Homeowner Forum / Lawn and Garden / September 2007

A question to the more experienced.
I have been trying to reclaim the 6 lost years of my son's very small
garden. I intended to pea shingle it rather than keep the poor bit of
grass that still remains. The garden is really tiny, about 12 foot by

I've always wanted a big garden for as long as I can remember :) But
I've literally just got my first flat with my boyfriend.
Does anyone have any creative ideas for the balcony? It's really not
big at all, I have a low budget and limited space.

At this Web site
http://suedbyscotts.com/
you will find details of an infamous lawsuit by
Scott's against tiny Terracycle, a company

I planted about 10 Scots Pines about 4 years ago  (1ft high bare root) ...
they are now about 4ft high and were doing OK ....
About 10 days ago I noticed that the needles on one of them were going
yellow - mainly the needles on the main trunk. If I touch these, they fall

I pump 2000m³ of carbon monoxide into your house through your letterbox
whilst you and your family are asleep in bed?

my ancient gardening book suggests leaving parsnips where they're
growing until required unless one can arrange for equally damp and cool
storage elsewhere. Does anyone do this? If so, does one have to do
anything, like remove the leaves?

For detailed information on this newsgroup you are recommended to
read the charter for uk.rec.gardening at:
       http://www.usenet.org.uk/uk.rec.gardening.html
There are a number of FAQ files (answers to Frequently Asked

I am not sure if they were grown in a green house or fresh cut but
they are beautiful and special to me and would love to try to plant
them and make 'em grow. If that is not possible does any one recommend
a way to preserve them; maybe a spray or dip. I don't have much of a

We have a garden shed which is built on to a five foot rockery..Ever
time we have heavy rain, it seeps through on to the shed floor..I
there anything we could seal the rockery with to stop this
--

I was wondering if it's too early to plant tomato seedlings? The weather is
still unpredictable but we don't get many frosts here even in winter.
Also how far away should I plant them from where they were last time. Is a
foot or two enough?

Anyone got 1986 vol 111? if you have could you tell me what the
information on pages 220, 378, 510 is about. Mine only go back to 1990
and its apparently not online!
I am looking for references to Lapageria but especially cultivar names,

I recently stuck a couple of rose cuttings in some seed/cutting compost in a
plant pot and they appeared to take.
All the old leaves have fallen off and on one cutting 3 new leaf-sets have
formed with about 5 small leafets on each.

It's trying to flower, and I keep picking them off.
I bought the plant over 6 weeks ago, and haven't been eating off of it
much.  The leaves are a lighter green that what I see in the store, and
it tastes more like anise or fennel that what I remember basil to be like.

And you're gonna look pretty funny trying to eat corn on the cob
WITH NO FUCKIN' TEETH!

 I live in Portland OR, US and for the last month I've been calling around
the
local nurseries here looking for a crabapple, Columnar Siberian Crabapple,
Malus baccata 'Columnaris'.  None of them has been the lest interested in