Homeowner Forum / Lawn and Garden / June 2008

Hello all, just to let you know that I have posted my latest update o
my progress at my allotments which I hope you continue to enjoy an
find useful, regards Steve.
http://www.myallotments.co

I have seen this beautiful tree many times this Spring and love th
flowers. They smell very fresh and powdery.
It has red and green leaves and has strings of small creamy-whit
flower that tend to bunch. They can grow quite tall and from what

I was interested in Joe's new allotment.  It was good that he did not
know too much about veg growing before.  Many people who take on
allotments have not grown veg before, so he learns as he goes as
others do.

I sowed seed directly in to compost in big pots well over a month ago,
but the plants have only produced a profusion of leaves and no radish.
They have also started to produce flower buds too! What have I done
wrong? Is it perhaps that I didn't thin them out enough?

has anybody ever tried to mske plantpots for seeds out of newspaper.  
have downloaded a how to guide but before i try to make them i wante
to know if anybody had used this techniqu
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Small Lemon trees with loads of those lovely lemons on............cos that's
the first and last time you will see the things..............once they are
picked or dropped off they just will not grow back in the UK environment

I have a three year old fig tree...The last two years I had some figs
which did not ripen,  but fell off when they were quite small...  Wha
am I .doing wrong
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Just looking to get trees pruned and a fence put up so decided to take the
bird box down first.
The hole has been over enlarged so we haven't had any visitors there for a
while.

We've already taken up our path and we're planning to take up the lawn.
Basically we're wanting a blank canvas.  My girlfriend is keen on getting
professionals in to finish the job and I'm keen on not spending loads of
money unnecessarily.  I just wanted to ask the assembled ...

Post 2 today!
Lifting the lid on our compost bin results in a massive cloud of small white
flies engulfing the innocent.
Anyone know what they are and how to reduce the numbers without killing

Just got back into gardening after many years of not bothering and grow
my own tomato plants from seeds I probably put them outside a bit to
early (two weeks ago) now I notice the lower leaves have black spots o
them and not looking very good.

I don't know anything about weed killers so I've been reading a few
bottle labels. It seems that there are two types: one that kills
everything above ground and those that kill everything above and below
ground. The problem with the former seems to be that with the roots

I have several tomato plants in the greenhouse, Gardeners Delight
Shirley F1 and Striped Roman.
My liquid tomato food says to start feeding once the first truss ha
set. What exactly does "set" mean ? - Gone red ? Flower died off ? an

For us new types to the orchid fascination, it would be wonderful if the
people with greenhouses would paste a couple of pictures of their
greenhouses on alt.binaries.pictures.com. We, who are having visions of
grandeur of some day having a structure would really appreciate it.

I noticed a certain plant growing on my lawn this year that I haven't
seen before. I took a couple of pictures. Can someone tell me if I
have something to worry about. Right now they are growing in a spot
where I find it tough to grow grass and they aren't really noticeable