Missouri state tree is the white dogwood just thought i share that here

The State tree for NY is Sugar Maple, State flower is the Rose
State tree for NJ is Red Oak, State flower is Purple Violet
State tree and State flower for Virginia are American Dogwood

Question... does garlic actually stay where you put it? 'Cause here in Texas, that stuff spreads like wildfire!! lol

I dunno, I grow "garlic flavored chives", great for cooking,and all the cats love 'em for greens, actually, having several pots of garlic chives growing in my kitchen cured my old 17 yr old cat of his "scratch himself into a bloody furry lump"skin allergy, he's a handsome kitty now!
Later this summer, I can collect and send ya some seeds if ya want.

  QUOTE (Chazzy @ April 19, 2006, 11:07)


You got me to thinking... my older car is 12 he doesn't go outside so he tries to eat the plants I have in the house. I'm going to pick up some garlic chives tomorrow to plant in the kitchen and see if it helps him... unless someone knows of another plant I can try... thanks Chazzy

for those of you that may buy your shurbs/annuals/perennials from wal-mart. To give you a heads up being some of the cashiers do not inform customers of this (not every one of them knows about it):

Trees/Shrubs: 1 year warranty (keep the receipt for proof of purchase), if it does die, you have to dig the dead shrub out of the ground and bring it back to the store to the customer service desk to get a refund (much easier route to go, just speaking from experience of working there) otherwise yes they can do an even exchange for the same shrub if you dont want the hassle of getting your money back, going through a different checkout, paying again, etc. You know the drill.

Annuals/Perennials... no warranties on it. Perennials are the plants that grows back every year. Annuals do not. *Perennials are in the grey containers (also grey for meaning its a shade plant) and Annuals are in the orange containers (meaning it's a sun plant).

African Violets... do not get the leaves wet or they will rot. When watering them, you need to move the leaves aside until you are done watering.

Choosing a Planter... pick one that is 2 sizes bigger than what the description tag says it will be for growing size as the bigger the planter, it'll give the roots more room to grow.

Potting soil... repot your plants every year. Enough said. *If it's an indoor plant, you want to use the nutrients such as Miracle Grow potting soil, or Miracle Grow Moisture Control potting soil (your preference of potting soils). Also have Expert Garden which is just a Wal-Mart brand of potting soil, not a whole lot of difference, both Miracle Grow and Expert has about the same amount of nutrients needed for the plants.
*If it's for an outdoor plant, you want to go with the $1.50 (or some cases $1.66) garden basic potting soil, which is basically flat out just water and dirt. No nutrients. So you'd probbaly want to get some of those little stake nutrient types. Should be in the plant food aisle across from the chemicals used for bugs, plants, etc.

Hope this helps a bit.. any more questions i can help you with it.

on the way to pick up my son from school today, i seen a guy on a rider but it wasnt the norm sit-down rider. Instead it was the stand up rider. Thought to myself that it was funny. Never seen one like it before.

on the way to pick up my son from school today, i seen a guy on a rider but it wasnt the norm sit-down rider. Instead it was the stand up rider. Thought to myself that it was funny. Never seen one like it before.

I went to Lowes this weekend, and picked up one of those expandable steel rakes, they are way cool, you can narrow down the tine part to get into tight areas and around bushes and plants, expand it for large yard areas. The handle is telescopic so it's totally adjustable too. Good constuction, for about $10. I'd recommend it to anyone!

Anyone tried raising the "thornless" blackberries?? Since I've moved, I don't have my humongus wild blackberry patch anymore, and I wanted to maybe start a few at the edge of my property here. Thornless almost sounds too good to be true.

  QUOTE (Chazzy @ May 1, 2006, 14:40)


I have a customer that had planted them 2 years ago they're doing great and still no thorns! He ended up with enough suckers under the plants to move them and start another row last year. Had enough blackberries to freeze for the winter off of the first 3 plants. They're great!

Cool, they're on this week's shopping list then! I want some raspberries too, but there's something about not planting them close together?

I was pruning and pulling weeds from my flower bed last night and cut the living shit outta my finger! Had the pruners in one hand, went to pull a weed with the other and *slice!* cut a nice flap right about my cuticle on my index finger. I'm done gardening for a few days!

I know Blood Meal works for keeping cats and dogs away from plants.. but as far as squirrels go, I woulndn't know. Maybe that'll work too?

  QUOTE (bikerchick69 @ May 12, 2006, 22:16)


Pepper! Not the voluptuous kind you find here on WN, but the kind you find in your shaker! lol Works for keeping squirrels and rabbits out of your garden and shouldn't harm your plants.