Homeowner Forum / Lawn and Garden / June 2005

The above tree is wilting and turning brown. I have recently bought
this small tree from a garden centre and have planted it in a spot that
receives full sun all afternoon and shade during the morning. It has
been planted in John Innes N03 with a mixture of bone meal. I am

I heard that North Sussex had imposed a hosepipe ban this week. Any
other areas similarly restricted? Can there really be a drought? Or are
the water companies just inefficient?

Those tiny little plants are growing every day and maybe I didn't
plant them far enough apart.  I wonder which plants, other than
tomatoes, would benefit from the tomato conical cages?  Going or
growing up would three demensionally give me more space. What about

Can anyone advise me on the best fertiliser to use on my lawn?  I wan
something that will kill any weeds, and nourish the grass.  Thank
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Brendy

Does anyone know if you can get away without blanching broad beans please?

Following the recent success of identifying my caterpillar and
although not strictly gardening, I thought someone might like a go at
' Name that bug ' for a mystified friend.
Seen SW France, early June. 4 cm wing span. 3 cms long.

Apologies if this is a duplicated post but it didn't seem to appear the
first time!
My "city of London" roses are developing yellow leaves which are
dropping off. I have sprayed regularly with systhane and the leaves do

I'm looking to put in my fall tomato plants, but can't find a source.
Does anyone know where I can buy some?
Cheers,
Ed.

This should probably be on some ornithological group but hey ho.
I have noticed that a pair of tits (not sure of variety other than
feathered!) were nest building, pecking out hole etc of my nesting box.
This interest went on for weeks, so I think they were pretty committed to

Does anyone have a suggestion for a plant which does the following:
Needs to hang over a small wall (1ft high) - some sort of ground
creeper I guess?
Needs to survive the winter, I think the term is Perennial

   Does anyone else share my addiction for purple flowers and
purple/black foliage? If so, you might enjoy a book I've just acquired.
It's called Black Magic and Purple Passion ISBN 09545764-2-X, author
Karen Platt.

It's my first attempt at growing butternut squashes.  I've been growing them
in the house from seed (from a fruit) and planted them outside a few weeks
ago.  They're flowering, but what seems to happen is the flower opens for a
few days then shrivels up and drops off, leaving just ...

We're installing a wood stove this summer, which means we want to line
the chimney first.
But I notice we have a bees nest in the chimney. Is putting a liner in
likely to disturb them?

See my response to 62205  Re: HD  nursery consultants...
Stress free???? You gotta love gardening to work at a box store
nursery....I'd sat 4 in 10 customers are very appreciative if you can tell
them what to do right now in their yard....Most are so intimidated by the

An increasing number of people are posting replies to threads without
any indication of what it is that they're replying to, other than the
heading which may or may not be informative.
Like many (most?) people, I'm reading this newsgroup using software that