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So last year, I noticed these strap-leaved plants growing around the yard. I started watering some of them to encourage them to grow because I thought they were so pretty. Then they bloomed! Adorable 1" little green flower heads at the top of 8-12" stalks with little sputnik-like rings of...

I have some natives in my yard that I'm curious about. All of them are growing in sunny meadow or lawn-like areas with acidic clay soil. Anyone? 1. This one grows in clusters, is about 3" tall, and looks much more silvery than in the pic. 2. This one grows in clumps and gets about...

I read Perennial Vegetables by Eric Toesnmeier several weeks ago and can't get the siren song of some of those water vegetables out of my head. The book had some photos of a vegetable water garden that was grown in a plastic kiddie pool, and I thought about maybe building a small pond just for...