Homeowner Forum / Lawn and Garden / July 2008

HI, I have just started gardening and im a complete novice but i
enjoying it.
I have quite a big garden so i have planted some vegetables.
I dug the garden over and planted the veg which are coming through nic

From fuchsia seedlings this year I have a royal display in a dozen 12" pots,
and want to ensure a repeat performance next year. What is my best plan to
over-winter them?

I just noticed that wasps appear to be nesting insdie a partition wall here-
getting access via an airbrick about 2m above ground level. There is a lot of
activity- I don't know how long they have been there. I have read that by the
end of the year a wasps nest in the ground or ...

Hi my son as a new garden and is having trouble with weeds and couch grass.
We have tried all sorts of weed killers and even tried sodium chlorate, the
weeds still come through.Thinking about some black plastic and then covering
it with an old carpet he has to get rid of, is this ...

Zone 5A
Lawn questions: It's been dry up here.  Every lawn is burned out.  Should I
continue to water?  Would this be a good time to get some compost and
top-dress the lawn?

A friend's wife brought her Kindle to our club's orchid nursery trip, just
so she'd have something to do while her husband was orchid shopping.  I have
to say these things look great and am tempted to get one.  I have to
constanly remind myself that I'm on Audible because I like ...

Not being one to go in the car to buy bamboo poles flown in from the far
east I made a little wigwam for my peas out of some tall woody shoots from a
thicket in the graveyard across the road. The peas have refused to touch
them. I have tried tieing the tendrils to them and they ...

For about half a dozen years I have had a box of sachets
of Weedol in the shed.  This week I strimmed off about 200
sq m of land at the bottom of the garden and decided to
clean it with weed killer.  Read the instructions on the

I've caught two robins today eating our grapes and current tomatoes.
Seriously.  I thought I was seeing things, never have seen or heard of
this before, but here is one study/reference to robins pilfering
grapes....

copied this from the local paper of where I used to live in the UK:
Rusty lives in Norfolk, I wonder if you have come across this Rusty in
the local paper?
Scary slug spotted in Norfolk

Focus DIY stores are selling what they call a  "black raspberry". Has
anyone heard of these? What are they? What is the difference between a
black raspberry and a blackberry?
Thanks,

Are you getting these ants up in your area?
Crazy Raspberry Ants
I live in South Houston and we are getting them.

Dear Customer,
We are Dealer's of Crude Oil of Nigerian Origin,Our company name is EV
OILS PLC, and
presently, we have well over 100 million barrels ready for LIFTING fro

I love carnations (dianthus). The first year that I plant, they smell
gorgeous; but I've noticed that the scent seems to disappear with age, even
though the blooms are just as prolific -- anyone else notice this, with
carnations or other highly scented blooms, or is it just too much ...

I'm trying to get a bit of a garden going and for the first time have to
deal with possums. I'm looking for plants that have low appeal to possums
and that don't require lots of attention or water. Any ideas?
RJ