Homeowner Forum / Lawn and Garden / February 2007

All the talk of moss in lawns prompts me to ask if anyone can tell me of a
product that will kill moss on hard surfaces as we have it growing on walls,
paths and the house roof. Something which can be sprayed on that really does
kill it would be good as I have tried some ...

This newsgroup seems oddly silent!
So, I thought I might ask what fellow Triangle gardeners are doing!
Anne

I am moving to Georgetown Texas.  I am not sure I want to maintain St.
Augustine grass again.  I heard about turfallo (tech turf?).  It can
be planted as plugs and spreads in just 4 months.  It requires minimal
water.  Has anyone see this or is it any good?

I planted some seeds last Sunday and placed the trays on my a heated mat
(about 20 degrees)
To my amazement the morning glories and the mina lobata had already sprouted
yesterday!!

We have a site where we have cleared a number of large (i.e 50ft high)
Leylandii and we're thinking of planting some rhododendrons there.
From what I have read etc. it would seem that they will like the
acidity etc. but I'm not quite sure if the ground will be damp enough

The first daffodils have opened in our garden today, despite the weather
being absolutely foul.
Mike

I have a picture of an earthworm, I guess. Would any one of you please
send me an email so that I should send you the picture.

Who are your favourite TV garden presenters?
Mine are all dead!!!
Harry Dodson
Geoff Hamilton

Has anyone had success with this vine in Wash. DC suburbs/Zone 7?
I'm tempted to try one this year.

Well, we'll get the confusion out of the way first - Ray and I were thinking
of two different rosemaries in two different gardens, as things turn out! I
was convinced both were in one garden but clearly I'm wrong as we found
today. And the owners of both houses are abroad so the ...

I use the following web site to keep records of frog spawn amongst other
things
http://www.naturescalendar.org.uk/
There are interactive maps showing the spread of spawn reports over the UK.

From a recent posting:

it occurred to me the other day that i have no "grand plan" for my garden,
and i should perhaps therefore stop doing new things until i've thought of
one. but having said that, i'm not good at thinking of things which don't
exist yet, so i'm not quite sure what to do!! i don't ...

Over the last 4-5 weeks my rectangular, suburbian, lawn has been badly
deteriorating in the four corners.   It'd been in place on a new estate
since May 2005 when we moved in; didn't have the same problems last winter,
and has been looked after by me.

A nice parcel of 'common' and 'exotic' tubers arrive in the post today
(common = fresias & achimenes, exotic <to me, at least> being Gloriosa
and Sandersonia).
The last two warned against 'overpotting'.