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Dec 5, 2019 7:52 AM CST
Name: Anita
West Fulton, NY (Zone 5a)
"Let food be thy medicine...."
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We have a terrible problem with poison parsnip and invasive goldenrod. Every year I go about collecting seeds from tall wildflowers I like in the area to displace those 2. It is kind of working. I don't go through all the trouble of clearing. I just wait till fall or spring and dump the wanted seeds. I also collect other wildflower seeds and plants to put them around trees and use them as boarders. They are native and known to thrive. Like Uncle Will above, experiment. That's how I got my daisies.
Its easy for me to believe in miracles when science can't explain why a blade of grass has its shape and that is just one plant and one attribute.
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Dec 5, 2019 8:34 AM CST
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Name: Christine
North East Texas (Zone 7b)
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Good work, Anita. And good advise. Thumbs up Thumbs up
May your life be like a wildflower, growing freely in the beauty and joy of each day --Native American Proverb

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Dec 5, 2019 7:06 PM CST
Name: Will Currie
Hoke co NC (Zone 8a)
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I forgot to post that the Old Field Aster didn't quite make it a full year. Still 11 months is a darn good run. I've got a couple more plants that haven't begun their bloom cycle yet. I'm going to try pinching them once they get their spring growth to see if I can get a better form from them.

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