Drive a wooden stake into the soil at each end of your boxwood with your small sledgehammer to mark the desired width and height of the hedge. The top of the stake should project above the hedge so that it is clearly discernible from the plant.
in severe cases symptoms can include dark or black stool due to bleeding vomiting blood that can look like coffee grounds weight loss severe pain in the mid to upper abdomen
The most common peptic ulcer symptom is burning stomach pain. Stomach acid makes the pain worse, as does having an empty stomach. The pain can often be relieved by eating certain foods that buffer stomach acid or by taking an acid-reducing medication, but then it may come back. The pain may be worse between meals and at night. Nearly three-quarters of people with peptic ulcers don't have symptoms.