Homeowner Forum / Lawn and Garden / November 2006

I'm still new to allotment gardening, and on my travels around the
internet, I came across this:
http://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/todo_now/veg_gard_now.php
A little before half way down the page, there's a picture of three beds

Should I cut the long roots before planting them?  It's too hard to
spread all the roots while planting them.  If the tops are too long
should I cut them too?  The tops are good eating but I've never tried
the roots.

I have noticed in the last month a huge increase in beatles in my yard at
night.  Tonight when i went out to put the sprinkler on (don't be jealous SE
QLDers) there was probably around 20 to 30 jumping around the path.  I
googled lawn beatles a while back but all i got was some ...

my front yard faces SSW and gets pummeled by the sun all summer long and
growing grass is a real pain in the butt, every year it's a struggle to keep
it green thru the months of July and August even w/ watering.  i've used the
Scotts 4 step every  year but i can't keep it green and ...

I removed a few soup cans full of small roots from my main drain with a
power auger (snake). I have no way of knowing how far in the line these were
growing but I suspect it was the toward the end. The unfortunate thing is,
the auger was 100' long but the line is probably 125'; ...

Just posted the December issue of Orchidelirium. Enjoy. It's on the short
side this month. Lots of stuff going on!
http://www.orchidweb.org/aos/MessageBoard/DB_Topics.aspx?fid=13
Diana

I am truly sorry for barging in like this..so please forgive me. I have
googled this and have found no answer.. what causes a mother in law tongue
plant to put out an odor of cat pee or cat poo? My brother has posed this
question to me and I have no answer. Maybe someone in this ...

If you have some major gardening projects, the link below might be
helpful!!!!
http://www.swapmeetdave.com/Humor/Workshop/Trencher.htm

I have a moth orchid that has bloomed for me twice before.  It's been
looking fat for a few months, but now two spikes?  Is that possible?
I'm fertilizing it weakly, weekly, but anything else I should do?
--Kurt

Just read about BBC Two's The Monty Don Project in the November issue of GW.
Has is started already ????
I can't seem to find it in the TV guide....

Can anyone recommend a seriously good doormat, all the ones that I buy
dont seem to last long and fall to bits. Many modern boots and wellies
have fancy patterns on the bottom that collect the mud, even walking
thro long grass does not seem to shift it. I of course remember to ...

I have an acquaintance who will be coming from Indonesia to visit
Florida, and he is hoping to get his hands on some cuttings of the
physic nut tree (Jatropha curcas) while he is here.  If anyone can
suggest a potential source or two, I'd be most grateful.  TIA.

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Please could someone advise me on a container gardening book for m
sister for Christmas... Okay, she is 35 and has no back garden but roo
on balcony and ledges for pots and boxes... Could anyone recommend wha
is probably the most excellent book on this subject for someone who i

2 years ago i planted the October Glory but it's not growing at the rate i
had hpoed.  i live in NJ and the soil is pretty much sandy below the first
several inches.  it gets good watering and had a nice size mulch area around
it and i will be increasing that size this spring.  what ...