Homeowner Forum / Lawn and Garden / June 2008

Time-Warner corporate is dropping usenet news as of June 23, 2008.
Please help by asking them to keep it.  The person to call works for the TW president:
Barbara Burroughs
phone 203-351-2281

I have two Ogden Melon plants in my greenhouse and one of these plants has
what appears to be leaf curl on both the older leaves and the young emerging
leaves.
Looking closely at these leaves I find lots of minute black deposits on the

This might seem really strange, but I've developed a worrying fetish fo
doing dirty things with nettles. I would carry on, but its starting t
really sting and its damaging my social life. My friends think I'
really weirdUnfortunately for me, my wife wants nothing to do with the

Ths is the first year I have had a go at gardening
So Ive made a website to chart the progress.
Its mainly vegs with sunflowers!
Please take a look at the sight as I bet you guys will have loads o

After pruning my laurel hedge, I now have lots of prunings ~ 2 c
metres ( in 1 ton bags)
After searching the internet, I found conflicting advice about what ca
safely be done with them as apparently they contain prussic acid whic

Is there a pre-emergent that kills or helps control Nut grass?
I went to the local Lesco and picked up Manage (by Mansanto)
The directions say to "add 2 teaspoons nonionic surfactant"
I have no idea what that is can someone help me out with that?

Hi again, I decided to grow a small amount of strawberries this year i
a hanging basket, I thought they were doing ok, however a few littl
clusters of strawberries turned brown & died before they even flowered
now a few of the leaves have turned brown & there is even a tiny bit o

What is the full name of B T  Spray, as I have had a try to find it on E Bay
and found nothing.
Thank you in advance.
                             Richard M. watkin.

Anyone bought one recently?
Do they come with a floor or do you have to create a concrete or paved
base for them to sit on?
How are they attached to the ground as I'm concerned they will

How do I rid myself of a garden of toad stools that have sprun up over a
tree removed three years ago.  The stump was cut down but there is still
wood remaining 6" to 12" under the lawn.  I have tried putting crystal lime
down but that has not worked.  What chemicals can I use do ...

Out council has recently gone from a 2 bin (garden rubbish and general
rubbish)to a three bin system (recyclables added). I rejected the garden
bin as I shred and compost everything. Now however they have decided
that card and cardboard must go in the garden bin.

My finances aren't the best on tbe planet -
I've been trying to access a distributor for Pashley Cycles now for over
several months in America.  I've found a couple web pages but they seem
to have much higher exchange rates vs the dollar as what is posted on

I'm delighted to report that I have baby tomatoes, baby courgettes
(zuchini), baby cucumbers, masses of mixed lettuce leaves, and flowers on my
French beans. Harvest time should soon be here :D

My daughter has just had to have her 15 year old Lurcher put down - a good
age for a Lurcher isn't it -  the dogs name was Megan, she is buried in the
garden and I was trying to think of a plant/shrub/tree anything with that
name. Anyone got any ideas please?