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About me: I work hard in my businesses to squeak by. Gardening is my mental health. Others call it an avocation. I call it the love of my life. Must have my hands in the dirt to be happy. Everything I do is an experiment, and great fun, tearing out sod to make beds, trying to amend the soil, learning to plant things that thrive in a variety of hostile conditions, moving things about and thinning things, ripping into weeds with a vengeance. Haven’t yet learned to make a garden that looks well set up, although the cottage-garden effect round the house is charming, and two composed beds look nice (out of many scattered throughout the property). Composting is joy. I’ve toyed with the idea of raising fiber-producing animals, but really prefer those owned by others. I’d rather keep my property in habitat and in gardens.

My zone is: z6a NY
GardenWeb Member: harebell - September 10, 2003
Commented: Rats enjoying my compost! HELP You have a cat hanging around. For goodness sake do NOT put out poison! It will kill a cat who's consumed an animal with that poison in its system. The cat can be a huge deterrent on its own but usu...
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Commented: Need a nice tightly woven area rug that cats cannot tear up! A common misconception is that providing cats with CARPETTED scratching posts and cat trees will prevent them from shredding floor covers and upholstery. It takes a great deal of training to teach ca...
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Commented: Cats suddenly peeing outside litter box sometimes- LONG! "Any thoughts? Suggestions on how to get them stop? Aside from getting rid of dog :P I've read some about wall plug-ins that emit a scent that is calming to cats- but it looks really expensive- n...
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