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The people that owned our property wanted to make the front look nice after they built so it would sell quick. They broadcast wildflower seed everywhere. I LOVE all the different poppies and several of the other flowers, but.... most of what was planted are white yarrow. I HATE them!! They look...

I think they are some sort of thistle. I think that I almost have them under control this year. DGD and I go around the property every weekend and dig them out. We won't get rid of all as they are wild here and it is very windy. http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff172/mmoniot/100_0417.jpg...

Thanks for the site, I will have to go there next week. Monica

I thought that our spring was here last week, then we got 6" of snow on Sat.! I don't think we will be getting anymore, but it doesn't usually warm up here until end of April, middle of May. Happy Spring Anyway!!:rose:dance Monica

Flavor!! Monica

I don t know if they will last through winter. Honeysuckel grows fast and thick, smells WONDERFUL and is not too heavy. In CA it lasts through winter still flowering. Maybe you can find out the owners info by searching public records. Monica

I am going to start my first gourd project here after Easter. Can't wait!! Monica

I always throw any glossy papers away.We burn all our other papers. We don't have a compost as of yet(soon though) I was always told that glossy papers released chemicals when burned. Monica

I love growing artichokes! If you let them flower, they have the most beautiful huge purple flower. Monica

Today it is snowing, I think this will be the last storm this year. I just checked the weather forcast and it says that with wind chill this evening it will be between 2* and -8*!! Tomorrow it will be btween 4* and -6*!! Monica

Watch out for the driveway. When I was removing roots from four o clocks that a prvious owner planted (this was at our house by the beach) the biggest roots had grown underneath the driveway. I cut them off as best I could and they didn't come back. I think that pulling it out will cause damage...

geraniums margareet daisies Monica

I didn't even realize what I had written digits:gig I know what you mean about changing temps. I certainly don't go along with the global warming thing, but temps have been changing for the last twenty yrs. When we were planning on moving from the beach we almost moved central/northern ID. We...

Yes, single digits! Both last winter and this winter we had several days that it was 3* and windy! We estimated the wind speed at about 15 mph, according to our wind chill chart that would make it somewhere below zero. That IS unusual here but it does happen at least once every winter. Most of...

Thanks. I'll do that. I know what you mean I lived a ten min. walk from the beach for almost 25 yrs. Monica

BB- According to those I still am in between 8-11, I know you disagree. We live at 5800ft. our summers average low 90's, winters single digits, now and then minus. We have strong winds more than often. According to sunset with low winter temps and 90* windy summer temps, that puts us in 11...

I have always wanted to grow hostas, but alas, I don't ever seem to have shady spots to plant in. I have wondered if they would do well in the house?? They are such beautiful plants and so many different kinds. We do now have the north side of our house is mostly shady until late afternoon, we...

When we lived in the city, we had burmuda grass and fescu in clay soil. I would SOAK it down for about three to five days depending on how hard it was, I would check it every day. After it was workable DH would till it deep, as deep as the tiller tines would go. We would add amendments, till...

I have used raised beds for years. I love them, don't think I will go back to rows except for vining plant in the field. But what we will have to do different now as opposed to when we aere in the city is; DH will have to use the backhoe to dig down and clear the rock(we have boulders 2-3'...

I'm not sure what zone I am in since we moved. Every chart I look at has us in a different zone. I have seen us anywhere fron zone 8-11!!! We average mid- eighties with some low90's in the summer.Winter we get down in single digits. We have lots of wind as we live in a valley and it whips right...