Gardening for Old Folks (Adaptative)

[Leahs Mom]

Roundup is in courts with allegations that it is linked to cancer. I will not use any such chemical. I also do not use herbicides on my lawn where my chickens and grandchildren play. I may have a few extra dandelions, but I can live with them.
By all means,,,,, WELCOME to this thread and

I encourage dandelions... they feed the bees early spring and give them enough food to establish good brood

 

[JanetMarie]

Encouraging diversity in the lawn promotes many bees, and often when mowing I have left patches of clover. Bees have been declining and anything we can do to encourage them to survive helps them, and us!

There IS residual effects of Roundup, from the glyphosate: Glyphosate ends up in the garden soil, is taken up by your garden plants, the bees uptake the glyphosate by pollinating, and kills the bees. Bees disappear.

@Andrewnorman When the bees disappear we disappear too, so using Roundup may seem to help now, but the bees will disappear from your property. Bees are very sensitive, even to organic insect sprays.

 

[R2elk]

Encouraging diversity in the lawn promotes many bees, and often when mowing I have left patches of clover. Bees have been declining and anything we can do to encourage them to survive helps them, and us!

There IS residual effects of Roundup, from the glyphosate: Glyphosate ends up in the garden soil, is taken up by your garden plants, the bees uptake the glyphosate by pollinating, and kills the bees. Bees disappear.

@Andrewnorman When the bees disappear we disappear too, so using Roundup may seem to help now, but the bees will disappear from your property. Bees are very sensitive, even to organic insect sprays.

Point of note, all of the herbicide manufacturers use glyphosate or worse. It isn't just Roundup.

 

[sharron]

Point of note, all of the herbicide manufacturers use glyphosate or worse. It isn't just Roundup.

thats what i noticed the other day at rual king when husband was looking for a weed killer for the fence rows

 

[Cebarmlds]

I am trying to identify this plant I was given?

 

[sharron]

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I am trying to identify this plant I was given?

wow thats different, do you know if its a flower type or a vegetable?

 

[Cebarmlds]

wow thats different, do you know if its a flower type or a vegetable?

Flower. It smells, not good but not horrible... strange odor.

 

[sharron]

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I am trying to identify this plant I was given?

if you find out what it is, please let us know, i'm curious as to what it is too

 

[sharron]

Flower. It smells, not good but not horrible... strange odor.

ummm, i thought it might be a vegetable of some sort, like a gourd of some kind

 

[Cebarmlds]

ummm, i thought it might be a vegetable of some sort, like a gourd of some kind

She called it stink flower, after reading about Henbane I was afraid it was that but after looking at pictures the Henbane doesn't have pods like that.