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Welcome to gardeners, growers of veggies, fruits, flowers, and trees!

Welcome backyard hen enthusiasts, worm farmers, beekeepers & composters!

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If you like to dig in the dirt, plant & prune, grow food & flowers, or sit and watch as someone else does your landscaping, you'll find something here to discuss!

Selected topics, in no particular order:
Moon Phase Widget here. Moon phase topic here.
What's your gardening style?
Frugal gardening.
Backyard Chickens here. here. here. here.
Growing Fruits
Wild Parsnip - It can burn skin.
Why buy locally-grown plants?
Squirrels.
bees.
Cheap gardening.
Buy locally grown plants to prevent blight transmission here.
Grow lots of fruits in a small space, by backyard orchard culture.

Discussion Forum

Sweet alyssum to fight aphids

Started by Ruth Anthony-Gardner. Last reply by Sentient Biped on Tuesday. 2 Replies 1 Like

Front yard gardening. Edible Estates.

Started by Sentient Biped. Last reply by Randall Smith May 16. 2 Replies 1 Like

Tin can alley

Started by Randall Smith. Last reply by Randall Smith May 15. 3 Replies 1 Like

Do Earthworms Reduce Slug Damage?

Started by Sentient Biped. Last reply by Randall Smith May 14. 4 Replies 1 Like

Compost

Started by Joan Denoo. Last reply by Sentient Biped May 4. 2 Replies 1 Like

Assisted Migration Adaptation Trial

Started by Joan Denoo. Last reply by Sentient Biped May 1. 1 Reply 0 Likes

May is Garden for Wildlife Month!

Started by Steph S.. Last reply by Sentient Biped May 1. 1 Reply 0 Likes

What's Growing in My Florida Garden

Started by Dominic Florio. Last reply by Idaho Spud Apr 22. 17 Replies 2 Likes

Brochures: Beneficial Insects

Started by Joan Denoo. Last reply by Steph S. Apr 21. 2 Replies 2 Likes

The Frugal Gardener

Started by Sentient Biped. Last reply by Sentient Biped Apr 16. 10 Replies 1 Like

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Sentient Biped's Garden Blog. Happy to add a different feed if there are suggestions.

Buddleia

Bearded Irises in Bloom.

Bearded Iris Order

Tree starts. Figs. Wild Plums. Apples.

Grafted Tomato. Broccoli. Chilis.

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Comment by Joan Denoo on January 17, 2013 at 2:57am: Dominic and Sentient, these photos of old trees astound me. Just look the many trunks of that 4,000 year old gingko and the huge 2,000 year old trunk in Africa!.

Comment by Chris Breman on January 17, 2013 at 2:46am: Thanks for the tree pictures, Dominic and Sentient- they're wonderful!

Comment by Sentient Biped on January 16, 2013 at 7:20pm: It makes me feel better too.

Comment by Dominic Florio on January 16, 2013 at 7:16pm: I have a few old live oaks on my property with philodendrons, bromiliads and orchids growing on or hanging from them. I love my trees and their twisting branches and the Spanish moss which hangs from them. Of course they are unaware of history, but I know they are aware of at least the watering they get on a regular basis, which is something that people before me neglected to do. I'd like to think that they know I care about them, but that just makes me feel better.

Comment by Sentient Biped on January 16, 2013 at 6:58pm: Dominic,

You have found the way to my heart! I love massive old old trees. No idea there was such a specimen in Africa. Beautiful!

Imagine the history that's happened during that tree's life!

While on old trees, here's one in China. 4000 y/o ginkgo. I would say anything over a few hundred years is beyond my ability to comprehend.

Comment by Dominic Florio on January 16, 2013 at 6:43pm: 2000 yr old tree of life from Africa.

Comment by Idaho Spud on January 16, 2013 at 1:14pm: Neat patterns Joan, but a lover of going barefoot would have to watch his step. :)

Comment by Chris Breman on January 16, 2013 at 1:48am: A beauty, Joan!

Comment by Joan Denoo on January 15, 2013 at 10:30pm

Comment by Joan Denoo on January 13, 2013 at 1:44am: I love hellebores for all the reasons you mention. They self sow and easy to transplant the wee ones. I didn't know they are toxic. I will wear gloves. We still have snow, but as soon as it is gone, I will cut off last year's leaves, retrieve any babies I want, and enjoy the blossoms until they get covered by leaves about spring equinox. They remain upright, standing proudly, and one has to hunt down in the growth to find any flowers. However, the green is so pretty, I don't mind.