Homeowner Forum / Lawn and Garden / December 2007

Here is what is blooming in my Northern California garden
on Christmas Day 2007.
A sunny day this am, but became cloudy in the pm. Temperature
not a warm day at 48 degrees.

Holiday Greetings!
To all my Democratic friends:
Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes
for an

I am looking for advice for growing onion sets by sowing seed in the
summer months.The number of different varieties available as sets is
pretty limited,and I am wondering why one cannot grow ones own from
seed.Presumably sets are onions which have just begun to bulb up and

Hi all, and happy festivities,
I am looking for other peoples views on vineyards within the UK, with
the idea of visiting some during the coming summer, and perhaps
including links to them on my web site.

Pink Flowering Gum Tree  (Eucalyptus ficifolia)
Having just seen this on another Newsgroup does anyone know if this tree
will grow in the UK, and will it flower?

I need help identifying this plant, I find it very interesting.
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http://home.comcast.net/~dl1027/files/object/foliage.jpg
It looks like it grows wild in the forested areas of California.  That's all
I know about it.
Thanks

I have patiently and excitedly waited for my lime tree (in a terracotta pot)
and my lemon tree (young and planted in the ground) to bud and produce
fruit. All was going well, lots of flowers, lots of tiny little limes and
lemons only to see them drop off and disappear! I am very ...

Being a newbie to this group...could somone please tell me why I have
to receive all this stuff about MI5 persecution in a group about
orchids?

Does anyone know of a greenhouse heater that works off Central Heating
Oil?. I have a tank full of CH Oil and it is a pain in the backside to
keep filling my heater with parrafin. I was thinking if I could link
it up with the CH Oil Tank it would save a lot of hassle.

Low levels of fertilizer salts, no Miracle Gro, feeding my container
veggies
organically (Espoma PlantTone) and rarely at all, with very good
results.

I have a triangle palm it is over 183cm tall, it appears to be healthy but
its fronds have gone brown & looks to be drying up.
I am in WA it gets direct sunshine until 3.30pm & is watered as often as we
are allowed.

We have a some large Kentias and Alexander palms located in different areas
of the garden.
Over the last 6 months ,the palm leaves are turning brown and looking very
shabby ,almost like they are getting burnt. The palms are still growing and

I have a Pear tree and an Apple tree - and this past year, I had worms
or bugs drilling into the fruit.  I know I need to spray with
something around February to prevent the worms/bugs (I assume it is
caused by worms/bugs), but do not know what spray is most effective.

I need the name (common or scientific) for a house plant I own.  I
lost the little label and now I'm lost in the welter of information
available on the internet.
The plant is a vine - sold with one of those little trellis doohickeys