Homeowner Forum / Lawn and Garden / August 2008

I posted another question about beans with black flies on. The same
bean plants have lost their flowers. It's quite strange really, the
stalks are there but there are no flowers on the end.
I read in "the veg. expert" book that sparrows can peck the

I assume it's a snail. Clinging to my garden wall. Never seen anything like
it before.
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We have approximately 150 skinned, cleaned & gutted squirrels in our
chest freezers ready for cooking, all they need is to be defrosted and
cooked.
We need the space in the freezers ready for the grouse season so if

Some of you encouraged me to post a new garden walk video. Sadly it turned
out to big to put on my photo site so I have posted it on You Tube
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=_UVHKw5NQIY It was nice and clear on my camera
but seems somewhat fuzzy on You Tube, still it gives a ...

We live near the downtown of Green Bay, Wisconsin, though actually,
it's an old "suburb." Back in the 1920's, the lots were platted as
"farmettes" 50' wide and 250' deep, the idea being that everyone would
have a produce garden.

We have a jasmine plant in the back garden in a relatively sunny spo
but it hardly flowers.
Its been in for a couple of years now and is watered regularly. It get
a feed every couple of weeks but the most we get is 1 or 2 flowers at

Time-Warner corporate is dropping usenet news as of June 23, 2008.
Please help by asking them to keep it.  The person to call works for the TW president:
Barbara Burroughs
phone 203-351-2281

I was thinking of useing old film containers to store seeds for next year but someone said that these containers are full of chemicals and aren't safe for seeds.  Does anyone use these, or has any knowledge in regards to the safety of using film containers to store seeds in?TIZ

Last year, both of my apricots exhibited these symptoms, that is peeling
bark. This year they are both dead. This year, one of my cherry trees is
doing the exact same thing. There is no sign of insects, no stress, no
disease that I recognize - just the peeling bark. I'm afraid ...

Hi folks. Here they are...
1> I'm watering once every 3-5 days. I wait 'til the soil feels very
slightly damp (even touching on dry), then I water heavily. Good
practice?

I'd seen these at Lowes for 50 cents each and decided to pick some up.
They have a woody stem to them and do not look like annuals at all so
I thought I'd take my chances and pick them up.
Size is about 12" tall by 12-16" wide, variegated leaves, semi

Howdy, maddie here,
Since I don't know spit about roses, I'm cutting and pasting this
question I got from my former sister in law who I keep in touch with
because despite that her brother, my ex-husband is still a bendejo',

Since I have a gathering coming up soon, I took a couple snips of
shoots from my potted basil plant and plunked them in water. They seem
to be rooting just fine, but the apex leaves have turned black. I
pinched them off and am going to plant them in pots tomorrow, but is

I have two of these in pots intending to plant in the garden- Emerald Gaiety
and Green 'n' Gold (also called Emerald 'n' Gold). (Emerald Gaiety is tiny,
about 3" high, and has not apparently grown in the several months I've had
it- it is gettng harder to imagine this very small ...

Hi I am new to the forum and I have just moved to a new house and wa
wondering if you could help me ID this plant please ?
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