Homeowner Forum / Lawn and Garden / July 2008

.......of the wasps.  We've just had a wasps nest destroyed and the man from
the council said "good job too".  Apparently what we had trying to nest in
the eaves of the tea room kitchen, were German wasps.  I don't think I've
ever heard of them but according to him they're smaller, ...

I've noticed in past years that when my cucumber vines get about 3 feet
long, SOMETHING happens to the growing tip. It gets kind of brown up one
side of the stem. The tip curls over and then dies.
Eventually the tip-less vine makes one or more side branch and the vine

Hello folks, I am Gordon, age 74, widowed 13 years, living on the
outskirts of Manchester.
Three grown children, son in Australia, daughter in California, elder
daughter a few miles away from here.

I seem to recall a website with quality photos of the most common
weeds in the British Isles, but Google as I might, I don't seem to be
able to find it.  The nearest thing to crop up is a not very
satisfactory Bayer website.

Well, how do you decide?  Pull one and see how big it is, or what?

This year, I have some lovely fucshias in pots, which I would like to keep
over winter.  They are not hardy, so I would need to bring them inside.
This may be a stupid question, but if i do bring them in, do they still need
to be somewhere light, or could I just put them in the ...

Can anyone offer any suggestions for the purchase of a decent brand of
string trimmer where the line doesn't keep jamming?  Or a suggestion
to keep the line from jamming?  I have tried everything from throwing
away the half-full reel because I can't get it to release more line

Can anyone tell me how to strengthen the stems of hydrangeas? I have
new one, bought last year and it's growing beautifully but every tim
we get heavy rain the stalk bend, sometimes snap and they never recove
thereafter. I don't want to lose the blooms for next year.

I have found one that looks very weird.  The petioles are up to
2-3 cm, and the leaves are very ovate (NOT obovate), and toothed.
I have B. vulgaris and B. thunbergii, but it doesn't match either,
unless the juvenile form of the former is very different from the

i have no problems with any other herbs but have been unable to ge
parsley to grow for several years now. i've tried growing it from see
and did really well at the beginning but as with bought plants they di
after producing a handful of leaves. i grow them in pots in multipurpos

Which would take the least total work, pulling weeds or hoeing?  I
know that if you can pull a weed up roots and all it can not grow
back.  If you just cut it off an inch or two below the ground with a
hoe it can grow back but hoeing is much easier.

I'm sure they'll have this under control by next week's sale at SBOE,
CalOrchid and teh Earl Warren Show grounsd, but if the fire is anything like
ours was their air quality really sucks
http://165.221.39.44/incident/1384/

The flowers on my zucchini seem to drop off- or maybe they're being
bitten? It seems like a clean cut, as though someone took a pair of
scissors to them. I rarely see squirrels or other critters in the
yard. I had this issue once before, years and years ago, and I assumed

Just need a bit of advice on how to look after this plant please, th
bottom of each has started to die off........?
Also should I cut off the twig like things sprouting from the plan
itself??