Homeowner Forum / Lawn and Garden / August 2008

Did we ever discover what had happened to this company which was based in
Devon?  I have a faint recollection that they were American originally but
can't recall what happened to the English set up.

You can buy dried veges at the Asian market.  I thought I'd try drying
some bak choy and cabbage.  Left them in the sun for a few days.
Haven't try to use them in soup yet.
Anyone use drying to preserve leafy veges?

This year I decided to grow some peppers and I have a few questions.
I have 2 types of peppers growing.  Small red bell peppers and also
Cayenne peppers.  I already picked one of the little bell bell peppers
and it was extremely hot!!!  I accidentaly touched my eyes after

Is there a reason  for asking you to plant cucunbers in hills ?
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I haven't visited for a good while because of endless work to do INSIDE
the house.  Meanwhile the lawn has been glyphosated, the roots are
rotting, and I know I need to get on with the planting I planned months
ago.   How long have I got?  I don't to start ordering dozens of plants,

My yard is being infested by Bermuda grass.  I have Fescue grass an
Zoysia that is being attacked by Bermuda grass.  I also have th
Bermuda grass growing in my flower beds.  I don't know how to get ri
of it.  I've heard of something called "Ornamec" but have not been abl

We've been picking tomatoes for the past two weeks or so and whilst the
quantity of fruit per truss is normal, the size of individual toms is
very small this year.......about 60% on a truss are the size of cherry
types such as Gardeners Delight !

I had a Japanese red maple shrub planted last October. In the spring,
it had beautiful red leaves. Entering summer, the centers of the
leaves start showing green, and seem getting greener. What am I
supposed to do? Is it a soil PH or fertilizer issue?

Bending, twisting, pushing and pulling all exercises.  I don¹t know
about you but when I am about in the garden an I identify a task I do it
without any warm-ups aside from a cup of coffee.
  These days I just sort of break up large tasks and switch off to

Please can someone give me some advice on planting wisteria.  I bought
plant from the garden centre for £18 that has 3 stems on it going roun
a bamboo cane (approx 3-4ft tall).  Questions I have are:-
1) Most of the websites recommend training one main stem of wisteri

Could someone ID this yucca for me please?
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Also, it is about four foot from the house; will the roots damage
the foundations/building?

Strange year!
Received seeds as usual from Canadian internet friend. They have done
well in past years (except for the year when everybody in So. Calif.
Coastal had wilt.

I had a plum tree in my front yard that I loved that was blown down
completely in a storm we had two months ago.  I had a tree service remove it
and they left just a small part of the stump in the hole that was created
when the tree was blown over.  I was planning on filling the ...

In my garden, I have about a dozen watermelon plants. The plants got off to
a late start due to insects and cold weather, so I made a last minute
planting towards the end of June. The cold weather continued, and the plants
are still quite small, have maybe a half dozen leaves. ...

I have a Hot Tepin chili pepper plant that is now 2 years old. I grew i
from seed & it's now in a pot in my greenhouse about 2' tall. The leave
seem to drop off regularly but there's always new leaves already growin
when this happens. It's also never flowered. Is this normal as i'v