About johnvic8
John Viccellio retired after 24 years in the U. S. Navy and began to dig into gardening when he could finally land in one place. He completed the Master Gardener course in 1992 and has since designed and constructed two of his own gardens. He wrote a monthly garden column for ten years and was a regular contributor to Carolina Gardener magazine. John published his first book, Guess What's in My Garden!, in 2014.
He lives in a retirement community in Matthews, NC.
A Walk in the Garden 
I will be composting way more of these this spring, fall, and the next and the next. Pretty, constant, and compostable…
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Thanks, John. I am sure there will plenty for you if they are as prolific in your area as ours. It’s difficult to walk even a few yards without seeing sweet gum balls.
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Oh yes, I know those sweetgum seed balls well. My parents had a sweetgum in their front yard. They do make good projectiles for childrens’ mock battles.
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I’m told that a ring of sweet gum balls around a hosta will protect it from slugs. Maybe I’ll try it this year.
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