Weeds weeds weeds ... and garden stones smell moldy
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To weed or not to weed?
Comments (7)Thanks lyco and carol, I believe seed money & pit are right. It's feverfew. I rubbed the leaves on both plants. They had a both a very pungent smell, very nice actually. I had to bruise the feverfew growing in the garden bed to get a smell out of it, but it was the same. Not being familiar with it, I planted the original plant last year in a raised bed where roses grow. I assume high nitrogen made for a lanky plant. The plants growing in gravel and the sandy soil are never watered, they look very nice actually quite unlike the tall plant which is 1' tall....See Morewhat weed (?) smells like coconut?
Comments (1)there is one pull and the roots stay put.I chew the end of that smells and tastes like coconut,some type of grass....See MoreNew Here and... Weeds, weeds everywhere.
Comments (7)I really appreciate all of the replies that I have gotten. It was so nice to get some advice and encouragement and I can't wait to read and chat more with everyone. First of all, I was really surprised by the Round-Up stuff not working. It was the pre=mixed stuff and it surely did not work. Not only that but I went out in the front yard today and the dandilions are even bigger and taller now! I would like to get most of them out by hand, that is not a big deal, but a lot of them are in between my tulips and hosta plants in the front yard and they are surrounded by landscaping rocks so I may have to just remove those by hand with a smaller weeder. I was so happy today! I had my yonger brother and sister (17 and 14 respectively) and my little sister's boyfriend and my mom over and everyone helped me with the yard today! My brother mowed my lawn (he loves to mow for some reason) and my sister and her boyfriend helped clear out the leaves and junk off of my concrete patio while my mom and I raked the lawn of all the nasty decomposed leaves, twigs, branches, etc. And when all of that was done, my mom and sister and I planted a bunch of Morning Glories and Moonflowers along my privacy fence and then we put Impatiens along the back of the house, planted a couple of Dianthus Raspberry Parfait plants in pots in my back yard. Also in the back we planted bulbs for a couple of kinds of flowers. In the front my mom and I planted Begonias and Moss Rose plants. While my mom and I were planting those in the flower boxes in my front yard, some lady walked by with her kids and said, "Oh kids look at the pretty flowers!" and I was so excited. FINALLY my yard is looking nice enough that people are complimenting it. That hardest thing though is that my road is very busy and I get a lot of trash in my yard. It's so frustrating to try to keep up with getting the trash out of the yard. I think I might get an extra (small) garbage can to put by the fence so that I can just pick up trash and dump it in there. I really appreciate all the suggestions and feel better about everything now that I have made a substantial amount of progress and that I know I will not be able to get rid of all the weeds right away and that not all of the work is going to get done immediately. But the fresh air and exercise is good for me and the sun is good for me too according to my Dr. :) It was encouraging, too, to hear someone say that they got some good exercise gardening and congratulations on your weight loss! It must have taken some hard work! Thanks again and look forward to posting more soon!...See MoreFriend or foe, weed or non-weed?
Comments (11)After reading my above post I see where it might not be clear. I know Nightshade stinks, even small seedlings, but do these seedlings stink? If they do, it's Nightshade. I can see how a cluster could happen, I just haven't seen it. Maybe I should look a bit closer when I see Nightshade growing. It pops up in the wilder parts of my garden from time to time. I yank it as soon as I see it. Usually it's a rambling vine by that time and I'm lucky to pull it before it goes to seed. Mike...See Morepetitegirl19
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