Nature's Garden: Gardening and Land Management

Beauty Under The Underbrush — Nature’s Guy Discovery

ByDavid Kuhns March 26, 2018March 26, 2018

I cut away some junk underbrush (privet bushes) and found this beauty. I’m lichen it a lot!
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Lichen on a privet bush trunk - Chickamauga, GA March 2018

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Stung By Nature’s Plants? The Cure Is Nearby
ByDavid Kuhns April 8, 2018April 9, 2018

Stung by stinging nettle and need a cure? Native American lore says that if there is a plant that can hurt you (stinging nettle, thistles, poison ivy, poison oak, etc.), the cure is always nearby. Of course, the best part of the cure is to avoid “poison plants” (i.e., plants that sting) by wearing gloves…

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Pulling Out Invasive Privet After A Rain
ByDavid Kuhns June 29, 2021August 31, 2021

Invasive privet (aka Chinese privet) is a non-native species throughout the Southeast USA. Privet crowds out native wildflowers, bushes and trees, and is difficult to remove. For example, when I moved to my property in Catoosa County, Northwest Georgia, nearly the entire edge of my woods was a solid mass of privet. Since removing it,…

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Blackberries. Thorns. Cobbler. I Accept.
ByDavid Kuhns July 2, 2018July 2, 2018

Today my wife and I went out to the lower meadow to pick blackberries with thorns. About 20 minutes later, we made a fresh blackberry cobbler, and I wrote this poem about the experience: It reminds me of the time I visited a rose garden in Freiburg, in the southwest corner of Germany, just south…

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Weed Control & My Garden Vision
ByMarnie June 7, 2021June 7, 2021

Gardening when you’re going to be traveling can be a real pain … weeding and watering can both be a problem. Here’s how we solved our weed control challenge. Thankfully, Mother Nature provided the rain. My goal this year has been to find a way to produce a great garden and keep it weeded. I…

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Chigger Remedy – Recipe for My Bug Bite Treatment
ByMarnie June 28, 2020June 28, 2020

This is my all-natural recipe for chigger bites. It soothes and eliminate itching and pain from chigger bites and mosquito bites. If you’ve ever been bit by chiggers, you know what torment feels like. Even though my husband and I wear long socks and long pants, every summer we still end up with literally dozens…

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Wildflowers and Butterfly Beauty: Three For The Price Of One
ByDavid Kuhns July 13, 2018July 13, 2018

Wildflowers and butterfly beauty is one of the best parts of rural life. As people go back to the woods or the fields, focusing on being self-sustaining and off-the-grid, one of the first questions they ask is: “What should I DO?” One of the most vital things I tell them is what they should NOT…

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