That must be a special machine (in the youtube) for that specific use. Probably tears stuff apart rather than cuts into pieces. And doesn't seem to be throwing any dirt out.. If you put that much dirt into a wood chipper (or a wood shredder), the blades will be pretty dull by the time you get through one stack.

Diana, I'm so glad to see you posting here! I hope the tomato plants do well for y'all. Isn't it disheartening how, as we get older, we have more aches and pains in our creaky bodies after a good day of gardening and yard work? I remember the good old days where I could be outside from sunrise to sunset and not even feel it the next day. (Those days are gone.) Hope your DH didn't overdo it while planting those tomato plants. Leava, I love my soap too. It feels so nourishing on my dry, gardening hands when I come inside and wash them with it. Good luck with the teaching art studio in El Reno. I hope you'll keep us posted on how it goes. Seedmama, Indeed we are jealous! I do wish I lived close enough to just 'drop by' to see Paula and Ken. Paula, Woo hooo! You really do have the perfect location, but you know, seriously, we'd understand if you didn't want to invite half the state to your place again. So, if you change your mind, just say so. Otherwise, you're likley to be "the hostest with the mostest" forever after. I promise I'm not going to grow too many tomatoes next year. Maybe I'll grow too many peppers instead. I hope the folks at the FAA enjoy their plants. Carol, Tim and I did get the sign you brought (thank you!) and I am planning to spray it with a clear coating before it goes outside. I clear coat pretty much all decorative garden things with the clear Kry-lon spray paint. Y'all, I hope to get my last raised bed planted today, and then I will start planting in the currently unfenced new areas and in containers. I feel like I'm ahead of where I was at the end of April last year....and I'm just crossing my fingers and hoping we don't have a monsoon the last couple of days of April. (For anyone relatively new to this forum, last year Love County had 12.89" of rain fall in less than 24 hours on April 29-30, which set back my mostly-planted garden for a month or two as the soil stayed wet forever. On another April 29th about 4 years ago, we received 9.25" and most of that fell in less than 4 hours. So, April 29th makes me nervous.) I cannot believe I've got the big garden almost planted. I still have tomato plants left to squeee in somewhere. lol I also cannot believe the Spring Fling is over. You know, once it finally arrives after months of planning and anticipation, it seems like it is over in the blink of an eye. Dawn

populous alba is a favourite landscape tree in my location - absolutely recognisable with that almost luminous white underside to the leaves which shimmers on the ends of those long petioles (although it is true, I am coming to love this previously unfamiliar genus). I have a circle of felled trees around a firepit and even now, 3 years on, they will throw new growth...and will also do that thing of regrowing (and re-rooting) as a row of new branches from a felled horizontal log - phoenix trees. I like to root hardwood cuttings in the ground because I am idle and can dispense with watering but I also use those deep rose pots which hold at least 5litres of potting medium so that the cutting can be planted to a depth of around 8inches. The potting medium for hardwood cuttings is less crucial than seedlings - and in your case, Sylvia, you can make use of the soil around the base of the original tree (which will also have sympathetic micro-life - bacteria and fungi - even a trowel full in an inert potting mix will kickstart the soil associations so essential for plant health. Yep, there may be weed seedlings in garden soil which germinate but easily plucked from the surface of the pot.

J4c, you're a nut. :) But, you're posts often lead to interesting concepts and studies. Thank you. On the issue of sprigging KBG. What would be the advantage? Kbg seed is cheap. Seeding results are extremely successful, cultivation practices necessary for germination would be no greater than those needed for sprigging, establishment coverage is higher than sprigging (see the video in your link) and no need to bury or cover the seeds as is required for sprigging. HOWEVER, BELLA KBG is EXTREMELY interesting. I've never heard of it. A slow growing no-mow, dark green, spreading, low nutrient maintenance, drought and shade tolerant grass that will flourish in zones from 4 to 8? Snake Oil! B.S., but apparently true. Unfortunately, it can only viably be established by sod, sprigging or plugging. Still it just might be worth the effort and expense. Kudos to you J4c, for posting this. Thank you again.