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I like the slow release kind but I mix it into the soil when it's being tilled before planting. After that, I don't feed mine again in all honesty. Just be aware that you can feed them too much and...

If you add some rocks to it as well as the organic material already mentioned, that will help with the drainage. Not huge boulders! Just some small pebbles and stones mixed throughout the soil will...

I love willows too. They're just beautiful! But come summertime, my tomato plants are my favorite thing of all because they keep us going in BLT's for the entire summer!

I'm always wanting to find ways to converse water but not at the expense of my plants dying! Does anyone use any methods to keep water usage from the faucet at a minimum? Our water bills are just one...

I've used both the aspirin and sugar at the same time. One teaspoon's enough and one aspirin in a vase of water. Changing the water every other day completely seems to help too (remember to add the...

It might be worth trying marigolds, wisewoman. I know they're not the prettiest of flowers but they're cheap so at least if they got eaten you'd not feel so bad! If I remember right both deer and...

Are they indoors or outdoors, justontime? There's a number of options but it depends on where you have them situated, how much water the type of plant typically needs and how long you plan to leave...

I've never tried the cardboard. Usually I buy the bags of shredded bark at Walmart. What do you do with the cardboard, do you shred it first Green-Moo?

Mickie, if you can give us a bit more information on how much space you have, what gardening zone you're in and how much time you can devote to taking care of it, we can help you more. :)

Any big...

I don't know anything about the no-till method but we till ours every year after planting season to rough it up. We like it to be ready for any nitrogen rich snow that might fall in winter. Then we...

I think it depends a lot on what you're planting. Flowers should be ok but anything that will have more invasive roots as they get bigger like trees that will get under the house I'd think twice...

The plastic bottle green houses work extremely well. I've used them before, especially when the plants are young and tender to give them a head start. They're also great for when that unexpected late...

Spider plants do wonderfully in the bathroom and grow fast. They're one plant that appears to thrive on neglect. In fact, the only time I ever killed one was when I decided to try and take more care...

I've been lucky enough in the past to have a friendly neighbor with a tractor and attachment that would till my garden for me. No more though since my move but before then I used to just do it by...

Chris, thanks very much for that information! I was going to try find that out today after my husband and I chatting last night about them. You've saved me some legwork. :) I'm surprised they're so...

Funny enough my husband and I were just talking last night about how to grow pecans. Our neighbor had pecan trees and they used to produce so many he'd sell them at the farmers markets close by....

That's funny! Why are boys so gross anyway, hmmm...mine was the same at that age. Don't forget you could send him out with a torch and salt too since he's not fazed by unpleasant things and get him...

Thanks for the help, everyone! The fencing I'd like to do eventually but it's a big property and that's simply cost prohibitive right now. I'd be cheaper replacing the plants. :)

SageMother, I...

Best of luck with them, mom2manyboyz! I've never grown fruit trees before but like the idea of it.

I have a question for any that have fruit trees - do you get fruit right from the first year of...

Thanks for the help, SageMother. I took another wander around to look at them and it seems to be the higher branches it's affecting. We have loads of critters around here including squirrels, so it...

Thanks for all the help, everyone! :D I think it sounds feasible then to have one.

Where I'm thinking of putting it actually can get pretty water logged when it storms, but it doesn't sound like...

I just noticed today that some of the pine trees in my yard have needles that are starting to turn brown and dry up. It just seems to be odd branches here and there. The trees are about five feet...

Thanks very much for the guidance, mom2manyboyz. Since I originally posted this thread I've found another big bag in the shed, so I'm doubly grateful! I'll do it your way. Can you put it down on...

My husband told me before about how his mom used to break off an aloe vera leaf from one she kept on the kitchen windowsill and use the sap on any scrapes or cuts they had. I'd like to try growing...

Chris, I used to use the commercial slug pellets up until a few years ago. Then my brother-in-law told me that it kills birds too, because the birds eat the poisoned slugs. Now whether that's true or...