![]() ![]() ![]() With our stringent maintenance regime, they’re usually tall enough to poke up over the Panicum or loom over the Leucanthemum by the time I notice, so then digging becomes the only option. Because seedling trees are about impossible to just yank out like a weed – a whip just a few feet tall will have a taproot as long. We’re surrounded by deciduous forest, so of course trees pop up where they’re not supposed to, especially oaks and the occasional hickory, which I dearly love and hate to remove. Most of this stuff has been in the ground for five to eight years, and we have a high tolerance for nature taking its course. Thus, our maintenance schedule BARELY includes cutting back perennials and ornamental grasses Feb-March, plus any pruning needed for woodies…then some fits of weeding throughout the growing season. We take care of everything ourselves, in our spare time (ha!!). We have about 3000 sq ft of mixed border surrounding (in multiple layers) our 1500 sq ft home. Robert Bernstein on Horse(tail) sense or nonsense?.Linda Chalker-Scott on Horse(tail) sense or nonsense?.Sharon Yntema on Horse(tail) sense or nonsense?.It’s the heat (and the humidity!) – The Garden Professors™ on I’m hot! So are my plants!.Smoke gets in your eyes…and in your garden! June 30, 2023.I’m hot! So are my plants! July 7, 2023.¡Escandalo! Seedy mixup results in #Jalapeñogate drama across the US July 14, 2023.Horse(tail) sense or nonsense? July 21, 2023.It’s the heat (and the humidity!) July 28, 2023. ![]()
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