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    What is this ground cover

    I answered my question, the creeping charles gave me a clue then I searched henbin last I found that purple dead nettle was the plant. I am sure because this photo shows the plant in bloom.
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    What is this ground cover

    trying to post unknown ground cover again. I had trouble posting photo.
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    What is this ground cover

    http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd86/fletamae/101_0867.jpg[/IMG] This ground cover grows in my flower beds. It grows during the spring and spread out over the area. It has a purple bloom just before hot weather and then dies back. It comes back to grow again in the cool fall weather. My...
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    Home made petrin makes jelly

    I knew you could do the thing with crab apples but I don't have crab apples. My neighbor went to California and told me I could have her apples so I picked a few and did a google search for the recipe . I wanted to try this just to see if I could but anyone who makes jelly knows how high petrin...
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    Home made petrin makes jelly

    Gather green apples cut into quarter, peeling, seed together.Add enought water and cook slowly untill the apple mixture is mush like apple sauce. place apple mixture in a strainer and let drain for 24 hours. the juice can be used to make jell. combine 2 cups fruit of choice, 2 cups green...
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    Growing zinnias

    I see morning glories also and chickens. Even a honey bee. great photos. thanks.
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    Growing zinnias

    Jennifer my camera is a kodak c713 cost 125 dollars at wal-mart. I have always like taking photos and when I got a computer the degital camera was the first thing I bought. I have a canon I bought 5 years ago but this kodak is better.
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    Growing zinnias

    The zinnia is one of the easiest flowers to grow. Here are some blooms from my Ozark garden. My grandmother always had them growing in her garden and now I grow them in her memory. Do you grow this flower? Would you show me your blooms?
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    rooting rose cutting-- help please

    My neighbor as a pink rose bush and she has been gone for a year. I went and took some cutting of the rose bush. I took new wood should I have took old wood? and how would be the best way to root the cuttings? I know about root harmone growing agent but I can't get that. I have read about...
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    FALL Gardening!

    I grow turnips in the fall.
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    corn and chicks

    I had corn come up in the brooder where I keep my new chicks and now I am growing corn and chickens.
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    This ought to be a good one.....who is from BYC??

    me, when chooseing a name I get confussed some times , over there I am pattypenny here I am fletamae. i am fletamae on photo bucket and can't remember what I am some where else. When you get my age it's hard to remember you name never mind your on line name.
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    Another potato question.(maybe we need an offical Potatoe thread-ha)

    no they don't keep blooming and as far as how long until they die , we planted ours on march 17 usually and the harvest usually was in august. probably had some thing to do with the fact that august is hot here in the ozarks.
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    Climbing roses

    It is climping on it's own power but I must get a support made for all of my climbing roses
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    when to harvest potatoes?

    no hungry days now, annie. I know a way to store potatoes if you don't have a cellar, they are best for storeing potatoes but if you don't have one dig a large deep hole where the ground has good run off for water line the hole with straw lay the potatoes in careful not to bruise the potatoes...
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    Pokeweeds

    poke weed is a good salad in the spring. If you have lamb quarter you can mix with the poke and also dandylion greens. boill the greens intil they turn color then drain the leaves and put into a skillet with some pork fat, like bacon fat or lard and cook until will done. serve with corn bread...
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    Tater Bugs

    I always pick them off and I carry a container with a lid, pop them in as you go. You should look on the under side of the leaves if you see a pretty orange cluster attached to the leaves pinch that part of the leaf off and pop it in the container with thier mom and pop. If you stroll threw the...
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    when to harvest potatoes?

    We always dig potatoes when the vine dies. I had 3 brothers and 4 sister and we were always hungry so while the vines were still green we would take a table fork and go to the potato patch. We would poke the fork into the dirt around the vines and when we hit a potato we would pull it from the...
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    Climbing roses

    I have several climbing roses but this is the best I think. The name is Ozark climbing rose bush. I live in the Ozarks so that probably the reason I like this rose bush.
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    Hollyhocks

    Does anyone grow Hollyhocks? I have a hard time geting the seed to sprout. :(Any help from anyone? The photo are the ones I have now
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