{"id":3263,"date":"2013-06-07T03:00:41","date_gmt":"2013-06-07T07:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/?p=3263"},"modified":"2013-06-07T03:00:41","modified_gmt":"2013-06-07T07:00:41","slug":"q-and-a-horsetail-weed-and-snakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/2013\/06\/07\/q-and-a-horsetail-weed-and-snakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Q and A: Horsetail weed and snakes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Horsetail weed<\/strong><\/p>\n

I would like to know if you know how to get rid of horsetail weed in the garden. Have tried everything but keeps coming back. Recently heard that lime may do the trick. Would like your input on this. Just recently bought your “Growing and Canning Your Own Food” book. Can’t wait to put it to good use. By the way you are my favorite at Backwoods Home, I learn so much from you!<\/em>
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\nCraig Lough<\/em>
\nHawks, Michigan<\/em><\/p>\n

Why, thank you! And thanks for picking up my book too. Every single sale helps us on our homestead, as I hope it does on yours. I recommend testing your soil with a simple soil testing kit. Usually horsetail only grows in acidic soil so using lime certainly does help the soil to reach a more neutral state. Keep at it and you’ll win the horsetail war. — Jackie<\/p>\n

Snakes<\/strong><\/p>\n

Today I discovered a small garter snake in the green house. I asked my husband to please put it outside, he wouldn’t, he said it is good for the green house, to eat bugs. Then I found a lizard in there. Good grief, reptile-ville! If it is good for the GH, I can live with one, don’t want more!<\/em><\/p>\n

Nancy Hoppe<\/em>
\nCinebar, Washington<\/em>
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\nI’m a reptile\/amphibian lover so I’d like to find your critters in my greenhouse as they help keep down the bug population, which is why they’re in there in the first place. If they really, really freak you out, perhaps you can find a friend or neighbor who would quietly relocate your little buddies. — Jackie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Horsetail weed I would like to know if you know how to get rid of horsetail weed in the garden. Have tried everything but keeps coming back. Recently heard that lime may do the trick. Would like your input on this. Just recently bought your “Growing and Canning Your Own Food” book. Can’t wait to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,9,13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3263"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3263\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}