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Baymule
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For the life of me, I don't know why anyone would want those darn things on purpose. We have some Texas Bull Nettles growing on our place, you are welcome to come get all you want. I hate them. I loathe them. I wish each and every one of those $%@#%#$%@#$^^$#$ (insert all the curse words you know in any and all languages) would spontaneously burst into flames, burn to ashes and die.
IN THE MINT FAMILY??? Mints from Hell maybe, but why torment nice plants like spearmint, peppermint and others by claiming they are first cousins to a plant that should be in prison for life? Every family has that relative they don't talk about........
IN THE MINT FAMILY??? Mints from Hell maybe, but why torment nice plants like spearmint, peppermint and others by claiming they are first cousins to a plant that should be in prison for life? Every family has that relative they don't talk about........
Baymule
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We bought a hand held auger at Harbor Freight for $200 and have used the heck out of that thing. It's been handy as a pocket on a shirt for us. It has made building fence a LOT easier and it was a good purchase.
One of the first things I did was to buy a 16' gate to hang on the driveway. It took my son in law and me ALL DAY to set 4 posts for H braces because we were digging post holes with hand post hole diggers. The ground was HARD and even though we poured water in the meager holes we started, it was an all day chore. Right then and there, my mind was made up to buy an auger. I wouldn't be without it.
One of the first things I did was to buy a 16' gate to hang on the driveway. It took my son in law and me ALL DAY to set 4 posts for H braces because we were digging post holes with hand post hole diggers. The ground was HARD and even though we poured water in the meager holes we started, it was an all day chore. Right then and there, my mind was made up to buy an auger. I wouldn't be without it.
greybeard
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Ever look at their root system? It's staggering.
Nettle is pretty popular in many 3rd world countries for some kind of purported herbal healing powers..and aphrodisiacs.
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Yes, stinging nettle has many health benefits, including topical and as a diuretic, which would help me. It can also be eaten like spinich, as cooking nullifies the sting.
It does go to seed easily, so we will need to make sure to cut any flower heads off.
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We have the same hand held power anger, from Harbor Freight. It works great. I just wish it went deeper . . .
babsbag
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Inquiring minds need to know...Why on earth would you plant Stinging Nettle?
My DH wouldn't let me buy a hand held auger, he felt that it was a good way to break a wrist. The one on our JD without down pressure was useless in our soil. The one on my Bobcat with down pressure is amazing...yes I'm in love with that little machine.
I just picked 1/2 gallon of blackberries and could have done more but it got dark. Not sure what to do with them since DH can't have ice cream and shouldn't even really have the berries. I did the cobbler last weekend and he cheated...I can't tempt him again. I think they will most likely go into the freezer for later jam making. Blackberry wine sounds tempting too.
I am getting quite a few berries this year since selling 6 of my rogue roosters. I am down to 7 "coopless" chickens and one of those is broody. Makes a big difference not having them picking my berries. Plus with all of the rain this winter they seem to be very happy, and so am I.
Your humidity is the one big thing that keeps me in CA. When it is 101° here our humidity is usually below 20% which makes a huge difference. Climate wise the city of Redding (10 miles from me) is one of the best in the nation.
My DH wouldn't let me buy a hand held auger, he felt that it was a good way to break a wrist. The one on our JD without down pressure was useless in our soil. The one on my Bobcat with down pressure is amazing...yes I'm in love with that little machine.
I just picked 1/2 gallon of blackberries and could have done more but it got dark. Not sure what to do with them since DH can't have ice cream and shouldn't even really have the berries. I did the cobbler last weekend and he cheated...I can't tempt him again. I think they will most likely go into the freezer for later jam making. Blackberry wine sounds tempting too.
I am getting quite a few berries this year since selling 6 of my rogue roosters. I am down to 7 "coopless" chickens and one of those is broody. Makes a big difference not having them picking my berries. Plus with all of the rain this winter they seem to be very happy, and so am I.
Your humidity is the one big thing that keeps me in CA. When it is 101° here our humidity is usually below 20% which makes a huge difference. Climate wise the city of Redding (10 miles from me) is one of the best in the nation.
greybeard
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The dang stuff has a horizontal/lateral root system that can be 30' long and 1/2-3/4" in diameter.
That lateral root, sends it's own roots down and sends shoots up at every node to form a plant above ground. Each node shoot tho, has it's own roots between the lateral root and the top of the ground, and if you try to pull a plant up, you think you got it because it has roots on it, but it simply broke off at the node it came from on the lateral root and the lateral root will just send up another stem or 2 or 3. Satan's spawn.
I let one get started somehow in my wife's 8' x 8' raised Hibiscus bed, and have been trying to get rid of it for nearly 3 years now. It's lateral root is now intertwined with the Hibiscus, and has done spread out under the crossties and in to the yard and I can't get rid of it without tearing the whole bed apart and digging it up and Lawd help me if I do anything to disturb The Glory That Is Hibiscus...Only thing in the yard in 10 years she's ever planted that lived and I'd have to move out if I killed it. Had one beside the barn that I finally sprayed with Remedy Ultra enough times that it just gave up.
That lateral root, sends it's own roots down and sends shoots up at every node to form a plant above ground. Each node shoot tho, has it's own roots between the lateral root and the top of the ground, and if you try to pull a plant up, you think you got it because it has roots on it, but it simply broke off at the node it came from on the lateral root and the lateral root will just send up another stem or 2 or 3. Satan's spawn.
I let one get started somehow in my wife's 8' x 8' raised Hibiscus bed, and have been trying to get rid of it for nearly 3 years now. It's lateral root is now intertwined with the Hibiscus, and has done spread out under the crossties and in to the yard and I can't get rid of it without tearing the whole bed apart and digging it up and Lawd help me if I do anything to disturb The Glory That Is Hibiscus...Only thing in the yard in 10 years she's ever planted that lived and I'd have to move out if I killed it. Had one beside the barn that I finally sprayed with Remedy Ultra enough times that it just gave up.
greybeard
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I know lots of people use and like those augers Baymule, but they still scare the begeezus out of me. I can just see hitting a big root with it and it slinging me off into the nether world somewhere.
babsbag
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That looks like fun to dig out. Years ago (younger and dumber) I buried a nasty tasting and thorny blackberry bush thinking that would be the end of it...NOT. Every leaf node rooted so instead of 1 plant I had about 20 of them. Thankfully I had pruned it before burying it. Some plants are just prolific.
