Homeowner Forum / Lawn and Garden / October 2008

After pulling up my courgette plants I rescued a number of little green
fruits about the size of my index finger.  So what to do with them?
Well I sliced them into rings, tossed them, and a big handful of ripe red
baby tomatoes, into an extra virgin olive oil doused pan along with 2 ...

Please help.
Many thanks!
H :)
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My Husqvarna  321EL is dead. I've changed the fuse in the cable plug
but when switched on no noise or anything comes from the chainsaw. I
was working fine last time it was used so I cannot understand why i
stoppped working whilst sitting in the box. The only thing I can thin

I grow most vegetables successfully,but have real problems with
brussel sprouts,particularly those that are ready from December to
March.I try to grow the variety Wellington,and can never really get
good plants that stay healthy and robust from the planting time in

I have a little "book" for identifying trees. No problem with trees very
common to the midwest US, i.e. oak, maple, sycamore.
Next door is a medium-size tree with palmate leaves which have 3 points
each. Seed is helicopter-type, fall in the spring.

Did you get an email from me a couple of days ago about that 'lost'
Passiflora caponi John Innes?  Apparently, it is just that, according to the
JIC, although you and Ray always knew that!  I've had a little email trouble
from time to time so wonder if that piece of horticultural ...

Actually just one -  a white Siberian iris.  But I might hit a few places
for end of season bargains.
C

An old trick of politicians to blame everybody else for the problems
THEY created. They always blame the usual suspects: fat cats on wall
street because they are easy targets. Nobody likes the fat cats. The
fat cats are partially to blame BUT most of the blame goes back to the

the wild winds we are currently having have
snapped the top off one of my 3 standard blushing
pink icebergs
is there anyway to repair it? or is it beyond help????

This is a bit off-topic but...
I bought a property that has a well (2.6m diameter) and I am buying a
submersible pump. I have a system of 5 impulse sprinklers, the most
distant one is about 60 meters and it is not working very well with

Dear Everyone:
I live in southern Virginia, and I frequently walk along a trail
through a swampy area beside the Chesapeake Bay. From April to August,
I seldom notice mosquitoes. But beginning from late September, the

I just moved into a new flat in Canberra, Australia. There's a lemon
tree in the garden, which is nice, but it's not in the best of health.
Alot of the leafs look chlorotic. Some have brown patches and holes.
Some of the fruit has whiteish stuff on it. I've seen a couple of

I work for a landscaping company in the nursery & one of the Concolor
Fir's has needles turning brown & dropping. I've been googling it & so
far I've read that old needles will drop... These Fir's are about 12
ft tall if not a little taller & established in the ground. Is it a

I have just finished potting up about 2 dozen pots of bulbs, some last
nears, some new.
Today I have seen a mouse in my garden.  
Will mice unearth and eat the bulbs?  

Can someone help me identify what type of towed lawn aerator this ite
is part of?  POssibly part of a Westfield?
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