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I know they say Hosta's like shade, but I have had them in every location, and they have done well for me everywhere--sun, shade, clay, sandy loam, in northern Ontario climates, and southern ontario climates. i've had the variegated type and the solid green type. I would just go ahead and try it.

Tentrees, If you are planning to start a garden, DigitS, had a great link for getting started in a post called --"starting a garden--can you point me in the right direction".....I'd link you to it, but I don't know how... And to me, it's only overwhelming while your planning it. Once you get...

My list is: sweet corn, bush beans, peas, red beets, potatoes, carrots, onions, peppers, tomatoes, leaf lettuce, spinach, zucchini, cucumbers, canteloupe, watermelon, pumpkin. I will also be planting some rhubarb, strawberries, raspberries, an apple tree, cherry tree, pear tree. I might try...

When we lived up north (near Timmins, ON), we owned an 80 acre parcel of land, on a huge river,(FrederickhouseRiver) which was 1/2 hour away form our home. On it, there was an old work portable that was converted into a one bedroom (one bed and bunks for the kids)cottage. In that, we had a...

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Water......We don't have a well, and we don't have town water. We have a holding tank in the ground that we need to fill up. We truck it in ourselves as opposed to paying someone to do it, so we do have the option of using the garden hose., but... This spring will be my first garden at this...

Whoa!! I guess I should have read all of the posts first--who thought it would be a war of the words--or should I say war of the definitions of the words. Like you said Pat, even the pioneers had to bring stuff along with them. and they were the role models of self sufficiency. I think we...

Hi I just logged on again, (haven't read all the posts)and in my defense, the two hayburners are just a passion--I will not be eating them.:D All of us, except for my son-love horses, and IMO, they will keep my dd out of trouble, hopefully, when she hits her teen years. Even so, they keep my...

Up until this year, I have lived in a subdivision:barnie, so I have never had the means for selfsufficiency. It has always been a dream of mine,(more so than my husband's, although he tolerates me and even encourages me). Now that we are out in the country, It is my goal to become as self...

Rabbit droppings are considered a cold manure--meaning you don't need to compost it before adding it to your garden. What I do with my chicken droppings, is (I have a tray under their roost.) I scoop it into buckets, dump the buckets into garbage pails, add water, let it set, and water my...

Hi Pat!! I hope you still have the cage and bait set. Little bunnies like to reproduce, and they do it like... :bunbunnies!! If you have old hay or alfalfa cubes, they would prefer to munch on that than on twigs. Don't put the trap away just yet. And if you get tired of relocating them--I...