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Actions   Send darius a D-Mail View the threads darius has started. Leave feedback for darius or read feedback left by other members. View the member feedback darius has written of others.   darius's contributions   PlantFiles: 14 Plants 54 Comments 109 images 15 zipcode reports 126 Details Go Gardening: 1 entry 3 comments and ratings The Garden Watchdog: 8 comments and ratings Gardenology: 8 definitions Published Articles: The Uncommon Common Sorrel Don't Kill Those Weeds!!! The Infamous Zucchini Sunflowers, Counting Bees and Citizen Scientists Endangered Wild Sea Oats… You can legally grow your own! Brix and Insect Resistance To inoculate, or not to inoculate? Tips on planning a fruit garden Four Thieves and their herbs… Garden slugs, snails and escargot Black Walnut Trees Produce Juglone, Toxic to Many Other Plants Small nut trees in the Home Fruit and Nut Garden Creasy Greens... Say WHAT?? What is Blackberry Winter? Or Redbud Winter? Or Dogwood Winter? Micronutrients: missing pieces of the plant nutrition puzzle Obamas to Plant White House Vegetable Garden! Magnesium: Essential for a plant’s health, and ours What ARE These, some New Kind of Striped Grape?? “No, They are Delicious, Old-Fashioned Gooseberries!” Can you actually buy luscious RIPE tree fruits at the supermarket? Not likely, but you CAN grow your own! Backyard Fruit Trees… Think Your Space is Too Small? Is your Backyard Berry Patch loaded with delicious, tasty but unusual, exotic, and unfamiliar berries? Marshmallows! Backyard Orcharding: It’s the Berries!! Why do plants need SULFUR?? A podium for potassium Phosphorus, a key element in all plant (and animal) life Is Nitrogen a double-edged sword for our garden soils? The Siberian Cedar Plants need calcium, too, just like teeth and bones! The Importance of Microbes in Soil Is Your Turkey Green? What looks like a Shmoo and is edible? A Cushaw! Curing and Cleaning Gourds for Crafts Handmade decorative paper with added flowers, seeds, leaves It’s Time to Plant Garlic and Shallots! Harvesting Leeks What makes good Brix? Good soil! Biochar: Good for your garden AND your carbon footprint! The Tiny Seed with BIG Flavor You Can Grow at Home: Sesame The Green Bean that’s an Open Pollinated Wonder: The Kentucky Wonder! Making a Simple Rain Barrel Purslane, An Edible and Beneficial Garden Weed The Easily Grown, Pungent Condiment: Horseradish Building a Substantial Grape Support System Building a 100’ long Hoop House for under $300 Growing the tasty, exquisitely fiery hot Wasabi! Okay, so you have raspberries, blackberries or other brambles… How do you control them? With a Bramble Trellis! Understanding Soil Testing Adding Some Year-Round Interest in the Garden with Red Twig Dogwood What is that unusual small pinkish-red fruit with the luscious white flesh? Lychee! The Creole Garlics Softneck Garlic for Southern Climates Hardneck Garlic for Northern Climates Why Grow Garlic? The Easy Way to Grow in Heavy Clay Soils Gardening in Straw Bales: Overcome Poor Soil, Limited Space, Weeds, Mobility Problems, Aching Backs and more Breaking Bread and Swapping Plants: The First Ever Dave’s Garden Roundup Ever Run Through a Field of Wild Daisies? Here’s the best hybrid, Shasta! Have you had your (nutritious) beans today? Try Lentils! Going to the beach to pick plums?… YES, Beach Plums!! Ramps... Not for the Faint-Hearted! Growing the "Man-Root" (Ginseng) Rock Dust… DUH!! The owl and the pussycat went to sea in a beautiful pea green boat. They dined on mince and slices of quince... There are Strange Things Done in the Midnight Sun By the Pigs Who Search for… Truffles?? Hops are not just for beer. They make great ornamentals in the Home Garden! Cheddar Pinks: sometimes pink, never cheesy! The Subtle Shallot Incredible Edible Flax Junipers: Not Just for Landscaping… Try Cooking and Healing with them! The Subtle Saffron: Growing and Using Why would anyone grow A Stinking Rose? For Garlic of Course! When does a plant name lie? Jerusalem Artichokes   darius wants you to know:   my homepage is: Gardening along the creek... The current local time for me is 02:54 PM I'm in zone 5b I live in So.Appalachian Mtns, VA (Zone 5b) My birthday is November 2   A note from darius:   "I live in the Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains, and I am female, despite the name. I have a cat who gardens with me... she is my constant companion when I work in the yard... "protecting" me, no doubt! I'm Member # 1169, BTW!"   Photo from darius   "2007 photo in my bale garden..."

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