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Happy Bumblebees

My showy goldenrod (Solidago speciosa) is absolutely covered in bumblebees. You can hear the buzzing from a distance -- there must be hundreds of them at least, along with the occasional honey bee or solitary bee. Best fall bloomer by far. Only downside is trying to convince the 4-year-old not to try to pet them :(

u/TheWyrmfoe — 7 days ago
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I built a garden planner and I'd like Minnesota gardeners to poke holes in it

I build a garden planner (EdenVatika) and I've been asking gardeners in different regions to poke holes in it. Minnesota is a good stress test: a short season, a big gap between the north and south of the state, and springs that can swing from 70° to frost in the same week.

One question, mainly: the app works backwards from your frost dates to tell you when to sow and when you'll harvest. Does that hold up here, or are Minnesota's late-May frosts and early-fall cold snaps too unpredictable for a frost-date-based plan to be useful?

Two ways in, no account either way:

Full app for 15 minutes: your own throwaway account, already set up with beds, calendar and harvests. Add your own beds, print, use everything:
https://apps.edenvatika.com/demo.php

Just the bed planner: no timer, build a bed from scratch:
https://apps.edenvatika.com/demo-start.php

I'm not looking for compliments. I'd genuinely like to know what feels confusing, missing, or not useful. I'm the developer, so feel free to be blunt. 🙂

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u/amit4blogger — 8 days ago
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French tarragon question

I got this French tarragon split this spring from someone who lives in the metro. I live about 130 miles north of there.

I’m curious if I should do anything to protect it and also how much I can cut it back without taking too much. The person who gave me the cutting said it’s very robust and spreads like a weed.

It’s just two stems. It’s very tall and leggy.

u/Live_Discipline_7771 — 9 days ago
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What is causing these holes?

There is a tree stump that has just existed for the past 4 years, in the past 2-3 months all of these holes have started to appear.

Is this a critter or just the stump rotting out?

u/jimbo_halpert — 10 days ago