Homeowner Forum / Lawn and Garden / June 2008

I have moved into a new house (new to me - NOT new) and the back law
is a disaster, it is more like a field, lumpy, big clogs, uneven etc
No amount of cutting will make it good.
I want to convert the area into a sitdown, barbacue area with a pergal

im laying turf down in my garden but not sure whether to lay the pavin
slabs before or after the tuf is layed? if i lay the slabs down on to
of the turf do you think they will sink, killing the grass underneat
and be level? or cut around the slabs laying down a sand base the

I'm getting a house with a garden at the beginning of July and I want to
 kick off growing as many vegetables as I can. I realise I'll be too
late for most of the sowing season, but what types of things will I
still be able to plant.

I currently have one of my beds on the allotment growing new (early)
potatoes which I expect to harvest beginning the end of June and
throughout July.  Next season, this bed will be given over to onions and
root groups as part of my crop rotation plan.

I'm trying to replace a little do da. And therein is the problem, what's it
called?
Metal, about 6 inches long, say 1/2 inch wide one end and 3/4's the other,
scooped like a very small trowel. I thought it was for seeds. No handle just

Does anyone know of anywhere in the UK that is not teeming with slugs
& snails? Or are they ubiquitous in our British climate?
Thanks,
JD

I live in NE Alabama and our extreme drought has caused many sunk in
holes
or depressions in my yard.  I have access to a couple of free, small
truckloads of left over leveling sand, the kind used in

Hi all. We are Brian and Sue, just moved into a new house with a
large(ish) garden. We want to turn a big portion of it into a vegetable
patch (Initially about 20ft x 20ft with lots of other space for pots and
grow gags, possibly double that in time) and would be interested to ...

It has been raining steadily (like 3" water in wheelbarrow) all day, and
nearby villages are flooded.  Four days to go until "Gardens Open" day and
mine looks like Glastonbury field.
Good thing I don't have flowers, only plants, har-har.  OTOH I'm not sure

We live in an area with a long growing season our last frost in late April &
first frost in November.  We planted a portion of our garden right before
the heavy spring rains hit nad they drowned the garden seeds.  The soil is
only recently been dry enough to work and plant again. ...

I have only grown tomato plants one time - Sub-Arctic variety in a raised
bed when I lived in Alaska. I don't think that the experience carries over
very well though.
What I have now is two plants in a home-made self-watering planter. One is

I set my tomatoes out a little over a week ago. Some already had flower
clusters. The neighbor sprayed the fence row a few days later with Round-Up
and now our tomatoe's new growth is all distorted from the drift. Will they
recover and produce fruit or will they remained deformed ...

It's that time again.  Anyone else going to make some?

Went out Tuesday for a round of nurseries with two friends. Came home with a
bunch of tomatoes (Bull's Heart, Aunt Ruby's German Green, Japanese Black
Triffle, Sugary, Black of Tula, Green Grape), four slicing cucumbers, Spirit
of Christmas hosta and Mocha Mint Huechera. Oh and some ...

Cheap watering "can" that works better than most store bought:
Two gallon cat litter jugs with 1/8" holes drilled in lids and 1/2"
vent hole in the top of the handles.  Works great for my compost tea.
Compost sifting container: