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    attempted my first graft

    on my apple tree. I took a branch from a "stray" tree growing along the road that doesn't get pruned or anything (but our horses liked the apples from it last year). Followed the instuctions from a video on YouTube. I used packaging tape so it may not be tight enough, didn't think about...
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    Pretty lavander blooms

    We have these growing in a bunch at the end of our driveway. They are about 6" tall and the blooms are about 1/2" in diameter. Any ideas? I think they're just lovely
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    any ideas for mulch/ground cover for high winds area?

    So here's the deal. I have a bay window in the kitchen facing south and it just framed the yard SO nicely I planted a flower bed below it. However this flowerbed being on the south and shading from the west (waiting for some trees to grow) gets heavy sun allday from the south and west. SO the...
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    trellising winter squash

    dissreguard, found the other thread :)
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    where on the internet is a good place to buy a mulberry tree?

    DH has wonderful memories playing in his great aunt's mulberry tree as a youngin. Now that we own a house he wants one of his very own... small problem, none of the nurseries sell them here! We're in the same county that his great aunt lived in when she had the huge tree so I know they do fine...
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    how do you graft roses?

    I've heard that you can graft roses. I've never grafted anything and wasn't sure how to do this. I was thinking it would be neat to graft my friends rose to my plant and vise versa, kind of like a "friendship rose bush" idea.
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    Catapala

    I think these are just beautiful trees. Before I found out what the were I called them broccoli trees since their leaves are as dence as a crown of broccoli. So what do you all know about them? Do they tend to have roots that sit towards the top of the ground or do their roots tend to be very...
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