Homeowner Forum / Lawn and Garden / June 2008

The Lawn Boy 7268 is a 2 cycle 21" mower that is over 20 years old.  Thenty
years is a lot for that item.  Throw it away and get a new machine.

I have some simple questions about fertilizers.
For the last few days I've spent a lot of time figuring out idea
profiles for fertilizers for indoor tomatoes.  
I wrote a program that figures out how to mix seperate fertilizer

I have a friend with extensive woolly aphids on a mature apple. It is
the second year they are there, so they are widespread, on scars on
trunk etc. So just cutting them off will not work alone.
Added to that, his wife has multiple illnesses, and they are trying

I got a lawn assessment from TruGreen and their report indicated that
I have layered soil--what is it?  They did the free inspection while I
was at work. They also identified two invasive weeds.  Not bad.

Hope J. Clarke sees this- I think he was the one who left
me a helpful message (in the Across the Usenet thread)
about where to find Moderated Forums.  Unfortunately
I hit a wrong button and erased it. So if you see this, amigo,

I have a Lawnboy model 6872 or maybe 7268.
Anyway, it was running fine, then I noticed that the power went down
and it started smoking.
After it cooled, I started it and it ran more or less normally then after

This is a poultry question so hope the rest of you don't mind.
Mary, do you know where I can obtain ex battery hens in my area?  I live in
Devon not far from the Somerset border.  If you prefer you can email me -
take invalid away from the address in the headers here. TIA

We've had a couple of lovely days of brilliant sunshine.  Late yesterday pm
we got a huge cloudburst and a bit later more sun.  This morning dawned very
bright and now it is grey, dark and hissing down with rain.  I really hope
that's not 'it' for this year!

Do corn husks make good mulch?
Chris

I'm trying to find somewhere/someone who sells these plants in the UK
Preferably already to a reasonable size. Can anybody help
--
Animal Mother

Hi.. now that our gardens are starting to produce is anyone here a canner?
I searched all over for a canner with a pressure dial like my old canner had
and couldn't find one anywhere. The one I bought is a Presto and has the
weight and other things on top, but no pressure dial ...

Hi guys, new here, 1st post, really enjoy my edible gardening at home
but have something ive never seen before, I have jalapeno chili
growing in a large pot outside in the garden, and this morning
noticed when I was watering them that there were literall

I've just bought my first petrol lawnmower. It's a Gardenmaster SP21,
powered by a Honda 5.5 4-stroke engine. It was secondhand, but had
never been used. I find it very, very hard to start. My son eventually
managed to start it and used it for only about one minute, then stopped

a quick question: I have this oldish hand push mower in a relatively bad
shape: quite rusted all over and the blade is very blunt. Any idea how
much it would cost to have it serviced and blade sharpen?
It's a "Ginge", supposedly a good make, but I cannot really remember how

Hello...
I live in the middle of South Carolina..
ANyway, transplanted pomegranate shrubs..they were abotu a foot tall
at the time... into the ground at my house.  Used some compost mixed