Homeowner Forum / Lawn and Garden / March 2006

This is a little off-topic, but I thought you gardening experts might
be able to help me. I have an ant invasion in my home - in the kitchen
and bathroom.
I've tried everything to get rid of them including a boric acid

This is the old 12HP chipper (not the chipper shredder) before they
went bankrupt.  Anyone have any luck finding an aftermarker seller if
one exists?

does anybody have any advice on sowing Arum Lilie bulbs, it wouild b
much appreciated as last year my results were appaling in fact the
completely failed. I'm told they can be planted in the Spring, how dee
should they be and am I right in saying that they like a wet soil if no

Let me be honest.  I live in Houston but this is the only TX site and
besides my cousin lives in Austin.  Sorry to see the Horns lose to LSU.
Anyways we have some summer squash growing currently in an immature state as
the flowers haven't appeared.  Anyways, I recently identified ...

Just noticed a bag of Scotts grass seed that I guess I had in my garage
(unheated)
for two winters now, that I had forgotten about.
Under the house garage, but still getys pretty cold in

We moved to this farm last autumn and as there is very little soil
coverage on the rocks here we are building raised beds.  At the back
of the stables is an area where the stable sweepings have been put for
years.  It is a large mound which must be about four feet deep in the

Just received a crate load of these things. I assume they won't overwinter
very well?
If I planted these in those container thingies that are used in ponds and
then planted would they flourish.

We have a wild cherry tree that is bleeding sap. Up and down the tree
trunk sap is leaking out and puddling at the base of the trunk. Would
anyone have any thoughts or ideas of what we could do for the tree?

Hardly dare ask another question about shredders . . . but here goes:
I want to produce chips to make paths with, compost-making is
secondary.
Which sort of shredder does that best: spinning-blade  type or "silent"

my pressure washer arrived last week.  do you know i didn't realise that the
pavings slabs were supposed to be grey and not black(!!).  so far i have
cleaned half of them over the past two days.
it's fab.  i've had a quick go at the decking and the green stuff is

I've got this one phal...thing will just NOT stop flowering.  This
might sound like a good thing, but the spikes don't have much 'Umph'
once the flowers pop.  Flowers are usually small and not in too much
quantity.

j0069bond@hotmail.com writes:
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I have a Concord grape vine, it produced a ton of grapes for one
season four or five years ago and nothing since, the grapes just shrivel
up and die. I tried spraying with a fungicide a couple of years ago (I
just sprayed it once in the spring) but that didn't help. Any

Since the plants are said to be very deep, should these beds ever be
turned? If so what depth is considered safe? Last year I noticed that
some of the wood mulch I had applied earlier had compacted into a
rather hard "particle board" like layer, so I made some attempt to

Greetings! My name is ShaD QuDsi and I am college student who is als
very interested in gardening. I am currently doing a marketing projec
for school and have decided to do some research on the world of hom
gardening. I am specifically curious about how gardeners create