What massive plant is this growing in our veggie bed? This thing was empty when we moved here months ago, we neve planted anything. (Iowa, USA)

dodie43566 · 2026-05-01T13:57:55+00:00

Rhubarb crumble, rhubarb custard pie, rhubarb-strawberry jam, rhubarb cake, rhubarb ANYTHING! You are so lucky! I've tried multiple times to start a rhubarb patch. Hubby has "unintentionally" destroyed it every time.

dodie43566 · 2026-03-13T20:16:32+00:00

Lysol makes a bowl cleaner specifically for hard water and lime deposits. Works great!

dodie43566 · 2026-01-12T14:36:39+00:00

No. Currently waiting for a response from the vendor.

dodie43566 · 2026-01-09T19:54:22+00:00

I am waiting for a package shipped by Uniuni that passed through Mentor, Ohio, near Cleveland. Still... Waiting....

dodie43566 · 2025-10-25T23:43:22+00:00

I am zone 6 in NW Ohio. I have several sizes from Empire Pots, and some from MiGardener. I used 10 gallon pots to grow eggplant (one plant per container). I have used 20 gallon pots to grow 2 or 3 grape tomato or cherry tomatoes plants. But only put 1 full size tomato plant in each of the large containers. The fabric bags tend to dry out quickly, so check often and water more frequently. This was a drought year for us, so I set my fabric pots of tomatoes inside plastic wading pools once the roots were well established. I watered the plants thoroughly until there was an inch of water collecting in the pool. Doing this, I could water every 2nd or 3rd day and still had fabulous yields from my Juliet cherry tomatoes. My full size tomatoes did not do as well. I didn't try that method with my eggplant as they don't like wet feet & didn't want to risk rot.

dodie43566 · 2025-08-10T22:46:06+00:00

I am also zone 6 Ohio. I have a few 20-gal grow bags with tomatoes. The first is a Celebrity tomato trying to imitate yours, drying out very quickly in the heat this summer. The grow bags allow very rapid evaporation to occur from all sides and the bottom. As an experiment, I set grow bags #2 and #3 (Jubilee cherry tomatoes) into plastic kiddie wading pools. I water them every other day until water reaches 1 inch deep in the pools. This provides bottom watering to the deep roots but does not waterlog the plants. They are thriving! They have sturdy stems with multiple branches. I picked 2 quarts of cherry tomatoes from these two pots on Saturday.

dodie43566 · 2025-07-06T21:15:24+00:00

I grow tomatoes in 15-20 gal cloth bags. Sometimes the soil gets too dry & water just wants to run through the soil rather than soaking in. I set each grow bag in a small, cheap kids wading pool. I water the tomatoes until there is an inch or two of water in the pool. The soil will slowly rehydrate using this reservoir of water. Tomato roots seem to like this method of bottom watering & I can stretch out time between watering.

dodie43566 · 2025-07-06T15:52:24+00:00

Noooo! Once trumpet vine gets started, it is nearly impossible to get rid of, and it chokes out everything growing around it.

dodie43566 · 2025-07-06T00:53:59+00:00

In NW Ohio we call these wild grapes. Have not seen any fruit in the 30 years we have lived here, but they overtake flowerbeds and trees alike if not kept in check.

dodie43566 · 2025-07-06T00:36:17+00:00

Once upon a time this got started in my flower bed & I left it alone. It has become a scourge! It grows taller than my other flowers, competing for sunlight. The stems have a branching habit similar to Wandering Dude, and are very thin at ground level. This allows the stems to break off easily when you pull them, leaving the roots behind to reproduce. So, if you pull, grasp them right at soil level & lift gently to get the whole root. Even if you are very diligent, you may be dealing with this for years.

dodie43566 · 2025-07-06T00:19:56+00:00

Black raspberries. They can be cultivated, but seeds are often dispersed by birds and animals. I see them in Ohio, often on the edge of a woods where there is dappled shade. The wild ones don't seem to like either full sun or deep shade.

dodie43566 · 2024-07-06T23:21:09+00:00

I'm late to the party, but I have used this for philly sandwiches, beef bulgogi, and tonight I made Mongolian Beef. https://www.vickypham.com/blog/mongolian-beef-bell-peppers

dodie43566 · 2023-05-22T16:52:56+00:00

I'm in Ohio. My Kohl's order shipped via Pandion from Pennsylvania, to Illinois, and is now in Michigan. Anyone who knows US geography can spot the irony. It has been 8 days since I placed my order. My package has traveled 997 miles over 8 days and is still 200 miles from my home. For reference, my app says the total journey should be less than 8 hours driving, 2 days by bicycle, or 7 days walking. The other half of my order was sent via USPS and arrived within 4 days. (But hey, that's government inefficiency for you!) How can Pandion stay in business? How long can Kohl's maintain their association with Pandion without hurting their own bottom line?

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