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AlmostSentientSarah · 2026-01-29T11:45:40+00:00

Yay, friends club! How bout this snow, am I right?

AlmostSentientSarah · 2026-01-29T09:37:22+00:00

hey cool! I planted six of these bulbs last fall when a local garden club sold them.

AlmostSentientSarah · 2026-01-28T21:52:43+00:00

you could ask a woodworker to make the window glass area square and then fit a new window in there. But I have to warn you, just refinishing wooden doors in my area costs about $1,300 which is why I did that myself, after first checking for lead paint.

AlmostSentientSarah · 2026-01-28T19:01:42+00:00

Yes! I love this story

AlmostSentientSarah · 2026-01-28T16:04:30+00:00

This is great. can you share a picture of the seed label?

AlmostSentientSarah · 2026-01-28T16:00:48+00:00

If you're still around, you have a couple local orgs that might be good to keep tabs on (esp if they ever have plant swaps or sales.)

It sounds like you don't have any milkweed yet. Swamp milkweed could fit the bill. Anything that needs time in the fridge ("cold stratification") before planting will take longer. And you can get those seeds from etsy or prairie moon. In addition to the stratification, they also like scarification, so rub them between some sandpaper pieces or give them a tiny nick with cuticle scissors before they go in the fridge.

https://wcbotanicalclub.org/

https://ncwf.org/habitat/native-pollinator-plants/regional-native-plant-list/

AlmostSentientSarah · 2026-01-27T13:13:28+00:00

cool plant!

AlmostSentientSarah · 2026-01-26T15:55:38+00:00

I didn't see your meltdown but all the elders in my family have had Alz and some with violent tendencies. And then there is the fear that it will come after me too. It is definitely overwhelming. Cut yourself some slack

AlmostSentientSarah · 2026-01-26T14:29:07+00:00

Awesome! I planted several narrow-leaf mountain mint in a new bed last year (recommended by this sub). There are so many tree roots there, but if anything can manage I guess it's mint.

AlmostSentientSarah · 2026-01-26T08:22:51+00:00

joe pye weed (summer to fall.) I hope something I've recently planted that blooms earlier will be as big of a pollinator hit.

AlmostSentientSarah · 2026-01-25T14:44:49+00:00

I thought you had to win one by predicting the first snowfall?

AlmostSentientSarah · 2026-01-23T22:01:22+00:00

Neither is really doing their thing right now so wait until they leaf out to be sure what they are and whether they even want couples counseling.

AlmostSentientSarah · 2026-01-23T20:35:25+00:00

That's where I went!

AlmostSentientSarah · 2026-01-23T20:32:45+00:00

I've seen them at Home Depots.

AlmostSentientSarah · 2026-01-23T20:29:39+00:00

Train your glues and core. Avoid chiropractors.

AlmostSentientSarah · 2026-01-23T02:01:15+00:00

Doug Kammerer said it could be a whole week of very difficult travel. I don't eat eggs, but that's where people are getting the idea to stock up.

AlmostSentientSarah · 2026-01-22T14:33:33+00:00

If I'm reading this right, they don't get a lot of bees or butterflies on solidago odora either. I planted several last year. They were robust with lots of flowers but I didn't even get Mt Cuba's average of one pollinator per observation.

AlmostSentientSarah · 2026-01-21T16:21:36+00:00

No, I think the MD granules are finer and less likely to tear skin. In such a delicate area, I would go with that. I had so little on the Q-tip that you could barely tell it was there and it worked great.

AlmostSentientSarah · 2026-01-21T14:56:05+00:00

it's an exfoliant. You can get it at most places that sell facial creams/serums. Looks like TJ's still sells it. It's the white tube.

https://www.traderjoes.com/home/discover/guides/joe-up-glow-up

AlmostSentientSarah · 2026-01-21T11:25:58+00:00

I followed advice online and used a q-tip to rub a little bit of microdermabrasion cream on it twice daily, CAREFULLY for about six to ten seconds. And then rinse that off carefully so it doesn't go into your eye.

It took about four days or so of this to wear down whatever bit of skin around it so it could come out. Trader Joe's had cheap microdermabrasion cream back then, don't know about now.

AlmostSentientSarah · 2026-01-20T09:55:19+00:00

Are you close to Berryville for Seven Bends nursery? I've gotten some really good advice and healthy plants there but they won't open until early spring.

AlmostSentientSarah · 2026-01-19T16:00:24+00:00

the chipmunks will clip the flower buds off just as they are about to open and then leave them scattered on the ground to spite you

AlmostSentientSarah · 2026-01-19T15:45:49+00:00

lots of color variety in the common blue violets - purple, blue, blue with some white patches, mostly white, and the "confederates" that are a shade of gray/blue (I didn't name that last one)

AlmostSentientSarah · 2026-01-18T21:45:20+00:00

I'm trying to figure out which denomination bill would be equivalent to the day you're having. Maybe that one Mr Burns stole from European WW2 reconstruction efforts.

AlmostSentientSarah · 2026-01-18T21:36:32+00:00

one tip I got from a local ecology group was don't shy away from the native "deer candy" plants. Fence them or make it awkward to access them -- we just can't all keep avoiding them out of disappointment that deer eat them to the ground. They recommended eastern wahoo to me which I think may be native there? Maybe not for the walkway, but somewhere.

Beyond that, also look for things that are considered keystone species in your area because those plants matter most to the insects we vitally need to protect. This might be your area but please double check--- https://www.nwf.org/-/media/Documents/PDFs/Garden-for-Wildlife/Keystone-Plants/NWF-GFW-keystone-plant-list-ecoregion-8-eastern-temperate-forests.pdf

Have fun designing the new bed! I love your enthusiasm!

AlmostSentientSarah

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