Homeowner Forum / Lawn and Garden / July 2008

2 problems actualy, but one is that there are so many the tree is
about to break - I know what to do about that one:)
The other problem is the the skin of the peaches is turning black. It
starts as a few spots, but spreads until most of the skin is black. If

Having recently dug out and replaced some very old, leggy,
too-big-for-the-space lavenders and replaced them with new plants -
these were small (8" dia) and cheap - I'm wondering what to do next to
accelerate their progress if possible.  They're all doing fine, have

I've read that Neem oil can be used as an insecticide as well as a
repellant. Has anyone here had experience using Neem oil to control cucumber
beetles? How well did it work, and will it work as a repellant as well as a
contact insecticide, IE will it repel bugs between ...

Try listening to Is  as you read this
That You Mo-Dean? 5:32  The B-52's  Good Stuff  Rock  100   2  7/13/08
6:32 PM  
 I plant much stuff about and sometimes it makes and some times it

I have a large NG impatien plant.  It gets full sun until about noon.
I've always had this type of plant in this spot and they have always
thrived.
The plant is in a large pot.  Up until two days ago it looked great.

I have quite a large garden and would like to dedicate a portion of i
into growing my own veg.
I have at least 6m x 6m to spare, so was thinking about 4 raised beds
each about 2meteres square.

I found out that I already was registered at Flickr because I had an old
geocities account  (yahoo and geocities merged way back at the dawn of
time.)  So maybe that helps some people in terms of posting pictures.
Anyhoooooo

I signed up for that blight-watch site and have had no warnings as
yet.  The site assumes you are a commercial grower.  Perhaps they
didn't think I was eligible for warning!
Today one chap on our allotment site pulled up all his tomato plants;

I'm looking for a long handled weeder because I have back problems and
it has become very difficult for me to get down to weed.  There are
several that I've found online.  Would anyone give me advice on how to
chose which one is best?  I'd appreciate it.  This will be used to

Hi all fellow wreck.gardeners!
I haven't been on newsgroups all summer.  I can't keep up with it all.  Plus
I've really gone over to forums, the info is good, the camaraderie nice, topics
are focused, etc.

Whats going on?  The marrows form with a nice little yellow flower at
the end and then they start to go yellow and rot.
I havent managed to keep one yet - theyve all gone
They are not laying on wet soil, in fact they are pointing upwards at

Can anyone please help me Identify this plan.  
Your help is appreciated.
Peter

This is my first post to this site. I have an old Lawnflite 548 ride o
mower.Starts Ok and runs but when I mow my sloping field it plays up.
mow across, and it is ok if leaning slightly to the left, but when
turn and it is leaning to the right it splutters, won't rev and the

It looks like I must have grabbed the wrong seed envelope or
something. Where I thought I had zucchini plants now really appear to
be...something else :(
Do zucchini plants and flowers look like pumpkin plants and flowers? I