Homeowner Forum / Lawn and Garden / September 2008

I am considering trying neem for pest control in my garden, mainly for
(hopefully) any kind of bugs, , lava, etc that may be in the soil..just
wanted to touch base with anyone who uses it in the conecentrated form 2 tbs
per gallon..many thanks

This is a MUST HAVE site, so easy to resize pics to send or attach.
http://www.resize2mail.com/
It really seems to work well and no fees or registration is required.
You just have to save back the smaller size pics back to your computer

Every night around sundown an armadillo comes on to my spread and
starts rooting around for grubs and such.  Its playing hell with the
ti plants, and now its started to dig up one of my prized sago palms.
I thought about sending the hounds after it, but I hear they spread

Why did my Hydrangea stop blooming? It gets about 4ft high, nice and green
but "no blooms" anymore.
Pat

My two plants make a lot of seeds after blooming.  I gathered and
planted them, but nothing came up.
Is this normal?  IOW, can I grow new plants from seed?
Tx for your wisdom.

We have been looking at kitchen sinks and it seems a big thing out
there lately is the sinks with the low divider wall between the
sections.  I can see the point of this as I hate it when you place a
pan in a regular deep sink and the handle keeps it up on a steep

Anybody up north ever try planing onion seeds in the winter right before
the ground freezes?  I never have much luck growing onion seeds (I
always get them in the ground too late if I direct sow, and planting
them in a flat doesn't work well for me) but I often get volunteer ...

I have a slightly unusual horsetail problem.
Our local nature reserve has some wood horsetail, which is quite common,
but not around here, so for us it's quite special.
Unfortunately, it's growing in a area where it might be vulnerable.

Please help me make a decision.
Palin is John McCain's running mate.
1.  Specifically, what has she done for the environment?  What?
2. Specifically, what is she going to do for the environment if elected?

I sowed a couple of rows of fennel bulbs for the first time earlier
this summer.  They have put on nice healthy foliage and are now
starting to form flowers, but the "bulb" end is no thicker than 2
fingers on the larger ones.  Should I wait for it to thicken out?  Or

I have a clump of Crocosmia which has been in the way when I access my
runner beans, and I propose to move the corms to a border in the front
garden, for an easy colour splash next summer.
The online info I found says "divide between March and May" so I'm too

This plant is said to be easily found,
but all I can find  in mail order nurseries are some small bulbs at large
prices.
Does anyone have one they are getting ready to divide?  I would pay mailing

I promised that I would post a follow up to my question about using
sand to level depressions in my lawn caused bt the extreme drought in
my area, NE Alabama:
I used the sand to fill the depressions in my yard and it worked

I am now having problems wit deer after 35 years of growing roses. Some
said to try urine.  Has anyone had success with urine, how is it applied
and how often?
Thanks,

I have never really cleared much brush.  What little I have done has
been done with a chainsaw, loppers, and what I used to think was a
pretty big chipper/vacuum.  I live in the 'burbs but I have a 1.2 acre
lot with, maybe, half of it wooded and wild.  Actually, it's worse than