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Gardening

Skidmore

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5. I'm working on planting differently.

Reply to Erich Bloodaxe BSN (Reply #4)

Sat May 31, 2014, 05:51 PM

May 2014

I do think our seasons are really changing drastically. We've had some brutal summers and winters over the past decade. Either too much rain or not enough and slightly off season. I'm in search of drought hardy and cold hardy plant. Lately we've had a huge problem with deer that we never had before.

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Zone 5 midwest gardeners with blackberries or raspberries??? A question for you. [View all] Skidmore May 2014 OP

FWIW dixiegrrrrl May 2014 #1

We stopped off at a fruit stand today, and were told Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2014 #2

My flower beds got hammered. Skidmore May 2014 #3

Oh, I forgot, we also lost the four holly bushes we'd planted out front Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2014 #4

I'm working on planting differently. Skidmore May 2014 #5

I've been trying to get more bushes, canes, and trees Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2014 #6

I have a verbeneum, native to this area, but took Skidmore May 2014 #7

Where we are, it's mostly just temperature extremes so far. Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2014 #8

Lord have mercy Aerows Jun 2014 #10

I'm way down south Aerows Jun 2014 #9

I'm Zone 5 TuxedoKat Jun 2014 #11