Homeowner Forum / Lawn and Garden / April 2007

Hi I'm new to this group. We have over a acre of land and I'd like to
plant bamboo along a fence line. Does anyone have bamboo they don't
want or know of a place I can buy it. Any other ideas for screening a
fence line will be appreciated. Thanks Diana

Do you really need planning permission to put up a polytent?

The Animal Welfare Act 2006 gives the government the powers to extend
it to cover worm farms, to require them to have licences, and to
require them to be covered with turf, a sprinkling system and an
artificial moon (for romantic purposes).  Yes, really.

I see Argos have one of these for approx £80. I  am in the market for a
secondary strimmer and it will be used for only light work( ie edging
etc...I will leave the heavy stuff for my large strimmer).
Just wondering has anyone any experience of it and would they recomend one.

My riding mower has decided that it no longer wants to start,
even with a fully charged battery.
I suspect that one of the dead man switches died.
It's also due for a spring tune up, blade sharpening, etc, etc...

I wonder if someone can help me with advice on the repair of a
Black&Decker GA100 Garden Shredder?
The top bearing in the electric motor has broken and needs replacing.
It would appear that some spares are still available in the UK. I have

I want to run a water supply from the house 3/4 inch riser to a piece of
additional land we have bought, a distance of some 100 or so metres. I
don't want a big flow drop, what sort of diameter pipe should I use
(thinking alkathene type pipe here), and where is the cheapest place to

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Good Morning All
I brought some freesia bulbs and planted them back in september.  With the
warm weather, one tried to grow but then the weather changed and none at all
grew.  I still have the half green leaf that was there from before xmas but

I want to put two raised vegetable beds in my garden.  One will be
1.80m X .70cm and the smaller will be 1.1m X 60cm.
I would be grateful for any ideas from this NG as to the best materials to
use, and any tips.  Thanks.

thinking one at Sears tow behind for my 38" Toro
one question 8 to 1 ratio on the sweep,  will the gear reduction = more
sliding of the wheels say on a moist lawn ?
(lots of pines on 1.8 acres)

My broad beans, sowed last autumn, are nice sturdy young plants now.
However, most of them have already started to flower, despite them being no
more than 12" tall, and it being no less than about 3 months early! Has
anyone else encountered this problem (if indeed it is a problem)? ...

I'd like to ask- my grandfather did a lot of grafting, and I would
watch him. He used to dip the end of the part he was grafting into
some white powdery stuff he got at the nursery.  This was in the early
1960's. He told me what it was, but of course, I can't remember.  He

This is probably a daft question, but ...    The advice is to support peas
with "twiggy pea sticks".  I have no trees and no suitable shrubs in my
garden to cut any "twiggy pea sticks".  Are these things available (cheap)
in the garden centres, or do I have to roam the ...

Yesterday Croydon Council sub-contractors came and sprayed weedkiller
outside my front door, on the paving slabs. This is despite my asking
them not to and having a notice on the outside of my front door DO NOT
SPRAY WEEDKILLER ANYWHERE NEAR THIS GARDEN. I am concerned about run-