Homeowner Forum / Lawn and Garden / July 2008

Just curious to know what (if any) flower seeds I should be sowing now so
that my garden looks good for spring/summer, or should i be waiting a couple
more months?
Cheers

Other than the spammers that interfered with the message last time here is
some useful information for caring people to help the better care for their
trees.  This is short and brief information for people to help them
correctly care for their trees.  My critics on her like Don ...

I am in the SE corner of South Australia. I have a fairly large avocado
tree, about 11 years old, grown from a pip (maybe a Hass, those are the
most common ones we get in the shops here) that I planted in what must
have been just the right sheltered spot.

I found some rhubarb off in the corner of my property that had put up
seedstalks. I cut them off, but by the time I got to them, they were mostly
dead. Three of the plants consist of dead stalk and dead leaves, and the
other two are mostly dead and have one or two leaves that are ...

I have a 6 year old Mountain Ash in the garden that is looking very
unwell.  Very  small leaves and very few of them at that.   Rather
spindly in growth, and it just looks sick.  anyone experience anything
like this with this particular species?

Has anybody got any idea why a wisteria should just die,I look after
wisterias in this garden,one is in well establiished and flowered th
best this year in living memory.The one that has died is about 7 year
old,it did flower this year then suddenly the leaves started to wil

Howdy friends!
Maddie peering over the back fence and looking to see what you all are
growin' in your gardens.  It's been wonderful summer weather here
lately.  Rains have moved in and doused the area good with soaking

I've grown potatoes in containers this year as an experiment.  Some of them
are now in flower - is it OK to harvest them now as baby new potatoes ?

I have a couple of dozen strawberry plants but no strawberries. I assume
that something is eating them before they have a chance to develop, but
what? Also I've only seen the starts of a few berries so maybe my plants
aren't producing at all. The plants look healthy, they just ...

hi can anyone id this palm i have looked in my books and quite a lot o
the net but no joy any idea ????
please thanks tracy
http://tinyurl.com/4dalh

Hi all - I haven't tried to poison this damned thing, but I have tried
one of the mole guillotines to no avail. A friend at work suggested used
kitty litter sprinkled around tunnel entrances- apparently the cat urine
scares moles away. Sounds logical to me, but before I subject ...

I am going to change my heads to cut the flow in half on each of my
zones.  What type of tools and supplies do I need to accoplish this?
I have Hunter PGP and PGM heads mostly.
Also, is there a good supplier for these items?

Hello gardening folks,
a friend of mine recently has started a private gardening site... I
like it... What do you think?
www.rixa.com

Yeah, I have noticed many trees where I live that have bark which is
covered in white spots. What's that all about?

Hello gardening folks,
a friend of mine recently has started a private gardening site... I
like it... What do you think?
Bye, Alex