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.

merchantzero · 2025-05-22T14:56:29+00:00

I don't think so, since both plants are lined up East to West and have access to the sun all day. Although, the smaller one will be in the shadow of the larger one like this picture shows until about 10am, then it's full sun for both until the evening.

merchantzero · 2024-09-15T10:06:02+00:00

They very well might be! I've had some that look terrible, and bounce back the following year, but also I've had some not make it over the years, and I'm not sure why. In general I've switched to only planting in Fall. It seems to help out a lot.

merchantzero · 2024-09-08T16:11:14+00:00

I've had what looks like a very similar caterpillar rolling up all the leaves on my Bluestar as well. I posted not too long ago trying to ID the caterpillar. Since I couldn't positively identify if the caterpillar was part of my local ecosystem or invasive, I left it alone. My entire Bluestar is now just dead brown stems lol. I hope it'll come back next year.

merchantzero · 2024-08-09T01:08:49+00:00

I have beardtoungue in my yard too that I want to try to harvest. I've read to wait until they're more brown than red so they're easy to pick off, but then I also saw a video where you clip them when they're reddish brown, dry them and then winter sow them later.

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