Homeowner Forum / Lawn and Garden / August 2008

I'm putting up a woven wire fence. what would be a good vine for it?  
It's under a spruce so it's acidic and shaded.
Kiwi might grow there?  There are kiwi plants that will grow in my area.  
I don't want ivy, it's allergenic.

Some of my lupins have just dropped, literally just collapsed.  I
pulled up one to see what was happening, it didn't have a root, it was
chopped off at the base of the stem.  What is going on and how do I
stop it extending to the rest of my border?

13th Aug 08
Hi All
I have a very full lemon tree with loads of fruit, but the they are being
eaten by something.

That's it.  So, it is gone as soon as it's not over 100 degrees.  Now,
and please mista tree, refrain because I aleady know all you will say,
and actually knew it before  you told me.
That said, there is a redbud coming up right next to the peach tree.

I put garden first in the subject as I am wondering if the garden plays much
of a part when a house is being valued, any one know ?
kate
Gloucestershire

What's the best way to permanently remove the ivy growing up the side of our
house ?.
I want kill it off to make sure it never grows back.
TIA,

I have four sweet pepper plants in the greenhouse which are only now
coming into flower. I wonder if I should do anything to try to make sure
I get a few peppers (are they called fruit?), it being so late in a dull
season? Should I limit the number of flowers? Should side shoots be

Thanks in advance for your answers to my compost question so far. Here
re two other questions from a very novice new gardener.
Firstly I've cleared a pact of about 2m square of weeds. It's quit
thick and clumpy soil (not too clay like, but can hold a lot o

Ok, how do I get rid of ants in the GH?  I was ok with a few crawling around
but I went to make up some potting mix yesterday and found a HUGE nest in my
stash of soaked / rinsed CHC.  The little ones...  I first noticed them by
the smell when I jammed my hands in the CHC to pull ...

Nice forums some good topics going on here :)
I have a boundary to my garden which is adjacent to a public footpat
approx 50m long.  Approx 40m of it has 6ft fencing with hawthorn hedg
at about 8ft tall to the footpath side.  The hawthorn runs all the wa

Like the ones you buy at the garden centers at the big box stores. Will just
a regular grass fertilizer work? Thanks.

Do windmill mole chasers actually keep moles out of the garden? Has
anyone tried the mole chasers on the market with any success?

I have heard that rhubarb shouldn't be eaten after July because of
increased oxalic acid content.  What happens to the human body if you do
eat rhubarb after this date?  How dangerous is it?

Does anyone have any advice on removing weeds from a small paved are
at the front of my house which isn't near any gardens or plants?
any help would be greatly appreciated.
many thank

I have a southish facing veg patch which drops two feet three in
feet.
Should I build a 2 foot 3 retaining wall for a flat raised bed OR
Build a smaller wall to lessen the slope (how big?) OR