Homeowner Forum / Lawn and Garden / January 2007

Hello everyone  
I moved into my apartment in July 2006 and was told I have a small are
of garden at the back. It's not too small it's directly under my kitche
window and at the moment it's kinda neglected.... Now the apartments al

I recall that there was a thread a while back on using CO2 to get rid of
scale and other insect pests. The idea was to put the plant in a 100%
CO2 atmosphere for some length of time. The insects, being animals and
needing oxygen, would die.

Dear Gardner's
For the first time I am trying a black polythene mulch of 1m squared around
the base of a young fruit tree, as recommended to warm soil and suppress
weeds. (the tree is on a 25 degree slope)

"pearl" <tea@signguestbook.ie> wrote in message news:...
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Correction:  .... why imports went up from self-sufficiency | + | .

I just discovered an interesting feature on google.groups where you can look
at the profile of a poster and see how much he/she is posting and where.  At
the bottom of this profile is a link to report abuse of the system to
google.  Even if teranews does not seem to react quickly ...

Has anyone had any success at growing flax in Zone 5?

Hi, can anyone tell me what this plant is?
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It was growing wild in southern Tanzania, and I brought some of the

I was at Staples last night getting some stuff for my office when I noticed
a nice little brush for cleaning computer keyboards.  It's nylon and soft
bristles.   Cost about $5.
I bought one and today put it to work cleaning up some plants.  Its great

I've been given one of these with the assurance it was working 2 years
ago !  Does anyone have any information on this machine or even a
handbook that could be copied.
Thanks

I transplanted a 5 year old, possibly older (5 foot high) Juniper
Skyrocket from a friends garden (he grew this from a cutting) about 16
months ago in a S-W facing boarder close to a fence.
I have noticed that some of the leaves are starting to turn brown

Hi Im new to this site and I am also new to planting fruit and Veg.
I ahve wanted to start growing a kitchen garden for some time now an
have not had the guts to get it started.
I have a large garden that has taken years to get to where it is toda

For years i've used a several petrol strimmers to control a wild area
at the bottom of the garden.
About two years ago i started developing a cordless electric strimmer
capable of doing this job as i was becoming more and more frustrated

Anyone notice the root damage to the trees fallen in their area?
It seems to me that the way trees used to fall in the good old days was
with a ruck of soil upheaval with a root-ball of sorts.
I noticed a number of trees in council "tended" areas with the break

Please forgive the absence of Sacha and Dave Poole

i dug up my first patch of potatoes today. not sure how i went. about 1/4
have (what i assume is) scab. the others look good (if a little
peculiarly-shaped :-) but i mainly have humungous ones & little ones. is
there any good way to get more medium ones?!