Homeowner Forum / Lawn and Garden / March 2006

Am new to vegetables so sorry for this probably stupid question :)
I've bought some peas (Kelvader Wonder) and Broad Beans (Sutton). The
packets each seem to contain enough for a small field. What sort of yield do
you usually get off one plant? How many do people with small veg ...

I'm Back.
Those of you , certainly Janet and Sacha may remember me. I posted
regularly on URG for quite a while in the past year or so..
My title is not a joke, I had a cardiac arrest for 2 minutes in August

There's a very attractive small fern that grows in little cracks in stone
walls.  It's fronds are only a matter of inches long, 6 to 8, perhaps and it
has quite a dark edge to the leaf and the stem is dark, too, though that
seems to vary.  It hugs the walls pretty closely.  Does ...

We have tried hardy asters again, even though they don't seem to like our
garden (but do seem to do very well for most everyone else in this area).
Should last year's growth be cut down to the ground now or left alone? Maybe
we've been doing that wrong.

 We received a rose tree as a gift from a NYC florist.  I believe it
was raised for indoor office or lobby decor.  We live in the Hudson
Valley mountain range.  My question is does this type of tree become
dormant in the winter and does it require pruning?  It certainly looks

I would like to interplant my cornus's that I have with some willow
Can anyone recommend what willow to get that would compliment the
cornus's.
I have 2 yellow stemed and one red stemed cornus, sorry don't know the

I am wondering what I should be doing or applying right about now like weed
and feed, turf builder, lime etc...

Hey everyone I picked up an Epidendrum this weekend at the RBG show and it
was labelled Epi Orionianum can't see this one listed anywhere on the net.
Can anyone shed any light on this name or perhaps a correct name that is
similar? or is Orionianum latin for hell I don't know ...

I am interested in finding out if there is a way to plant a Yakka tre
from an already fully grown one. I have 2 in my front yard that ar
absolutely going berserk in growth. They are only a few years old an
have literally more than a thousand leaves each, and the leaves ar

  Woke up to three inches of snow this morning, the most that has ever
fallen on this garden since we came to Arran. Dog was dumbfounded :-)  
  I gather Glasgow has snow refugees caught in town overnight, and
Ayrshire was badly hit too..how are you Joan?

Does any one know of a cure for Fusaruim Wilt  on Runner Beans.
According to my local seed & horticultural supplier (Badsey Growers,
Evesham), I have got it in my soil. They say only way to get rid is to
have expensive sterilisation treatment.

Does anyone have suggestions for a second garden to visit in Kent in
August?
Our gardening club was going to Higham Park and Great Comp and have
found out this morning that the Higham Park has been sold and the new

Would anyone be able to recommend books or any online documentatio
that shows preferably in photographic form, vegetable and fruit pest
of the UK and also the same for beneficial bugs that should b
encouraged into the garden. I have several books that describe what’

My wife has requested (orderd!0 I purchase a vigorouse climbing rose,
to cover a newly erected trelis. in front of nest doors shed, the spot
is quite shady, and instructions are that the flowers be small and red.
I tried Dublin Bay, but that says full sun on the lable, so went in

After my poor berry plants being given minimal support and, for all
practical purposes, being neglected, today they finally have proper
supports.  I used 6-ft metal posts with wire cross supports.  I'm a
semi-dedicated recycler and purchased both posts and wire at a farm estate