Homeowner Forum / Lawn and Garden / October 2008

I JUST  got this working again.  Only took 20 calls to customer "service".
Binary's working too  YEA!!

Diagnosing Primary Pulmonary Hypertension In Babies
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Most people are not aware of it, but primary pulmonary hypertension

Having lurked in the group for a (short) time, I feel certain that I can
elicit some advice on a problem I (or rather some shrubs) seem to be
having in my garden.
Living in the Blackmore Vale area of Dorset - a few miles south of

I'm new to this site and new to gardening.  I have a butternut squas
that has taken over my very small plot.  I have a few small ones, an
one large one.  Only thing is, I have no idea when to pick them.  Th
large one is still green.  Will it turn colour?  Is there anything

I remember seeing a variety of pumpkin that has no husk/shell on the
seeds.
I want to try growing some next year,  but I cannot find the seeds
available

I cannot be alone in abhorring the current "seed" catalogues. Big glossy
things with more flowers, plants and equipment than seeds. Oh for the
old just seed catalogues, sigh. Sign of being old I suppose!

I am helping a local school turn a neglected garden into an 'allotment'
The garden runs E/W on its longest side with the northern boundary being
a granite wall about 2 metres in height. A wall of similar height
protects the garden from the prevailing westerlies. The soil is light ...

Has anyone here grown  Skirret (Sium sisarum), and, if so, what are
their experiences of both growing it, and eating it (if they've grown
it for food)? Many thanks.

Any ideas on the best method for planting confiers?
Soil is currently builders rubble/clay which doesn't drain well.
The conifers are about 4 feet tall.
Thank

Can you eat leeks that have rust?  Most of the green stuff is chopped off,
so I presume they're okay to eat?
Thanks.

Has anyone else tried using Kevin Walsh, ABC radio, receipe for controlling
garden pests?
He includes
1 teaspoon of eucalyptus oil

Portions of my Red Apple ground cover have started to die. Small patches
just begin dying next to healthy sections.
Have not over watered or fed lately. Too many sections are dying to
suspect animal urine.

Hi, I bought an aloe vera a few months ago and it's done great outside.
I'm going to bring it indoors for winter - is there anything I should
know? I read on one web site I should acclimatise it to indoors by
bringing it in at nights only. Is this correct?

You are officially my 1st ever forum!
I am getting married on May 9th next year (in the UK) and was hoping t
be able to do a lot of the flowers myself.  Not necc cut flowers bu
potentially planting some bulbs in the field and then lots of pots.

I have decided to grow veg on raised beds and have no idea where to start. I
have a small piece of lawn that I will be converting. Does anybody have any
recommendations for a book to give me ideas and advice. I'm presuming (maybe
wrongly) that I can't actually plant anything ...