, but I agree with all that this is not a DIY project for such as myself. For now, I'll just work on clearing the trees, and wait until I can afford some professional advice/work...

It's a pretty big ex-fishing/ goat watering pond in a grownup pasture, maybe 1/3 acre pond on a 10 acre tract. When I bought this place 2 yr. ago, I thought of putting a sign up saying "The Gulch", with a fake buzzard on it. It was cracked clay. Almost everyone's ponds here were dried up from...

It sure makes a beautiful hedge. You've put in a lot of work!

OK. Are dewberries about the same as blackberries?

Got a mostly dried up pond on property I bought. Anyone have luck with bringing one back around? Seems to be fed by a stream that only flows part time. Somewhere in storage we have a Dyradrill, I think it's called. (That thing they sold in Mother Earth mag.) If I tapped into that sluggish...

All the wild blackberries, at least in the broad area of Ga. where I live, have been ruined by blight for last 10 yrs. or so. Plants grow rampantly, but when berries should ripen, they turn to hard seedy knots. Don't know anyone who has any that aren't affected. If I were to buy some...

Thanks, guys! This is just a common red cedar like the ones that seed up all over our Ga. woods. Nice big Christmas tree shape in big area of full sun, but soil holds moisture well. Sounds like the cedar may not be too detrimental. I'll just experiment with some extra veggies and temp. fence...