Homeowner Forum / Lawn and Garden / June 2008

PIGEONS they are driving me MAD eating all my sprouts,cabbages etc.
I love the birds on my allotment but these buggers are eating more ve
than i can grow. I have put up a net but these buggers carry basebal
bats and eat viagra. everyone on the allotment is having the sam

Anyone had any experience with these? They look fantastic in the
brochure and come at about half the price of the Robiunson's ones that I
had been calculating for.
Not sure I could go for three thousand pounds for a greenhouse even if

I am going to be installing a drip irrigation system for my shrubs.
Some sites say to install the lines above the mulch, while others say
below it.  I think I'm going to install it below the mulch so that the
lines aren't visible.

Hello, I have a lot of mulch in my new garden.  Is there a type of ground
cover I can buy that will work even though I have a lot (2-inches) of mulch
on me garden?
In addition, is there a landscaping/gardening software program that you can

Just discovered them while trying to put in some big Coleus. What on earth
made them think it was a good place for a nest up off the ground, and what,
if anything, should I do? I don't want them in there. Will the mother move
them for me? Abandon them? What if I do (or don't) cover ...

Are there any sprays I can use to kill the Poison Ivy growing on two
trees
in my yard?  Sprays that will kill the Ivy but not harm the tree?
Thanks!

Some time ago I read an article that stated the law says that if more
than six people wanted an allotment the local council was duty bound to
provide the facility...Anyone know if this is true ??

Local police have just given me a Smartwater kit to mark all my garden
equipment, workshop tools, indoor shiny things, and my Land Rover major
components. The sign that comes with needs marking as well, its solid
aluminium weighing 3 pounds, now that is bound to get nicked.

This is a new one on me, just goes to show how dangerous it is out there in
the garden!!
"A man has died after inhaling lethal spores which grew on rotting compost
in his garden.

Last September I saved back 20+ pods of dwarf and French climbing beans and
also some sugar snap peas. I allowed them to dry out on the parent plant.
The condition of the seed wasn't pristine and I dried them on paper for a
day. Although I placed them in airtight containers, most ...

We are seeing more ticks this year than ever before. Lots of nymphs.
Check yourself even after walking in grass. They seem to be everywhere.

Just ordered all the feather edged panels to put up myself.  Having
visited the DIY stores, I'm feeling a little swamped by the different
treatments.
The stuff we've ordered is all tanalised.  The (eventual) effect we'd

Hello all! Finally resorted to posting on a site with knowledge!
Im a avid 'visual' gardner but sadly know nothing about species an
type so im looking for some advice!
We have just had our old shed removed and the patio replaced with

This may be more appropriate for the English language section, but perhaps
gardeners also have animals. Such animal lovers will affectionately refer
to their pets as a he or she. However, I have noticed that this use of language
has increasingly become standard English, e.g. BBC ...

TV documentaries and travelogues reveal a lot of lush "green" in those
countrysides but a relative scarcity of trees.  Is it climate?  Too
windy in Ireland?  Sheep and/or other livestock?