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I think I'd like to plant some Confederate/Star Jasmine along part of my fenceline to screen the view from the new house our neighbors just built next door. It's only supposed to be hardy to zone 8B, and I'm in 7B...will it come back next spring? And what will it look like over the winter...

Any ideas as to what I can do to beautify the hideously ugly approach to my house appreciated. The constraints: Zone 7b Rocky--extremely rocky--soil Partial to full shade No way to irrigate I'd be happy with an ivy, a ground cover, a climber, shrubs, anything. Secondary to that, I'd love...

I just got a pair of apple trees from Stark Bros. One Arkansas Black, one Granny Smith. Both are semi-dwarf varieties, as I planned to put them in my yard. Things have come up here, and I am unable to get them into the ground in the yard, but I don't want to get rid of them. Is it possible...

I got a mess of established strawberry plants from a local gentleman here--new plants that came from his plants. Anyway, I've only had them in the raised bed here for about a week. They're in organic garden soil with pine mulch on top, and they're doing great. These are Ozark Beauty...

Does anyone have a good source for apple trees? We'd like to plant one Granny Smith and one Arkansas Black, which should cross-pollinate. We're in Arkansas, so something fairly local would be best.

OK, Honestly? I need someone to take me by the hand and walk me through the potato-planting process. I have been overwhelmed by instructions from different sources to the point that I don't know which way is up, so I figured I'd just come to the one place where I'm never let down! :D I'm in...

I'm in what--Zone 7/7b? I'm trying to order some garlic & shallot starts, and don't know where to look or what to get--I'm even stymied at the choice between hardneck and softneck garlic. What's the difference? What do I want? I'd like to be able to hang garlic to store, and maybe onions...

I'm making a very simple recipe for peach preserves, and it calls for the peaches, sugar, and lemon juice to be brought to the simmer, then cooled, covered, and refrigerated overnight, before being simmered again for 15 minutes and processed. Does anyone know why the overnight holding in the...

Does anyone know how to pickle sweet banana peppers? Can I make something that tastes like the sweet pepper rings you buy at the store? I only have enough peppers to make maybe a quart or two.

I think I have a pretty good idea on how to blanch and freeze the stuff I stocked up on today at the farmer's market, but I just wanted to check here in case anyone had any specific tips for any of these things: Corn (on AND off the cob) Green beans squash (straightneck) squash (pattypan)...

I'll try to get some pictures of them if need be, but I have two unrelated trees, not near each other, that died in the last year, for no apparently reason, both surrounded by other trees which are totally healthy. One is in the front yard, and is, I believe, a "curly" or "corkscrew" willow...

I am considering this year a total learning experience, because so far, I haven't gotten to harvest anything. I think I've lost all my big, beautiful broccoli plants, as well as the cauliflower, to this beast, captured here by my husband: I've sprayed a soap solution on the leaves, but...

OK, just get all your laughing out of your system right up front. There. Ready? :P Anyway. So, yesterday, I was mowing the lawn, and I got too close to a rose bush, and got a pretty stiff thorn to the hand, and a deep scratch up my forearm. I got stuck in the back of my hand, right in the...