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shrubs?

ladyinfidel in gardening Feb 09, 2012 18:12

This is my first attempt at shrubs. So, I hate that the front of the house looks dead in the winter. I'd like to get some sort of shrubs that stay green in the winter and are thick and can be shaped into a box like structure. I live in Michigan so I'm zone 5 and it's a brick house. Oh, and I have a personal irrational hate of junipers. What ( ... )

seed identification?

drdelirium in gardening Feb 08, 2012 22:41

Does anyone know what these mystery seed pods/dead heads I collected in the fall might be?

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tags: seeds

Got Daffies?

rhodielady_47 in gardening Feb 08, 2012 04:24

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Winter?

armygeezer in gardening Feb 07, 2012 15:28

I shouldn't be complaining. The weather here has been spectacular for about a month with a few days of "reminder" winter weather, but where is the "real" winter? It's supposed to be cold, not nearly 60. My plum tree has flower buds on it. I hope it doesn't actually bloom or there'll be no plums this year when it finally freezes. The bulbs have ( ... )

Walnut/Black Walnut Leaves, Juglone, and Composting

virginiadear in gardening Feb 04, 2012 03:51

A couple of autumns ago (in the northern hemisphere, just in case that matters), someone advised me to be very cautious about composting leaves I collected from the curbside, where homeowners in my community place them for collection by the city. (I'm only collecting from my street, just so you now that, too.) We have a number of walnut trees in ( ... )

Vintage Ads relevant to our interests!

singeaddams in gardening Feb 01, 2012 08:34

With reverserainbow 's kind permission I thought I'd share this great post featuring WWII ads for rationing, Victory Gardens, and canning. I don't have their worries but I can relate to Recession gardening!

Light your house with tomatoes: LED lighting on the cheap.

vokaria in gardening Jan 31, 2012 05:04

The price of 3 Wt blue and red LEDs (as well as all the others) finally came down enough for an average penniless bum to be able to grow his tomatoes in the cold of the winter ( ... )

Hello and a question

dickgloucester in gardening Jan 31, 2012 15:37

Hello! I've just joined this community, having become the proud owner of my own garden at last. For the moment, I am cutting back undergrowth and trying to find out what's lurking in the overcrowded beds, so no actual plant questions as yet. However ( ... )

anybody else in the south seeing stuff early

jrh19782002 in gardening Jan 31, 2012 09:33

im in central alabama and we are haveing way to much warm days this month.i have tigar lilys up 2 inchs in the yard.they dont do that until march normaly.this warm weather is gonna make everything come out way to early (then the middle of march it will snow 6 inchs).i looked at the forcast for feb and its in the 50/60s for the next month.if i knew ( ... )

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stonelizard in gardening Jan 31, 2012 12:48

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tags: succulents, shrubs, pruning, location: british isles, propagation: cuttings

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