Help :-( My garden is being taken over by mushrooms
angiebyte
12 years ago
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Dan _Staley (5b Sunset 2B AHS 7)
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Comments (1)The mushrooms are harmless (well, don't try to eat them, of course, unless you can positively ID them as an edible species). They are just doing their "job" which is to break down the cellulose and lignin in the straw. They are making humus in the garden, which is a good thing. In the future, if you mulch with new, clean straw, you could actully innoculate it with spawn for one of several types of edible mushrooms, including oyster mushrooms or King Stropharia. Then, you can grow edible mushrooms right n the vegetable garden if you wish. Several companies sell kits to do this, including FungiPerfecti....See MoreExisting Spearmint Has Taken Over My Garden!!
Comments (15)I planted mint in the ground out front about 10+ years ago. I have spent every year since trying to get it out. I tried everything, including Round Up. It doesn't care if you pull it up, spray it, etc. I planted an herb and vegie garden out back last year and wanted assorted mint plants. I put one in a sunken pot in my garden, (I did not cut the bottom out as some suggested, thank goodness!), the roots grew through and it started to pop up all around. I think I got it out, this year will tell. Do NOT plant mint in your garden, unless that is all you want to grow. Get a big pot and it will do just fine. I have had spearmint, orange mint and chocolate mint that have grown for years in a pot. Tried apple mint last year and banana mint new this year, (don't think it is very "banana-y")...See MoreVoles have taken over my garden
Comments (13)IÂm cheering for the cat, Digit! YouÂve never mentioned that you have bird feeders out, but if you do, squirrels can go thru a couple pounds ofÂexpensiveÂbirdseed in just one sitting! And once they take a liking to your yard, youÂll NEVER get rid of themÂÂand their friends (and enemies) will come to join them. Your own private Squirrelville! I learned the hard way at my last house when I moved in and thought they were SO cute! I naively thot I could feed the birds on one side of the yard and the squirrels on the other side. Not! They werenÂt so cute anymore when they wound up eating the birds out of house and home, and destroying the birdfeeders to get at the seed. Trying to keep them out of the seed, at one point I even hung a feeder 6' down from a branch on thread-thin wireÂand they shinnied down the wire to get to the feeder. Most of my neighbors at this house have dogs, so IÂve only seen one around here, but that one is even able to climb up the metal bird feeder pole I have here! WhoÂd Âa thunk a squirrel could climb up metal! So now IÂm trying some duct tape put around the pole with the sticky side out! If I come out some morning and find a squirrel attached to my bird feeder pole, IÂm not sure what IÂll do to it. But it wonÂt be to comfort it! Birdseed is expensive! And besides the birdseed issue, theyÂll dig up bulbs and roots to eat them, and in the process of burying their treasures, theyÂll also dig up other plants that they donÂt even eat. I think they try to hide stuff under the foliage or something, but they can do a LOT of damage. And theyÂll eat veggies too! If I were you, IÂd reconsider my friendly-squirrel policy! I still think theyÂre cuteÂin somebody elseÂs yard, Skybird...See MoreIs my terrarium being taken over by bugs????
Comments (3)Pictures of the assorted issues will be a must. If you have spiders in the terr, then you have bugs there. (That's the whole reason spiders would be hanging around. Work on your phobia -- spiders are the good guys. ) I would guess the white dots are molds. FYI, bonsai really are not good candidates for terrs....See Morefranktank232
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