Homeowner Forum / Lawn and Garden / September 2008

The trees and shrubs are all shooting, wisteria buds are opening and a north
wind produced the first hot day.
Maybe spring is here?
We feast on asparagus daily and the artichokes are budding, next week they

Hi, I've recently bought my first greenhouse.  I would appreciate an
tips on what cuttings I can do over the winter.  Also, any help at al
on how to do cuttings for the best results.  I really like Begonias an
would be glad of any help or advise given on those as well, or on an

Kathy, don't you dare.........
Diana
Dear Friends,
Hoosier Orchid Company is now ready to begin our final sales.  As we

3 years ago a bought about 4 plants from a car boot sale. Couldn't get an ID
for the plants, so I put 2 in the flower border and the others in the wet
border of our 4 foot long garden feature.
A month ago, the first one in flower was in the wet border. The flower is

Anyone good at identifying this? About 12" tall and looks like a total
pain in the a.s? To add to the infestation of Knot Weed that I found the
other day and the Himalayan Balsalm that is just EVERYWHERE?
Not in my garden, but on a part of the National Cycle Network that I

Because of a cold wet spring, the tomatoes are just now coming in.
In many of them, the flesh around the stem is yellow/green and hard.
The online plant problem Web sites say this is due to too much sun and
that the remedy is to shade the plants.

Hi, My name's K Barrett and I'm an orchid addict.  I should just give up
trying to control myself.  I'm like Kevin Costner in the movie 'Mr Brooks'.
I have John Hurt in my head saying "Aw, go on. What's the harm? Just look at
the web page, one little, teensie, tiny look.  No one ...

Steve's post at abpo made me go out and take some pictures.  They are at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kbarrett/
I'll post them at ABPO, too as soon as I resize them.
K Barrett

we are getting close to freezing at night now, & my tomatoes
are still quite green. i'm looking for ideas, other than
tossing sheets over them at night, to get them through to
ripening.

Regarding growing runner beans, peas and any other climbing plant.  I intend
to put weed mesh underneath the compost in each bed but can't see how that
would keep weeds down if canes poked thro the mesh causing a hole or tear.
Not having used weed mesh before, would I be able to ...

Anyone recognise this plant please. We were given some young plants
grown from seed by a neighbour. The plants have grown fast and strong. I
can't help wondering if they are a "normal" garden flower or a colourful
weed based on the amount of leaves in comparison to the number of

Good Afternoon Reader,
In <48d33f63$0$23975$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au>
"FarmI" requested "perhaps you can start by saying what are
you doing in the garden? "

I guess it's a Berberis or Mahonia, probably the latter:
Anyone confirm?
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/temp/seedling_001.jpg (30KB)
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/temp/seedling_detail_001.jpg (40KB)

Recently I bought an induction cook top, it really has changed m
cooking style, no fire, and the temperature of the air around will no
increase any more, safer for the chef. More important, it can work wit
the power more than 1500W, cooking faster than gas, and, which I lik