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Bradley Hartley
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Comments (4)thanks bboy! This is a fantastic forum. I'm sure to use it often as I explore my new garden. I'll be extolling this forum on my cottage blog today too. Looking forward to enjoying the tree in full bloom this weekend. Here is a link that might be useful: Cottager's Wife...See MoreUnidentified tree in my front yard
Comments (25)The extreme hot and dry conditions in Texas do prevent some invasives from being as aggressive as they are in better areas. In my area (north Georgia), Mimosa has long been an invasive, especially on roadsides and vacant open land. It's rapid growth out-competes slower growing native species that might have grown there otherwise. Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus altissima) is making great strides in new locations, increasing it's spread every year. Amazingly, our northern neighbor Tennessee, is more infested that we are with this pest. It stands shoulder to shoulder with the invasive bush honeysuckles that extend from where it is too shady for Tree of Heaven deep into the forest interior. I have seen "natural" areas in Tennessee that are just nothing but bush honeysuckle. Chinaberry is moving into the metro area of Atlanta from the southeast where it has been a pest for years. Spread has been accelerated by folks that bring some seeds from elsewhere because "one more won't harm". However, bringing a new invasive into an area where it wasn't is harmful so now I guess these can fight with Mimosa and Tree of Heaven for the roadsides. That is, if they can get in there in between the Chinese privet .... Princess Tree ( Paulownia tomentosa) is also a horrible plant and I've seen it on highways way up into the North Carolina mountains. It's small seeds are scattered by the wind mostly. But our newest invasive is courtesy of man (again). Ornamental pears (think 'Bradford' pear) are producing viable fruit and being spread by animals/birds. Sunny roadsides and vacant lots now have lots of these thorny seedlings - very obvious in spring when they bloom. And while I might appreciate the beauty of some of these plants, I can't help but consider how little they contribute to the natural environment which they have stomped on. Insects in our environments have not evolved with these plants and so get little nutritional value from them. Birds might eat some of their fruit/seeds, but birds heavily rely on insects as part of their diet (especially for their babies). Reduced native plant biomass in an area that is already reduced thanks to man's destruction of habitat means fewer insects for birds to consume. And that means fewer birds. So while I agree that man is the worst impact on the natural environment ... it is also man that has the brains and the power to make it better. I'm not saying that all non-native plants are awful, but these plants truly are. Their ability to spread themselves beyond your yard - even if you can personally see it, it is documented - makes them so. Plant a forsythia, a gardenia, a camellia, a crape myrtle, a hydrangea, daylilies, even knockout roses ... but don't keep these invasives going....See MoreHELP! - Nest of unidentified critter in Christmas tree box!
Comments (12)Unless it's a big nest, or you see more than one nest in the box, I'd suspect plain old House Mouse rather than a Deermouse. Deermice are country mice, Housemice are urban/suburban. Deermice live in groups of up to 10, so where there is one nest, you will often find another. Cold weather means tiny little herds of deermice are trying to move in where it's warm, which is why I have two cats living in the kitchen/back porch. One is a great mouser, the other is a great goof off, but they keep my kitchen rodent free. Otherwise, if I didn't have the cats, I would use glue traps, but only because: (tender hearted soul that I am) 1) This is a farm, so I have plenty of open land to let them go. 2) I know how to get almost any animal off a glue trap without harming it. (other than an insect -sorry, but I've not had much luck saving spiders or crickets) The secret is cooking oil. Corn oil, cheap-o vegetable oil, if you're feeling really bad about making the vermin suffer, you could use extra virgin olive oil, but really, it doesn't matter. Just slide the glue trap and the struggling varmint onto a cookie sheet or sturdy piece of cardboard to support it while you carry it outside. (In our case, that would be outside and at least a 1/4 mile away from the house, but just outside works if you're in town) When you get to the release site, just set the cookie sheet/cardboard down, and pour corn oil over the rodent. Oil disolves the glue in less than a minute, and your greasy little varmint will have pulled itself off the trap and will be staggering away into the grass. The rat/mouse/chipmunk/baby squirrel will take care of cleaning itself, which is why you use edible oil. Lizards, frogs and toads don't clean themselves, but it won't hurt them either. If you catch a bird, you'll have to carefully wash the oil out of it's feathers with dish soap, like they do for seabirds caught in an oil slick. This is also what I'd suggest you do if you catch a litter of kittens. (which happened to one of my neighbors, who called me in a panic about it)...See MoreUnidentified Fruit Trees
Comments (18)Brian, Before you do anymore pruning, you should read about pruning. There are different terminology that are often mentioned such as heading cut, thinning cut, etc. By reading, you will get an idea what it means when such a team is used. I included the link here just to give you an idea. http://www.ext.colostate.edu/mg/Gardennotes/612.html....See MoreBradley Hartley
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