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Welcome from Missouri! Is the Japanese snowball tree a variety of hydrangea? I do know that hydrangea blooms on last year's wood, so if the tree was pruned back before you got it, there may not be any blooms this year. If the limbs are still bendable, I doubt that it's dead. Maybe just slow to...

Hello, and welcome from Missouri! I am interested in what you grow in your greenhouse, too!

The thread that got the highest number of responses for me personally was one entitled "Please Ignore This". Funny how being told not to do something is big incentive to do it.

That is what my husband does. I never know whether to correct his false memories or let them lie.

Hi, welcome from Missouri! Tell us about what you like to raise.

Marshall, I only know you as Marshallsmyth. I came back from the past today to ask you to not change your name. 👻

Welcome! So does the micro-climate make your yard warmer or cooler than the surrounding area? I often wish I had a walled garden just for starting things in the spring. I feel like I live in a wind tunnel, as tender plants get beaten to death pretty regularly in the spring. I, too, am a lapsed...

My pole beans hardly have a leaf left on them but are still producing beans. They still have blossoms on them. Pretty sure they won't come to fruition, though. I picked some for tonight's supper. The nights are down around 38 to 40, so no frost yet. But pretty dry. My tomato crop is kaput...

Probably two days after I complained about beans not setting, I discovered tiny 1/4" beans sticking out of the ends of some stems. They continued to produce, and outpaced the Fortex. The Fortex bean plants themselves seemed to fade and turn brown pretty quickly. By now, they are hardly...

I thought it would be interesting to see what people learned about their gardening practices or new varieties they may have tried. Or anything else garden related. Here's mine: I was crazy about Fortex Pole beans until this year, when I planted a few Blue Lake pole just because I didn't have...

Nice, Carol Dee! Yes, I think pots of plants would work well. Is there any worry about water standing in the bottom after rains?

It's possible that it was stored too hot or too cold. Heat would probably be most likely to make it cloudy, or make it break down and separate. I have called the place I purchased chemicals to question them if something doesn't seem right. Has the sevin killed the bugs?

Things hiding under the bed....When I was nine, I was in a bad car wreck that got me hospitalized for a week or so. After that hospital stay, at home I was convinced there was something hiding under my bed. I couldn't go to sleep until I checked under the bed, and often in the closet, as well. I...

I do have one feeder that the bees hardly try to feed on. It has little tubular things coming out of the middle of the yellow flower. I can try letting the other feeders go empty for a while. Hummers aren't getting to feed from them much anyway. Thanks for the responses, y'all!

I thought the dish would take the pressure off the feeders, but they seem to like the feeders better.

Major, just catching up with some of these threads. Sorry to hear about your butt issues. I hope you don't have to have any more procedures! Sounds horrible.

That should be my new avatar name: The Witless Gardener. Nice article.

The last few days the honey bees have been downright obnoxious around our yard. They have taken over most of the hummingbird feeders, and also a dish I put out full of sugar water. It seems to be thousands although probably only hundreds. It doesn't seem like they are thirsty, as they ignore the...

Happy Birthday, Marshall! Have some cake and ice cream for me!

Welcome, from Southeast Missouri! If you still have the gardening bug this fall, I suggest you spend the fall and winter reading up on garden basics. You will be glad you did this next spring when you know not to set tomato plants out in March, or try to grow green peas in July. Personally, I...