Brain, Thanks for the tips on Foxglove. I'll make sure to let it go to seed in its little corner. I got stakes for some of my tall plants too.

I planted some Columbine last year and it's coming up! A couple of other perrenials but I don't remember what they are at the moment. After all of these mature I can go crazy dividing and sharing with my neighbors.

Cheryl,

We get a few hummers every August through October. When should I put out my feeder to see if they show up in the spring? Would I do that now? Or wait awhile?

Put them out now around the plants that attract hummers.

Read this thread about attracting hummers...

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread44275.html

Hey guys, I just got inside and Im sore and frustrated. If youve covered
this topic please refer me to the post number.

A little background........ I have a wire pasture fence down the length
of my property on one side of my house. Its long, about 500 ft long.
It separates my property from a large field/pasture. This spring I noticed
that my pussywillow tree had very few pussywillows on it. And that
it was completely wrapped in that bittersweet carp

On further investigation of the fence, I noticed it was falling down because a
wooden post had snapped, I noticed that this carp was wrapped around
all the wire of the fence. I dont think I ever noticed it as in the summer
all the vines make this beautiful , natural, green wall. These vines are
not all bittersweet.

My question is after being out there for an hour, clipping all the bittersweet
from around the fence and now Im in terrible pain.(and I only got rid of about 10 feet of it) HOW do I get rid of this ??? I mean CAN I get rid of this?

Help please, I dont want the whole fence to go down because its really
old and I fear it will. I also like the way it looks in the summer.

TIA

Sox, for a job that size I'd probably use an herbacide. Make sure it's a calm day so the wind doesn't blow the spray on plants you don't want to kill. And if there are other plants close, you can use a drop cloth to protect them until the spray dries.

I can't recommend one spray over another, as I rarely use any. Last year, I grabbed some at the dollar store (of allplaces. Who knows what's really in that stuff?) It was called Maxide and it worked like nothing I've ever seen.

I've tried Roundup, and it was not strong enough to kill our poison ivy and elephant ears. Maxide did it in one spray.

There are probably a few that would work for you.

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Maxide is registered brand name of a company called Gro Tec, Inc. and they make several products for lawn and gardens.

(just one example:
This product is used by Homeowners and Professionals)

It's hard to tell what you purchased unless you still have the container. There are lot of good products on the market get rid of pesky weeds.

Sox...have you tried Preen? Or a combination of glyphosate and 2-4D? Works pretty good.

Well I have two questions....how can I kill all this ivy that is spreading into the neighbors yard and up their trees?

And my two fav. herbs are Rosemary and Sweet Basil. I have a raised bed herb garden but was wondering how those two might do in the window boxes that hang on our garage?