Giant Ragweed; the Mystery Plant Identified

Monday, July 6th, 2009

A post here last week sought the identity of a mysterious plant that was growing wild in a Wisconsin gardener’s backyard. Well the plant has been identified by several readers here and verified by a plant expert to be Giant Ragweed!
Not exactly the happy ending that I was hoping for, but at least Tamara now [...]

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Organic Controls for Eliminating Quackgrass

Sunday, May 3rd, 2009

I’m fortunate and relieved that I’ve never been faced with the major headache of controlling an infestation of notorious quackgrass in the vegetable garden! Ron isn’t so lucky and inquired about organic methods for getting this invasive weed under control:
“Is there a way to turn a fairly large patch of land that has quack grass [...]

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