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Hi from the Catskills
..., and I live in the Catskill Mountains of NY in a forest preserve area. I do flower, vegetable and herb gardening. I own & operate a wild bird specialty shop called The Wren's Nest.I live with… More
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bug spray is it harmful to birds?
...stion--- my neighbor who lives directly behind my forest routinely goes out and sprays around the edge of his yard where my forest backyard starts. I see a large white plastic container with a long spout and I figure he is spraying for mosquitos as he's complained… More
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Northeastern WA Tree Question
...ive on, two acres are our house, barn, meadow and gardens. We've just had the remaining 8 acres selectively harvested and even… More
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Fires in Ventura County California
...o say that I hope and pray that all of our fellow gardeners in the Ventura area of California are ok and not threatened by this fire. I know that around the country, you may not be hearing about this awful fire. The Day fire has been out… More
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What makes your place famous????
... Museum, a world class Zoo and Botanical Gardens, Forest Park, the Arch at the Mississippi River, the home of… More
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Growing Pumpkins & Corn @ 6321 ft?
I live in the San Bernardino National Forest, which is zone 7b. I want to grow some pumpkins for the grandkids, and some corn for fall decorations. Is it even possible? I guess eating the corn would be nice too, huh? I was wondering if this small plot would be… More
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SNAKES!!!!!!
WE LIVE IN A CABIN OUT IN THE COUNTRY AND ARE HAVING TROUBLE WITH SNAKES IN OUR YARD. WE HAVE EVERYTHING CUT AND TRIMMED. WE HAVE HAD A COPPERHEAD BITE ONE OF OUR DOGS, AND LAST WEEK WE KILLED A BIG RATTLESNAKE. ANY SUGGESTIONS ON KEEPING THEM AT BAY? WE… More
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my pet will die without, please i need to learn
...ifornia. It’s in the middle of the red wood forest and on the coast, meaning it’s wet and cold. Winter is coming and I need a garden. I have a pet skink (lizard)… More
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A Northeast PA gardener
I have an early plant in my garden, which I don't have the name of. I will discribe it and maybe a gardener out there will know the name. It is one of the first plants to come up in the garden. It has spotted green leaves and pinky purple… More
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"Hello" from an Irish garden transplant! javascript:;
Hello Everyone! I am a transplant from Belfast, Ireland, and a recently retired humanitarian/Refugee worker. All of my 'camp' sites were in Rwanda, Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda (where I have another residence), and one job in Bolivia. After 20 years of living in those situations, often with 10's of… More
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Starting a garden next year
...aybe I didn't look good enough. I want to start a garden next year, for fruit and vegetables. I'm thinking Tomatoes, potatoes, onions, rhubarb, etc. (I also want to grow chives, mint, strawberries, raspberries an blueberries,… More
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Treeman's Shenadoah Forest
... my own thoughts and musings on gardening, trees, forests, what-have-you. Cool! Thanks Bob and Jackie. So now I got a place to write again, what am I gonna say? Shucks, haven't the foggiest notion, but its nice to… More
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unknown pond flower
this was in a pond in the Vermont state forest. Can you identify" More
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Thinking about setting up a terrarium of ferns
Greetings, I am new to Garden Community. I am sick of fish, I have a 40 gallon acquarium that I think I want to turn into a fern and moss terriarium with a small water fall included to add moisture. All ferns that i have put in flowerbeds did not… More
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The Dark Side of Earthworms
Got this in a gardening newsletter that i get in email. The Dark Side of Earthworms Ask a gardener what creature of the earth does the most to enrich our soil and the answer is most likely to be ... the earthworm. I have a worm-composting bin in my basement… More
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Wildflower Pacific Northwest
This one grows in the forest in northwestern CA. Real mountainous area. Any ideas what it is? More
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Re: Fern ID more pictures
...ferns. The 2 by the fence I just moved there. The forest of them is where they are are growing from originally. More
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Hi from Tennessee
...e one it is. I've been member and even manager of garden groups, but for whatever reason, they became rather dead. I've really missed lively garden chat. I'm a Michigan transplant. I moved to TN in 2004 after retiring. I couldn't… More
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Forest Ants
...I was removing some leaf litter behind The Cement Garden and came across… More
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