Homeowner Forum / Lawn and Garden / June 2008

How can you tell if the tomato ovary has been pollinated when the flowe
drops off?  I'm trying to find out if my flowers that have fallen of
have been pollinated or they are suffering blossom drop.  I can see
little pod where the flowers were but I've read that doesn'

My Autumn planted onions are a good size, still growing and not yet
ready for storage. However would they be OK to eat?  I know they will
not be poisonous but am wondering about their flavour. Thanks.

I bought a petrol mower around October 07 from an online supplier. Its
a Qualcast.
My problem is that after using only twice it seized up due to a
crankshaft issue.

Just bought some David Austin roses. I want them going over the front door.
As I dont have border space is it OK for them to be put into a half barrel?
I ask because I am wondering about the frost. I am in Lancashire.
Thanks Sam

I need some help with my garden pond. I have been very ill and its got
somewhat ( a lot - I cant see it even) overgrown.
I don't know where to begin.  I lost all my frogs/ tadpoles  . They did
spawn and I did have tadpoles but they just disappeared altogether.

Help I need some ideas of which brush cutter to buy or weed eater. Is there
one out there with an electric starter. I had a weed eater but I can never
get it started by my self I don't have the power to use a pull starter and I
need some thing that will reach the back of my lot ...

Saw a climber , It had very large heart shaped leaves
it wasn't flowering so have no idea what colour they would be .
would like to get one so any help would be appreciated
Many thanks

My cat seems to be doing a pretty good job of keeping the garden free of
pests this year.  Normally he's pretty oblivious and attacks things that I
WANT in the yard - this year he's going after mice, moles, squirrels, and
racoons.  The only thing he is going after that I wish he ...

This is from LA Times today.  
http://tinyurl.com/5bam5v
about a local man who does "no dig" gardening
atop mounds of hay, alfalfa, and compost, that

Good morning everyone,
I am having trouble identifying a plant growing at the side of ou
house. When we moved in 3 months ago, it had been cut down to virtuall
nothing but has grown quickly recently..Any help would be muc

Many sites giving help on grafting recomment Parafilm. I got some and
I found it very difficult to work with. I have also tried electrical
insulating tape. That is hard to work with too. I haven't yet tried
the "grafting tape" shown in :-

I have a 4-stroke Honda "Brush cutter" as it calls itself, though I
would call it a "strimmer", type UMK425E. It took 2 men to start after
the winter and I cannot start it all after it stood idle for 3 weeks-
surely a normal length of standing for a tool of this kind.

Does anyone know what this is? My next door neighbour gave it to me,
and she doesn't know what it is either. Thanks.
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Do you know of a repeat flowering Clematis, preferably white?  I know
Raymond Evison has bred some repeat flowerers but they're low growers and
I'm looking for something 'normal' in growth terms.

Early on I went with a shotgun approach just purchasing one of various
varieties to see what would do well here.  Learned a lot and propagated
the ones that made it.  Nagging thought what if the demise was not the
plants fault. What am I missing?