Homeowner Forum / Lawn and Garden / July 2008

I just wondered how long i should keep my brassiccas covered for?
have Kale, Calabrese and various cabbages covered with Enviromesh an
just wondered if they should stay like this until they are harvested o
can they be uncovered?

Does any body have some success stories to tell in regard to using the
following product to control birds:
   http://www.biconet.com/birds/fruitShield.html
I started to use it yesterday. Can't wait to see what

Today we visited Prince Charles's garden at Highgrove.  Ray went about 4
years ago but I'd never been.  It was a 'special' visit in that it was a
group which had bid for entry in an auction at a Prince's Trust 'do' in
various parts of the UK and my son had done this and given it to ...

My tree is dropping tons and tons of leaves. We've had a very wet
Spring and Summer here in NW Arkansas. Here is a link to some close-
ups of the leaves. The yellow detached leaves fell from the tree
today. The green leaves were pulled from the tree. I'm trying to

I was at a friends house yeaterday and she had lovely sweet peas in
her garden.  I asked her when she planted them and she said that it
was only a few weeks ago.
Is it too late to plant these?  It's still quite warm here in

Bought some poppies in Bunnings.
Planted facing westerly sun, carp fertiliser (smelly brown stuff mixed
with water).
Trouble is, either the flowers are very small, or they only half open,

I am a newcomer to this forum.
I am in the final stages of a large garden redevelopment project (ove
3 years since started). [Maybe I should post it's development on
website once completed?]

I am new to this house. The garden faces south and along the front is
privet hedge 6 ft high and 1 ft thick. I have planted plants just to
the north of it which I expected to grow and they have not grown or
grown poorly. This has happened so often that I have come to suspect

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We are hoping to pay our first visit to Madeira in the new year,
Ideas of where to stay etc would be greatly appreciated.
David Hill

Last Tuesday I discovered a skunk in my culvert trying to feast on my
recycling. It walked funny and grumbling - no doubt rabies or  other
ailment.
I backed away and called Animal Control - who may or may not have shown up.

Let's see if this works. I'm trying to linkk just to the one photo.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28721677@N06/2706639465/
Diana

OK guys, my tomatoes are still covered with whitefly and their small green
babies that look like minute aphids. My friend, looking at them today, said
she believes they also have spider mites.  Her eyesight is better than mine.
The NeemOil did almost nothing nor did the Seven dust ...

Which is better, the 1963 version of "Day of the Triffids", or the 1981
British mini-series?  (I haven't seen either yet, nor read the book.  I
do know it's not supposed to have a "happily ever after" ending.)  Thanks.
Bob

Is there any way of reducing the acidity of fruit other than by
smothering it with pounds of sugar? I'm wondering if there's any cooking
method or other treatment available to the ordinary person. I like the
very tart fruits like gooseberries, blackcurrant and rhubarb (nominal