I would never let my wife suspect there was a reason he laughed at her 4 rounds...not safe for me, but you might get the idea. The barn walls are now ...

Barb,from another (like Heidi) newbie, thanks! I haven't done the epsom salts thing yet. I tend to worry about overdoing fertilizer. Also, my local nu...

Paul,thanks. For zone, I'd say an honest Zone 7, even though the USDA map put me in zone 6. My garden microclimate is bad, as I am on the hilltop faci...

Barb,my wife swears by .22 to help with racoons. The last one took four of 'em before he figured out what he was supposed to do in response. So, you m...

I'm looking forward to that, too!And I'll definitely check with Paul before starting my bamboo grove. My three-years-in-the-ground P. aurea has not co...

There has been some negativity on this forum lately surrounding plant death. So, I'd like to choose plant survival as my example. Chamaerops humilis. ...

Inspiring!--Erik

Paul has already brought the science aspect in here, but I'd like to elaborate anyways. There is a major structural problem in science in that uninter...

Looks great!So good I'll be embarrassed to finally post my Spring photos :oops: Crape myrtles: fantastic. All three of mine are coming back from abov...

When I lived up in the PNW we had that, too, with the fescue. Green all winter, brown in Summer 'heat." I grow bermuda grass down here, but at the no...

Barrie, you're hilarious lately. Last August I felt "round up" was the best way to control Colocassia. Today was I was glad to see 'em coming back up....

My lawn down here is getting green, which I good as I use 7 acres of it to feed horses (+ the weeds for the goats). I'd like to know what you have up ...

Barrie,I'm not even good enough to be called a "regular hobbiest". I do keep most of my palms in pots and bring them in for the winter. This Spring, m...

Jim,that is really sad. I'm glad it looks like the Trithrinax may recover; that Naini Tal is also making it back. --Erik