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Patty S:
It sounds like you lived in Western Oregon, Barb. The awesome thing about these 2 Northwestern states is that within their borders there are regions that represent every other state. We have ocean beaches, we have mountains, we have large & small rivers, & we have barren deserts! Eastern Oregon only wishes they could have a piece of our rain festival (September 15 - April 15), & we'd love to send half of it over to them!

 
--- Quote --- But you know Oregon... can't cut anything down without permission from the Governor (again an exaggeration - but you know what I mean!!)  
--- End quote ---

That's pretty close to the truth! It's beyond me, who voted him BACK into office, cuz in my opinion, he has a hard time with reality! (Now he wants to put a tax on our car insurance!) In Montana, they're so protective of their Cedar trees that we needed a permit before we could cut one down... that we'd planted in our own yard!

I hope G-Mom comes by & reads this, cuz Dianna is right... she does have a super green thumb, & might be able to help you make your yard look like a real gardener has been living there the whole time! (Maybe you'll change your mind & decide not to sell!) If you want to really green things up around there, maybe you can talk her into sending you a seed from the single watermelon plant she had last year that took over her entire back yard! (I told her I wanted one of those seeds, but she must have thought I was kidding!)

OK, OK... ... but YOU did it first!

Dianna:
I know you are happy about finishing up some of the renovations, Barb. Are you moving from the area when you sell your house? I can't imagine you going too far from that area. It is beautiful.

Don't get discouraged over the lack of replies yet. Some of us are researching to get you some answers and some haven't been to SSH in the last couple of days. Hang loose for awhile and I am sure the advice will be coming...

sunsoaker:
No Dianna, not moving from the area... just to the edge of town. I really want to get about an acre of property, more if I could swing it, but don't think I can.  Where I'm at is not the greatest area of town, and opening windows on a nice day is hit and miss due to the paper mill.  There are a lot of negatives to where I am living, so selling will probably take a while. This is why I am trying to do things to make a better first impression to potential buyers.

From what I"ve learned here reading through a bunch of different posts, I am difinately going to incorporate the Basil in there somewhere, most likely potted so I can take them with me... lol. The skeeters around here are horrendous!  And I never knew that Basil kept them at bay or I would have done it long ago. I also had no idea the plants were so pretty..  I like their foilage.

MassMama:
You can also use lemon grass and the citron plant to keep the skeeters at bay..

We have a big skeeter problem here too.. We incorperated the pond that drew dragonflys in that eat them as well..

But being your selling I would not go to all the work!

Dianna:
Barb, you could plant some four o-clocks  (mirabilis jalapa) out there in front of your porch to try to hide the smell of the papermill. If you are going to be there awhile, you will love the smell when they start blooming.

They will get quite big and bushy-like, but they will die back down in the winter. A bonus is that they, also, reseed themselves, so you won't have to be planting them all the time! Just mulch with some pine straw when they start growing and you will be in business!

I think they are beautiful and would look great surrounding the porch area! It would help give you a little privacy, too....

If you google them and like the look, let me know. I could send you some seeds...

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