Category: Organic Methods
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Just Say No to Miracle Gro
Why can’t I just make things easy and buy the product everyone wants me to buy? Miracle Gro is EVERYWHERE and it’s fertilizer and it’s all I know about and the ads tell me I should use it. They even sell it at Walgreens. I mean, Nitrogen, Phosporus and potassium…
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Periwinkle
What’s wrong with this picture? Answer: Periwinkle! Soon after moving here, I started digging up the grass to make proper use of the southern exposure. My parents gave me several trash bags full of periwinkle which I started popping in the ground here. Why did I do that? Because I…
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Lemon Balm and Creeping Jenny
What’s wrong with this picture? Answer: Lemon balm and creeping jenny are invasive. It’s so pretty and green. What could possibly be wrong? Well, these are BOTH horrible invasive weeds for one thing. And I spent the last two years trying to get rid of these two jerkinators. I was…
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My Top Five Woodland Shade Lovers
I think mid-May is the best time to take a wildflower walk in the woods. That’s when I found these, my top five favorite woodland shade lovers… Wild Geranium Floppy pink teacup flowers dangle above flimsy light green leaves. These are a beautiful ground cover in shady boggy spots. Wild…
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My Top Five Self-Seeding Annuals
Cosmos These are so prolific and hardy and seemingly deer-resistant. They seem to bloom all summer until around late August. They will toss seeds around like mad and they don’t need anything but sun. Forget-me-nots Anything for blue! These have a tidy-ish habit and fill in gaps nicely. They love…
Heart of the Garden 