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Apparently some species were used as cure-alls. The Lavender H. is good (in small amts.) for flavoring. Cass has dried and powdered flower heads and leaves, put into sachet bags and dipped them in hot toddies, a questionable improvement to my way of thinking. I prefer to tear off a few leaves...

Those guys are great. Deer proof, and relatively tough.

Actually, I wish the County Road Dept. would get a hold of some of the real thing and auger into a ditch. This spring we decided to try Giant Cosmos around the Asters. They were doing well and along came the sprayers. Sans Asters/Cosmos. Of course the Poison Ivy/Oak, just shrugged it off...

This Kerria has been extant for a little over a hundred years. This is my best guess as it was moved from farm to farm by my mggm (and so on down the line). They are a great shrub for areas where nothing else is planted (they like to spread), but is easy to control. It can be propagated by...

Yes, the Shiso is for sushi (the red also used for tinting vinegars and the like), but the deer won't eat it and neither will I. I'm interested in plants that were popular at the turn of the last century and then lost their `charm'; that grow with partial sunlight, in Oak/Hickory forest, like...

Here are a couple that do well in the woods (two-three hours of direct light/under hickories). The first is Lavender Hyssop, it used to be used (and I'd guess still is) as a flavoring agent (crushing a leaf is similar to crushing a star anise and taking a sniff). In full sun they'll top at...

I didn't find a shot anyone had yet posted of these, so I thought put one up: We found one growing along a stream several years ago and dug it up. We plant them every year as they grow well with little direct light (under hickories). If in full sun they will get about six feet tall. The one...

Sorry to hear you're having this problem. I don't know how much you have invested, or what size trees you purchased. However, if you are interested in planting some yourself, when you arrive (and don't require older trees), then bookmark the following link...

Cass gives away most of the nuts as soon as they're out of their shells. Lots of folks love the flavor but I'll stick to the Commercial English Walnuts (can't find the tannin content of Juglans Regia - mild taste, but I do know that the Nigra runs at about 147ppm and tastes bitter to me). We...

O.K., this is a question I know something about (though I'd rather not). We have 42 mature Black Walnuts on this property. Cass loves them, I'd rather they were all furniture already (cutting down all snags and replacing with Pecans). Ours will begin dropping nuts in August. `We' collect...

Yes, the fixture is attached to walkway above (only worry is that rampaging cats might take the Big Leap!) and can be lowered or raised as needed. We've started both tomatoes and peppers, in years past (lights within three inches of the seedlings). Cass has several cactus she started from...

Thanx :) ! (finally got over this way - time is an ugly vector). Yes, that's correct. Running 12hr. per day, cost per month ~$10.00. Have used both power-twists and gro-lux in past, but these do just fine in the stem/leaf growth ratio (nothing but mints get too leggy if at maximum distance -...

This is our winter setup (going on fifteen years). The lighting consists of three 48" dual shop light fixtures with six GE Sunshine F40's. The cost for those items should run around $80.00. We use the `personal soothing devices', i.e., misters as cleaning the fountains got to be rather...

For a short haul I'd expect Philodendrons, Spider plants, wandering Jews would be great. They grow fast and require minimal attention with sufficient light. I don't use terrariums, per se. But do extend the life of cut flowers to unusual lengths with low tech cat proofing: