Homeowner Forum / Lawn and Garden / August 2008

I have a problem in a client's garden.
Small town garden, shed in rear corner, fence behind, another fence 30cm
away, shed beyond.
Foxes appear to have den below one or other of sheds accesses via the

Walking about saw much blue sky
This in a place with a green canopy  now filled with holes.
 Wonka Tonka  Wonka Tonka
God God

Perhaps you enjoyed “Snakes on a Plane” as an entertaining movie. But
it’s a whole less fun when it’s snakes in your home’s foundation, as
this reader discovered.
QUESTION: “How does one get rid of snakes without poisoning pets? The

So after a gruesome summer of watching one napole after another
shrivel up and blow away, I'm down to my last one. Anecdotally,
I've been told to just lie the napole on the ground and it will
root. This hasn't worked.

All:
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Does anyone know if it is possible, and if so how, to grow plants such
as flowers and herbs smaller than they normally are?  I'm imagining
something similar to bonsai for trees.
Thanks,

About to buy a 10' x 8' metal greenhouse with double doors and 4 roo
vents.
Offered as an accessory is a louvre vent to put low down at the en
away from the door, is it worth spending the extra £40 on it or use th

I'm looking for recommendations (and the opposite) for a small metal
shed hopefully no more than 36" x 54".  Googling turns up plenty of
metal sheds but they are too big.  This:
http://www.shedstore.co.uk/itemdetl.php/itemprcd/abs1eeas is a rare

Do you recall that a few weeks ago you and I had a disagreement about the
use of fresh manure?
Well, since then, I've decided that I needed to do some research on the
topic of manure and the injunction that "thou shalt not use fresh manure as

At the risk of starting a new thread on peppers (no fruit here ...)
I have some jalapenos and habs that I put in in April (Central Texas).
They were a little slow getting started, but now they are almost four
feet high, lush and green, and have produced ... nothing. No, I didn't

We're buying a home in a desert climate and it had about a 10 x 20 lawn
patch in the backyard, the rest is desert landscaping.  The house is a repo
and the water has been off for 6 months so needless to say the grass is
dead.  We want to keep that small patch of green.  Do you ...

Girlfriend's mom has a beautiful 50 year old red maple which was
mutilated by an ignorant "tree surgeon."  A lower branch was
reduced to stubs after said tree butcher decided the branch got
in people's way; apparently, stooping or simply walking around

can you advice me one thing how to start up gardenin
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Lan Zeird

I have a problem with my tomatoes.The fruits keep falling off the plant
and the toms go a little soft on top, they look a bit greyish on top o
the tomatoes too. I have posted this problem on another site but got n
answers.

My son has just come back from Italy and he tells me the Italians have a
small light green courgette type of squash that is less watery than a
courgette and a firmer texture.  He wasn't sure of the name - something like
Trumpetti?? but I cannot find any reference to it on the net.