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Most weeds are annuals, and many of them can do through two whole life cycles in 90 days or less, so I try to pull them before the seed heads mature. This helps keep them from spreading even faster. I have read that some people put down black plastic early in the spring to warm the soil and...

Oh gosh Ann - that's so scary! My husband was just diagnosed with it as well; he went to the doctor as soon as the rash appeared. He'll be on antibiotics for three weeks. And no rash, so you had no idea, even more frightening. I know it doesn't appear in all cases and the early symptoms are...

Rain Barrels! Our water rates are really high.

I hear 'ya! After several failed attempts I finally came to the conclusion that as much as I love eating root crops like radishes, carrots and salad turnips I don't enjoy growing them. I think for me the "one seed one vegetable" thing is part of it and the soil is so rocky in New England...

We ripped out our front lawn and replaced it with groundcover and shrubs, and I have to say I'm really glad we did. Lawns just suck up water and resources, in my town all of my neighbors have golf course size lawns that are never used. And the noise from the mow-n-blow lawn service guys is...

I use them as container plants to minimize the dangerous aspects others have mentioned. They are very dramatic and showy.

I was also thinking Forsythia, although it spreads really fast via suckers and it needs to be cut back yearly to be manageable, so if the recipient is not likely to do that I'd get something else. Euphorbia Serrata (also called Cushion Spurge) is an early spring perennial in our zone 6 garden...

Oh Ann I feel horrible for you! Truthfully I have no aspagragus skill and I think its just beginners luck. We have it in a raised bed about 1 foot tall that does drain really well, so maybe that has helped us a bit (although we cheated by filling it with trucked in loam.) Phyllis

The hoops are 3/4 inch PVC pipe. There are 4 inch vertical posts insside each bed, and when my husband built the beds he fastened lengths of 2 inch PVS pipe to each post. So I just bend the PVC pipe into the holders. The pipe is easy to cut as well with special PVC pipe cutter. Our raised...

It been colder this year than last; the forsythias just bloomed and they are about 2-3 weeks behind their usual bloom time. Rain has been good, we set up our rain barrels last week and the four of them are already filled to capacity. I have peas, kale, mizuna, swiss chard and broccoli raab in...

God you make me laugh..! You have no idea how many times I have quoted you (always with attribution of course) on your description of MySpace ("its like walking into a teenagers room, the music is always too loud, you can't find you're looking for and there is crud everywhere.") :lol: Phyllis

Our asparagus has come up (planted it last year) and I wated to keep the chickens out of the bed, so I made a twig fence from green branches and old bamboo stakes. Its really just a visual barrier and fortunately our chickens are not smart enough to attempt getting through it. I also wanted a...

I use yogurt containers in the small size and drill holes in the bottom.

Thre is a color difference too; we have beds made from both. We have an aspragus bed made from fir that has weathered to a soft grey shade; our trex beds will have not faded and are still their original redish brown color. Both are fine, Phyllis

I planted some yesterday (Feb 28) Phyllis

Last week I started Kale, Mizuna, Broccoli Raab and Chard in the garage and manged to get some peas in the ground today because the soil was warn enough to work. A Nor'Easter is on they way though for Sunday night! Phyllis

I just save small yogurt containers and drill holes in the bottom.

I just updated my original post on page one of this post to include a link to my blog, you can download instructions for building this rain water collection system. Phyllis

Beautiful! Just beautiful. And your coop looks familiar too, I think I've seen it on the Small Coops page on BYC! Phyllis

I cpmpletely agree with DraekMaiden, this is exactlty what we do as well. Anonther big benefit we noticed with companion planting is that it atracts a ton of benfical insects, and I think this is simply because the garden is more diverse. Last year I had no problem with tomato hornworms; the...