Homeowner Forum / Lawn and Garden / May 2006

What is this Please!!!!!
Anyone!?
Its about 2-3 feet high, the stem is about 3 inches in diametre with
redish colour to it at the base. This changes to green as it goes u

Just a bit of mild curiosity and a small personal survey.  ;-)   What does
the panel think is a reasonable time in which to take back a dead plant and
expect a replacement?  Some nurseries have definite policies on this, I know
but I'd like to have an idea of customers' reactions ...

Hi.  
Has anyone got any idea what could be eating all the leaf tips of ou
bluebells which were planted nearly two years ago.  We don't hav
rabbits or deer and thought bluebells were poisonous to most insect

I was wondering if any of you had some advice for me. I have a plu
tree which has split down the middle in a storm last week. Perhaps 60
of the tree is still upright. The split runs literally straight down th
middle of the trunk to the ground level. I think the problem has com

In 10 years of trying, we have yet to have a mum survive the Winter here
in Northern Illinois.  My mom had mums for years with no winter die-off
but that was many years ago.
I get the feeling that someone is cheating on the old family recipe when

I've just started gardening after moving to a house with a lovely back
garden.  Before I lived in a house with just a back yard with just a few
pots etc..
This plant (links below) seem to be growing everywhere and I was wondering

Some of my radishes (scarlet globe) do just fine, but many develop lots
of large leaves without the root ever swelling into a radish.  I've
tended to leave these, thinking the root would eventually develop, but
most don't seem to.  So I eventually pull them up and compost them.  ...

I planted a row of radishes fairly early on, all have now grown to full
size. I have eaten some, but others have started to rot - they are
brown/black inside and some have had crawly things in them ! I presume I
have left in the ground too long.

Here are some (slightly) better images of the tree/shrub referred to in
earlier thread started 22/05/2006 @ 22:21
http://i4.tinypic.com/10gih3q.jpg
http://i4.tinypic.com/10giixy.jpg

A very long story but one of these things was dumped on me a few weeks ago.
Probably in the region of 250kg in a fluted plastic terra cotta pot (me in
snob mood).
It has been planted with much pain and grief and I *shall* make it

Is there anybody out there who lives in Joburg and can sell me a hand
full red wigglers?
I had to leave my box with worms in Cape Town when we moved to Joburg
last year, as we only had a flat for the beginning. Now as we are

How do I harvest these?  Mine throw out stems, leaves and beautiful
sunflower like flower.  I had to saw down one area as it was too close to
the house, replanted some in better areas.  Mind you these grow to over 10
feet!

I just bought a relatively new (1 or 2 years old) Honda HRA-214
lawnmower, used.  It starts on the first pull, no problem, but when I
push down the lever that engages the blade, it stalls out. Any advice on
what may be happening here would be greatly appreciated.   Gas is fine,

In our previous home in North Cheshire, we never ever saw this weed. Now
living in South Cheshire and most of our flower beds (and the compost heap)
seem to be overrun with cleavers. Is there any way of eradicating them
completely - they seem to have virtually no root yet despite ...

Hi there Folks,
We have a caravan in Wales (site is just 12 vans around 3 sides of a
field), and a patio and length of fairly natural "hedge" (actually a
bank that used to be a hedge until the field changed hands some years