tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2611983692965659884.post5584227893866205908..comments2024-02-28T17:42:05.365-05:00Comments on Outside Clyde: An Old Garden Gone BadChristopher C. NChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15621322814577793080noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2611983692965659884.post-80802792857062930022008-12-28T18:52:00.000-05:002008-12-28T18:52:00.000-05:00When I first started working at my current job, I ...When I first started working at my current job, I was shocked to see that we sold Smilax, and at $20 for a 1gal pot. Even before I garden I knew what a scourge this plant was. I used to get cut and scratched by it while running through the woods as a boy. I later found out that the species we sold was Smilax smilii also known as Jackson Vine, and I learned that it was a valued, traditional Leshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18281256160705697856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2611983692965659884.post-46710193996408138322008-12-27T20:07:00.000-05:002008-12-27T20:07:00.000-05:00Hi Christopher! In the Florida weather, it is so e...Hi Christopher! In the Florida weather, it is so easy for gardens to be overgrown. Sometimes I feel like there is no end to the pulling and weeding and trimming.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2611983692965659884.post-66187563487868642732008-12-27T07:43:00.000-05:002008-12-27T07:43:00.000-05:00Christopher, good luck! I don't know where you are...Christopher, good luck! I don't know where you are in north Florida, but Pensacola Junior College has an Environmental Horticulture program. Maybe other junior/community colleges would have someone to help. <BR/><BR/>When I was in Pensacola in early December, I was stunned by the terrible state of the economy there. I guess I'm a bit insulated here in the Baltimore/Washington area. Anyway, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2611983692965659884.post-82051696025010941342008-12-26T23:38:00.000-05:002008-12-26T23:38:00.000-05:00I spent an hour reading about air potato some mont...I spent an hour reading about air potato some months ago when I bought it in California (where it is not invasive). In my neglectful hands, it died. Buh-bye.<BR/><BR/>Isn't there a junior college with a horticulture department somewhere in north Florida..?chuck b.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00882763861745236443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2611983692965659884.post-50499024731641725042008-12-26T23:13:00.000-05:002008-12-26T23:13:00.000-05:00Yes, hang in there Christopher. With your knowledg...Yes, hang in there Christopher. With your knowledge you are most needed. This post has been very educational for me. You have put a name to some plants that are in my garden & I keep trying to get rid of them as they have appeared just withing the time frame that I have not been able to maintain my yard as before. Maybe if I explain it to a certain non gardener he will help me continue to tryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2611983692965659884.post-19807636291329480732008-12-26T22:28:00.000-05:002008-12-26T22:28:00.000-05:00Hang in there Christopher. You are obviously need...Hang in there Christopher. You are obviously needed.Lisa at Greenbowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07743973292900758183noreply@blogger.com