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I have gotten rid of bindweed in a back yard by taking a dilution of 1/10th strength Round Up and putting it in a cottage cheese container with a slit in the edge of the lid so that I can put the end of the bindweed in. I just put one coil of the end in there and it slowly absorbed so the root...

If you choose to use Round up take a hand trigger sprayer and just do one leaf. I moved into this place and had lots of it. Been here 3 years and I have to hunt for it now. There is no reason to spray bomb that chemical heavy like they say, and kill everything in a 10 foot circle. It will...

So 2 years ago I was eating this great Clementine at the kitchen counter, were I had this potted plant that I had recently transplanted and looked a bit silly being the pot was too big. I really enjoyed the whole bag of Clementines so seeing all this 'real estate' around this potted plant I...

Here in BC we have a Dial-before-you-dig number that we call, maybe your state has a similar program. anyway everyone that has any interest in the property shows up and marks the underground services. We have to register underground stuff here, it goes on the property registration for just...

Wow you really went to work! Lots done there for sure. Hard soil is a challenge, but the answer is to break it up with compost. Yes you have to physically break it up too, and mix the compost in well. If it tends to repack the right answer is to put in some stuff that is not too composted...

I'm on to tomatillos too. That is the tradional use of them, for salsa as they are firmer. But I love Roma tomatoes and can't do without them either. Both those for salsa for sure. Then it just depends on the year, I have made salsa out of beefsteaks that came up really firm and nice once...

no I have only seen some really unreasonable prices. I have a matress heater that I'm thinking about using on a table top, but need to do some testing to see if it will be cool enough. Mom uses the top of the her upright freezer so the seedlings have the laundry room light nearby. It's...

Dandelions have to be harvested when tender and young to be good. Soon they are bitter and tough. I'd get the chickens into a tractor situation or just even a small temp fence type arrangement to weed that area for you. You will be surprised how little time it will take them if you confine...

Well Pat I only have 1 foot of snow or less where it has just fallen but the piles from driveway clearing and off the roof of the barn are still 5 or 6 feet. Like you we have had melts and refreeze too many times. We are in the remelt right now and look out, water is flowing over the tops of...

Sevin is very toxic even in small amounts. It's approval has been taken away in many uses after further testing done in the past few years. It's residue levels are much too high to use near any crop IMO. Try DE if you feel that treating the bite area will help. Companion planting and...

Plant the marigolds around the roses to deter the moths from laying there, and put the parsley near by but not right there so they have a 'better' option. It's kind of a push - pull to get them toward the crop your willing to let them have.

Trisha the only time I did new roses I used rooting hormone powder and did the dry dip. I did not greenhouse the rose cutting so lost most of them, I like the discription here of how to use a pop bottle. Anyway this site has most of the info you need to get going. I have heard that pre...

One of those plastic owls might help. Other than that live trap and relocate, or fence them out which would be a total tomato cage I guess.

Husqavarna has the easy pull and ours starts first pull every time except if it has sat for more than a couple months then it's second pull at most. I can start it every time and that says something because I would be frustrated at 3 pulls. Easy pull is a valve thingy that releases the...

Sorry I can't tell you which flying insect that is doing your damage, but I can tell you that companion planting has helped me alot in the past, and so has encouraging toads and bringing in parasitic wasps. Which reminds me I need to find a new source now that I have moved.... Toads I have...

Everything..... Seriously, we have been on this property for almost 3 years now, but the first one camping while the house was built. Anyway everything it seems has taken priority over gardening. Having now acheived self sufficency in meat production and enhoying our first winter totally...

The blackberrys that grow around here wild, that everyone seems to just go take a few from the bush for their garden, those are very aggressive weeds that will take over and snuff out your blueberries. The cultured blackberrys that have a nice name like Marion and are sold in stores are...

Oh man, now I'm headed back to the seed store..... Ya, I forgot about bok choy, I love that stuff. I wonder if it would do well in my sun window in the early season (like now) so I can have something green....

Wow! I planted my hot peppers last week and don't even have a sprout showing through the soil yet! Sigh.... such is life here in the north

Well no parakeets here so that risk is low. LOL Interesting, so it got as far as flowering! This is good. They are growing like bad weeds right now, really nice. I'll have to post some pictures as they get repotted. Think I'll leave them there till they are 3 or 4 inches anyway.