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I was looking at shrubbery today, with the assumption that it was boxwood that I was after. I'm going for a random, cottage garden-like look along the walk to my house, and was thinking about letting a few boxwood go wild & ungroomed to fill in space & add texture. Not really after the...

Hi y'all, I'd like to have some ideas with varieties of beans & squash to plant this year. I know what I would like in a variety, but looking at all of the seed catalogs is just overwhelming! So if anyone as a favorite variety, or good/bad experiences with any particular varieties, I'd love...

So...I have a somewhat large bed on one side of my path to my house that I decided I would like to plant cottage garden style...I love the seemingly totally random, mish-mash tangle of flowers and plants that a real cottage garden is. :) (I posted a thread a bit ago about tilling up my lawn to...

I was tired of the lawn. It was mostly weeds, anyway. And useless. Who needs a lawn? :lol: But now, see, I don't know what the heck to do with this very large patch of bare earth. I want the area to eventually be a nice kitchen garden, though I know that the soil needs some improving...

I've never grown beans before (aside from snap beans). And I've discovered that I'm completely clueless, now that they seem to be ready to harvest! :lol: I didn't expect them to do so well. I planted a small 2' X 2' raised bed with them, just for the fun of it. About 9 plants. I put them...

So...for many of us, summer is in full-swing, planting long done. Seems like most everyone is harvesting and preserving. Me, I'm in Zone 7a, and it's HOT! Whew! I was also quite remiss in getting anything planted this year, so my main garden got underway, well, late. I've just now got...

I have the worst luck with peppers. I thought these were doing OK, but then a few developed some spotty looking leaves (first pic). Then another is just...droopy? For no apparant reason (pic 2). And my cucumbers have some browning/yellowing on the edges of some of the leaves (pic 3). Does...

I've grown a few roses successfully before, but I'll freely admit that I'm clueless about all of the varieties!! I would like a rose that has a strong scent because, thanks to a thread on homemade wines over at BYC, I really would like to try my hand at rose petal wine! However, the roses I...

I. Need. Dirt. Ok, soil. :D This shouldn't be so difficult, but seeing as I over-analyze everything, it's, well, driving me bonkers. I have a small garden (6' X 8'? -ish), several itty-bitty rasied beds (2' x 2'), and several containers that I am working on planting. I need to build up the...

Seems I have a lot of tomato questions today. I apologize! But I think that this one deserves a separate thread, as it's a disease question and so totally different than my other thread about supporting tomato vines.... Last year (and the year before) I had terrible luck with my tomatoes...

What is everyone's most preferred method of staking/supporting their tomatoes? I typically run out of time to think of or build anything and always end up using regular tomato cages--usually with no luck. :rolleyes: I can never sink them deep enough into the soil to provide decent support...