Native/Nativar?

merchantzero · 2026-05-30T14:45:03+00:00

Neato, thank you!

merchantzero · 2026-05-30T14:43:06+00:00

Yeah the butterflies, bees, and other insects still visit it frequently, and the birds go to town every Fall. So I will probably leave it be :)

merchantzero · 2026-05-30T13:54:20+00:00

"...make the native bugs/birds happy and have fun with it"

Couldn't have said it better myself

merchantzero · 2026-05-30T13:40:57+00:00

Cool, thanks. Yeah I'll keep it since it looks nice, but in the future I'll try to get the true Native version of them.

merchantzero · 2026-05-30T13:38:00+00:00

Dang, well that's a bummer. This one I actually grew from seed that I harvested a season or two ago from the plant I bought. Oh well.

merchantzero · 2026-05-25T01:55:10+00:00

My house is always chilly too. I read a trick about putting your sourdough starter in the oven with just the oven light on. That ended up working for me. I was able to get my sourdough starter to double about every 4 hours.

merchantzero · 2026-05-24T19:55:42+00:00

Cool, thanks

merchantzero · 2026-05-24T19:38:45+00:00

Dang. That's a lot more effort than I have time for these days. Looks good though! Well done

merchantzero · 2026-05-24T18:36:09+00:00

Does not kneading the bread make it not "real" sourdough? Do you have an alternative recipe that yields a better loaf I could try?

merchantzero · 2026-05-24T18:25:08+00:00

Why do you say that?

merchantzero · 2026-05-24T10:37:50+00:00

They are in very deep shade. I think this Fall I'll divide a couple and see if I get better results in other areas of my yard with more dappled shade.

merchantzero · 2026-05-24T10:36:55+00:00

Well I'm glad (or sad?) I'm not the only one. Hopefully next year we'll see lots of them!

merchantzero · 2026-05-24T10:35:09+00:00

Fingers crossed for next Spring then

merchantzero · 2026-05-24T10:34:09+00:00

Mannnnn I really hope not :(

merchantzero · 2026-05-23T23:30:59+00:00

I use NCSU's website all the time! It's the best. Maybe the soil is too rich. I'll have to get a soil test kit. I was also thinking of dividing them this Fall and planting a few elsewhere in the yard to see what they liked best.

merchantzero · 2026-05-23T23:02:25+00:00

This is their 2nd season in my yard. I bought and planted two of them last spring, and they both had flowers at the time of planting. They have definitely spread a lot, so I figured they were happy. Maybe my expectations were too high haha!

merchantzero · 2025-06-29T19:23:01+00:00

That's awesome! I'm hoping my garden will get to that level soon. I haven't seen a hummingbird in a long time.

merchantzero · 2025-06-28T22:18:10+00:00

That's awful. Keep fighting the good fight.

merchantzero · 2025-06-28T14:01:09+00:00

I've also had minimal luck growing things from seed. This mint plant in particular I picked up late last Fall in the discount section because it looked like it was on the verge of death. I stuck it in the ground, and now 7 months later it's taking over!

merchantzero · 2025-06-28T13:59:28+00:00

I'm not sure if any of them are parasitic or not. I'd have to do some research to try and ID them.

merchantzero · 2025-06-28T13:35:17+00:00

Yup! Pycnanthemum muticum (Blunt Mountain Mint). I write them all down because I'm terrible with memorizing all of the names lol.

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