First time starting a garden. (General Questions)
My wife and I live in an apartment in South-Eastern Ohio with little useable space for gardening. That being said we are looking to start our first "garden" and I could use a little advice on how and...
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Bonsai Tees
This Thread is for anything and everything bonsai. Pictures of your best work, advise, and instructional info. This is my fave root over rock holly. :cool: root_over_rock_Holly.jpg Jason Moorehead...
View ArticleNeed help picking a spot for backyard garden...
Hello! I am trying to start a garden in my backyard, but I am having difficulty deciding where to put it. I have many trees in my yard, so it is hard to find a spot that would receive adequate...
View ArticleQuestions About Soil
Hi, I'm new to this forum but I joined because I'm needing to find a way to help my garden and build a better soil bed. My issue is money, I don't want to spend alot of money to have subpar dirt hauled...
View Articlethinning apricots
We have a Blenheim apricot now going into its sixth leaf since we planted it as a bare root. Last year it produced 3 or 4 apricots. This year the fruit set is frightening. There are spurs with as many...
View ArticleUniversity students looking for your help!
Hey guys, I am a student at the University of Central Missouri and we are conducting market research as part of a case study. We have created a survey to help us evaluate some of the characteristics of...
View Articlevery new, just have one quick dumb question
please excuse this very amateur question but i want to start a small backyard garden this year...i dont want a raised garden...how do i kill all the grass before tilling? (or is that done after?) A few...
View Articlenew landscaping blog
hey every one i just wanted to share this new landscaping blog that i came across the women on here goes by the name of Beverly Blossom defiantly a entertaining read just go to itsamland.com
View ArticleFirst try at container gardening
Hi Everyone! Im new to the site, and I'm looking for some tips on container gardening. Growing up, we planted straight into the yard, but I have heard that container gardening can be tricky for some...
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Tree and Bush Damage
Hello! I'm having some issues in my garden and I'm not sure how to handle them, so I thought I'd try here. Thanks for any thoughts! BushDamage.jpg I can't recall the name of this bush. I planted it...
View ArticlePruning newly planted peach tree
I just purchased a 6-feet peach tree that has a few branches, a few blooms and many leaves. Can I still prune back the central leader to about 2-3 feet high leaving no branches or leaves? or should I...
View ArticleIs this a viable spot for a dwarf weeping Japanese maple?
I have a brick planter box that's 5' x 4' but only 19" deep. I would like to plant a dwarf weeping japanese maple which would grow to only a few feet high. The place gets only a few hours of sunlight a...
View ArticleTurmeric how to obtain roots
I want to grow Turmeric I believe it is a nice plant and when fully grown you can grate the root on to food information would be welcome
View Article100 Pound Challenge
Do you think its possible to grow 100 pounds of food in a dense urban center like Boston? I'm giving it a try and I hope others take on the challenge, too. I'm documenting the progress in...
View ArticleI'm kind of a novice gardener
I currently have an area in my yard where I would like to plant a vegetable garden but I'm not sure if its a good spot. I think it does receive at least 6 hours of sunlight a day. That is on days when...
View ArticleCan papayas go in a blender to make juice?
There's a lot of seeds in them, but the fruit seems invariably sweet to bitter. I've had one before as a substitute for dragon fruit, because I think it's not in season at the moment. Dragon fruit,...
View Articlecomposing
I am looking into doing some composting mainly household with only yard waste at the end of summer. How many of you are using the tumblers (likes and dislikes) along with the worm composters?
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I need help designing front of house!
plants.jpg We have a straight flower bed covered in brown hardwood mulch in front of our house. It has one goldflame spirea bush, a decorative rock, another goldflame spirea bush, and then a crimson...
View ArticleAre woodchucks harmful?
I have a woodchuck (called by some a groundhog) living in his burrows underneath my porch. I know they eat your vegetable garden or whatever greens they can get at, but I'm not worried about that. I've...
View ArticleNew Denver Gardener!
I need some help! I really want to start a garden but live in an apartment and have no experience. I have window boxes that are about 8" deep and can obviously buy larger containers. My apartment is...
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