Homeowner Forum / Lawn and Garden / July 2008

Drought might be a landscape’s biggest enemy, but sometimes too much
rain can bring problems of its own, as this reader found.
QUESTION: “Following some recent heavy rain, I noticed a LOT of tiny
bright green weeds suddenly sprouting up through the mulched beds in

Some of my Gladiolus have the rust fungus. any treatment?
I have like +200 bulbs and not looking forward to bin them all....
Thanks in advance
PA

Hey. I have plenty to do. More, in fact, than I can hope to accomplish.
So how come I miss abpo?
Diana

I have just cleared a large section of lawn and have prepared it fo
planting. I would like to see that veg will grow in the site. I woul
very much like advice on what veg I can plant now (July in South Eas
Scotland) to test the site. Is it too late to plant root veg such a

We have a Banana tree at our nursery which is actually 15 feet tall an
grows in the garden of our nursery in Anglesey!!! Does anyone else kno
of a larger one being grown outside, we would love to know!!
www.carreglefn-nurseries.co.uk

New here  hope this forum is friendly and not too much spammers and in-
fighting.
My watermelons aren't growing.  While my cucumbers have grown four or
five feets and are starting to produce a few cukes, my watemelon

Wondering about the hype behind manure/compost teas. Having used
it liberally (20 gal. batches) a couple of times with no obvious
benefit, I'm scratching my head and wondering if it is worth the
effort.

I have 4 peonies in a south facing raised bed.  2 herbaceous, 2 tree peonies.  All
grow and bloom vigorously except 1 tree peony.  I think it bloomed once in 2005. Then
one branch was hanging down so low I cut it off.  It hasnt bloomed since then. I also
set my figs to the east and ...

My mother-in-law has a Husqvarna mower with a Peerless H2000-006A
SilentTrac transmission. It stopped moving so she replaced the drive
belt.  This did not fix her problem.  I cleaned the exterior of the
transmission and it will not go into gear.  There does not seem to be

I had thought about having a compost bin but the whole of my rear garden in
paved so I don't have any soil to sit it on (I understand it needs to be
directly onto soil rather than paving slabs) so now I am thinking of a
wormery.  I was wondering if anyone has experience with ...

I have two examples of Lonicera peri, 'Serotina' in my garden.
They were put in as quite small plants a couple of years ago by a
gardener who created the garden I now have out of the small bit of
wasteland that existed.

Bad news on the wild life front.
Looked out into the back garden this morning and noticed a squirrel sat in
an unusual pose.
Appeared to be digging for nuts, but with his (her) tail laid along his

On our allotment site one gardener wanted to start keeping bees. Our Council
who rent out the plots wrote to everyone and asked if they minded the
keeping of bees on the site. Needless to say all the "old " gardeners said
yes, with some enthusiasm, we could see a significant ...

I have been meaning to post these.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/level6/919747310/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/level6/2493965496/
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Hello everyone, I planted some lupins in March & it said on the see
packet that they should be flowering next spring. I currently have the
in pots as I didn't want to risk planting them out until I was sure the
would survive slugs. Now however, there are at least two lupin flower