Homeowner Forum / Lawn and Garden / December 2006

speaking of phals, i have a golden peoker daughter which has a couple
flowers that have a spot of brown goopy stuff on a couple petals.  there
is a lesion that goes from the front to the back of the petal, and this
gloppy stuff, which washes off easily with plain water.  doesn't ...

starting to put up a fine show of blossom against the grey sky :-))
Mike

I stumbled across this vast archive of what appears to be a Mexican
species manuscript.  It is very professionally compiled, but most of
it appears to be written in Spanish (unfortunately, I only understand
English).  Here's the link:

I penned the following piece of doggerel to wish you one and all a
very Merry Xmas even if I wish it was all over for the year.
Fran
An Oztraylian Christmas

So far, he's been seen in:
uk.legal
uk.rec.driving
uk.people.silversurfers

Does anyone have an effective method of preventing mice from ring-barking
saplings? I have just lost several dozen potted Acers, Willows and fruit
trees (and last winter and the winter before!). Any ideas gratefully
received.

Does anyone know of  this type of small (Korean origin) tree flowering
out-of-doors in England ?
If so, at what age does it start to show flowers in our summertime ?
It seems to be quite tricky to get success with.

I'm in the southern hemisphere, so we are one month into summer
now.  But there has been a lot of wind here over the past few
months, seriously thrashing the garden.
Anyway, one tomato plant had a section broken off of the top.  

We bought a small olive plant quite early in the new year. Kept it
indoors. (can get to -5C or even -10C here) Then shoved it outside for
the summer in between slightly larger plants.
Then brought it back in a few weeks ago.

I see T & M are offering for sale "the worlds first climbing fuchsia" which
is also extra hardy.
Anyone tried it or even seen it? We need something (unusual) like that to
climb a fence.

What is the root structure like in terms of width and depth?
Is there any reason to be concerned about them being evasive
to buildings or cables?
Besides birds, rabbits, and deer, are there any other animals

We are fast approaching the closing in on the year's end. I sit here in
the wee hours of the morning realizing that I have neglected to share
with my friends, the wonder's of Fairy Holler, and I can say that
despite that it's now Winter and my fairies are tucked in under the

Fishlover asked this a time back.
"Has anybody tried Phoslock for getting rid of green algae in
fishponds?"
Well after reading the various responses in particular the one about Hay, I

I have seen no post to this newsgroup in over 24 hours...

g'day friends,
we hope all had a very merry season and a happy new year to come.
anyhow we have added more pics of the straw garden to date plus some
general shots around the garden environ'.