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After more than 60 years, the garden is still a mystery - I'm 81 now and have been an organic gardener for some 60 years, but it's still a vast mystery. This is the first year that I've had absolut... Read More
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They're in bloom. But they shouldn't yet be. - We had a cold winter after years of warm winters, followed by a spring that oscillated between temps in the mid 80s in March to freezes then... Read More
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Restaurant name--mistake or deliberate? - Just noticed a restaurant that describes itself as "Asian" in the town where the famous Greenbrier Hotel is located. It's called ... Read More
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A Perennial mystery. Any ideas? - One of my favorite plants is the prairie native, Rudbeckia maxima, giant coneflower. I had several in various places in my old place and th... Read More
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Summer came, then two hard freezes - We jumped into summer in March. By early April the redbuds were in bloom but didn't last long in the heat. They began to leaf out--far too... Read More
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I've got an ant invasion in one of my beds - I've got an ant invasion in a berm that faces south. It's fairly large--at least 4 ft wide by maybe 2 ft and is spreading. Small ants but ... Read More
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Carex 'Feather Falls' has proved a bust - While we are still nominally zone 6B, we've been nearly 7A much of the time. The last two winters have been closer at least at times to wha... Read More
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Gardening with climate change is a real challenge - In the last 50 years, I've watched my part of SE WV go from zone 5A to nearly 7--with winter dips now and then below zero. Appalachian spri... Read More
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I find this quite frustrating. Anyone else? - I'm about to make my first order with US Perennials, good reports on Garden Watchdog. But everything on the site is still listed as "S... Read More
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Remember my question about a substitute for Peppadew peppers? - It seems to have disappeared--at least I can't find it--but I made the soup today substituting with a little less than a full cup of peppero... Read More
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