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Oh God...., Another adventure in gardening
Comments (35)Well, speaking from experience, I can tell you that there are three types of cannabis. Cannabis cannabis is the industrial "rope" plant. No THC at all. Cannabis sativa is the columbian/Mexican type that is a staple in a drug user's life. Most Marijuana falls in this category. Canabis Indica is the Skunky smelling kind that everyone grows in the home garden and indoors, mainly due to it's strength and taste. If you never notice it growing before, that means it was probably put there, either by someone or something. I have seen a plant spring up when someone dropped a seed while preparing to smoke outdoors, but to have several, the mother must have gone to seed(meaning it was there at the end of last growing season) or it was put there. Being that you are a Fed official, I would question that someone may have been pulling a joke on you(Think neighborhood hoodlums)....See MoreI HATE my front yard!
Comments (29)My front yard is my neighbour's dogs public bathroom and I'm not kidding, especially my mailbox post. I constantly have to pick up their drops. Beause all the urine spots killed the first 4 feet of lawn next to the road. I tired of fixing it. I replaced with 4x10 flower bed with tough plants. After the plants died back, they let their dog pee and poo on the flower bed as usual. I planted a row of own root rose hedge at the back to keep the dogs away from my lawn Here is a easy way to impove the soil. I marked the area with sticks and yarn. And piled a think layer of dry leaves and garden wastes and kept wet for a few months before started to plant anything, fall is a good time to do so. I turned once a week if it was covered with snow. I do the same thing at the backyad, I don't have to reomve anything under the area. Weeds and grass will die and weed seeds will spout and die, then everything will compost. When I ready to plant, I turn the compost and add topsoil to the bed. I found planting own root roses don't have to dig as deep as grafted bareroot roses....See MoreOh God, what have I done? Bayer product and dead birds
Comments (44)Following up, a few months later... Things seem to be back to normal in the garden (thanks again for all of the advice and support). Nothing dead, and even a few new creatures -- a toad (must've come over from a man-made garden pond nearby) and a bunny (an unpleasant surprise -- living in an urban area, this is our first rabbit ever, in four years!). Birds are plentiful, and we're seeing a few goldfinches come by as the coneflowers dry up. I spent the summer enjoying the garden mostly from the inside... next spring will bring a clean slate and I can stop feeling funny about being out there (and about being here). Interesting, though: Like Hyta, I had not one Japanese beetle. Not a one. And I didn't spray anything besides all-season oil for aphids. Saw this in the newspaper today about more dangers from imidicloprid, this time about lingering dangers to honeybees: "Unfortunately, we are learning that Merit has some ugly side effects, namely causing what has been called colony collapse disorder, where thousands of honeybee colonies are disappearing for no obvious reason. Now we know that any plant that is treated with Merit and has blossoms that attract bees, those bees will receive a non-lethal shot of Merit. But it will cause them to lose their ability to find their way back to the hive. It also weakens the bee's immune system so the bee usually dies of some fungus or virus. ... "We yardeners can't deal with the bee problem in agriculture, but we definitely can take a look at how we are using Merit in our own yard. Some of the most effective and popular systemic insecticides for rose bushes have Merit as the main ingredient. Honeybees will always work over rose blossoms and so are exposed to a little bit of Merit -- enough to affect them badly." Provided the link for those of you who want to read more. (P.S. Maryl, I made sure to spray my clothes each time; thanks for the tip. And Joanne, now you must forgive me. I never have any e-mails about responses to a post. Still, please accept *my* apology for not responding sooner to say it's no big deal at all. :) )...See MoreI think my neighbor killed my Japanese Red Maple
Comments (22)I don't have any expert advice for you, but I just wanted to say I feel really bad for you. I can just imagine her spraying the Roundup like she was putting out a fire. Roundup and weeds are all she knows. I love my trees. I've lived with them for many years and have an emotional attachment to them. As far as dealing with her - find out what the laws are first. Then read her the riot act, calmly but assertively, and tell her what the law requires. (Maybe give her a photocopy or a phone number to call if she has questions.) Give her a deadline to make the corrections, and tell her you will take further action with an impartial third party if she does not do so. If she makes any remarks other than "I'll take care of it immediately!" then just tell her clearly that she does not understand how serious a matter this is, and that her actions are a clear-cut violation of your property rights. The longer she ignores it, and the condition of your property continues to deteriorates, the more difficult it will be for her to resolve financially. If she gives you a hard time, tell her that her attitude is unacceptable, and forces you to put the matter into the hands of a third party immediately. And follow through, of course. This approach has worked for me, and I have never had to take legal recourse, because my no-nonsense attitude gets their attention. It is also civil discourse, and there have never been left over bad feelings. Good that she is moving, but you need to think and quickly if you want her to correct the damage that has been done, that you can at this point document, before she is gone and can ignore you. Good luck. Stick up for your trees!...See MoreElizabeth
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