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Ivy and other ground cover

We bought a house in the fall and are getting started on the landscaping and gardening now that the snow has finally melted. The lot already has several raised beds, but the previous owner let them go and now it's all covered in ivy and other ground…

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Sharon Hunzeker is now a member of the Savvygardener Community

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Virginia Hickox is now a member of the Savvygardener Community

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Donna Senay and Jen Thomas are now friends

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My Cross Lines Garden

The Rose Garden and Fish Pond and my .brother's back yard

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Natalie added a blog post

Moles in back yard

does anybody know of a way to get rid of moles and keep them away. I've already got tunnels from moles. Now i have rat terriers dogs and they love to dig up the moles but i would like a better way. Any suggestions would be great. Natalie

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Bill Phelps replied to Bill Phelps's discussion 'starting plants from seeds'

Thanks. I know what your saying amd I tried to reduce my watering but the top portion of soil became too dry for the seeds to sprout. Anyways, I will try it again. Just thought of something: What about putting a cover atop the pots. Will this have a…

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Hi, I'm Shelly Marsh, co-founder of Savvygardener.com - my newsletter for gardeners in the Kansas City area. After 10 successful years of publishing Savvygardener.com my husband Kevin and I decided to launch a special place on the web where our readers can share with each other all aspects of their gardening experiences. This is the Savvygardener Community. I hope you will join and become an active and enthusiastic member.

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Let's play a game!

Interested in playing a game? March will arrive like a Lion or a Lamb? You tell me....

Posted by Shelly Marsh on February 25, 2010 at 1:17pm — 9 Comments

Pea Soup

That's what the weather in the mornings have been like for the past week. We did get to see the sun yesterday afternoon which was delighful! I took our beagle, Sam Parker on a extra long walk. I couldn't tell who was more excited to be out, him or me. It is great to finally see the grass again! I was in the car the other day and made that exact comment to my oldest son Noah and he looked at me as if I were crazy. He said, "Really mom, you're excited to see the grass?" And I said, "Yes, I am!" It… Continue

Posted by Shelly Marsh on January 18, 2010 at 10:43am — 1 Comment

What to do with all of those leaves?

We live in a neighborhood, as many of you do, that have a lot of trees. We started raking, mowing and mulching leaves about a month or so ago. The good news is most of the trees have dropped their leaves. I am overwhelmed when out walking how many people have their leaves bagged and picked up. Those plastic bags are filling our landfills way too fast… Continue

Posted by Shelly Marsh on November 24, 2009 at 12:58pm — 2 Comments

Time to cover up

Winter like weather has arrived. Pull out your gardening sheets and blankets because if there are any annuals you are trying to keep around they will need to be covered this weekend. The low temperatures are suppose to dive into the 30's for the next couple of mornings and it looks as if they may be forecasting a chance of snow flurries on Saturday. Yikes! I don't even like to talk about snow this early. It makes for a very long winter.

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Posted by Shelly Marsh on October 9, 2009 at 8:37am

Cicada eating Beagle

Are the cicada's in your neighborhood getting any quieter? They are in ours do to the appetite of our Beagle, Sam Parker. He is crazy about eating cicadas. I know it sounds crazy but he will come into my office and give me that look, "Hey, I know you are busy and it is really not time for my walk but do you think we could go outside and look for some cicadas?" Seriously we may have to take Sam to cicadas anonymous....Pretty funny! He is especially fond of the ones right out of their shell. Eww..… Continue

Posted by Shelly Marsh on September 2, 2009 at 11:39am — 3 Comments