Homeowner Forum / Lawn and Garden / April 2009

My allotment plot looks so dull. How can I cheer it up?
I have six beds: Potatoes, Roots, Brassicas, Legumes, Onions/Leeks and
Fruits. The first five beds rotate in the order given.
I have planted potatoes, some carrot and beetroot seeds, kale and onion

Hi, I have a Hayter Hawk with a B&S Spirit 375, which is running roug
(revs from medium to low intermittently but does not cut out). Both m
local service centres have a 6 week wait time so I have tried th
following myself. New spark plug, new oil, fresh petrol, cleaned an

Hi,first post here so hi to everyone,at the relitivly young age of 2
yrs old we have just got our new house and big garden.
Question is i have just completed a nice border at the bottom of ou
garden and need some help as to what plants to put in it,

Almost 2 years ago, we hired a tree company to cut down  a 60 foot high
Chinese Elm with  24 inch trunk. Remaining stump is 3 inches high which
they filled grooves with chainsaw fuel. They guaranteed this would kill
the stump and prevent any regrowth. Not only has the stump  NOT ...

Elder Grandson spent last night with us, and after taking him to
school this morning, I did a quick loopty drive back home to see what
was available curbside.
Came home with a thick stack of cardboard from someone's new kitchen

Last fall I planted spinach for a fall crop, but waited too long and
cold hit before the leaves had gotten the size of eggs, and it refused
to grow any more.  I plopped milk cartons over the plants thinking it
might grow under the cloche-like thing, but it didn't.

As subject really.
For 2-3 weeks grass seed has sprouted to a height of about 1" and done
nothing else!
Is this normal, or is the growth being checked by conditions in some way?

This week end I planted out some lettuce seedlings, cabbage and
broccoli seedlings.
I have the pigeon angle covered, with old CDs dangling from bamboo
sticks over the seedlings (one with an old copy of Norton anti-

Hello,
Just posted this to the wrong forum, so sorry if you see this twice.
I have just laid a rather lumpy lawn using reclaimed turf. To fill th
cracks between the turves I used a mixture of 50/50 old potting compos

A cookbook based on the four seasons.  Nothing so unique about that
except it only has recipes using stuff you can grow. Author recommends
seed saver's, Johnny's and more.  Sort of reflects "Omnivore's Dilemma"  
and mentions wild game.

I'm a novice but passionate about getting my lawn looking beautiful
Following much research, I think I understand the fundamentals of law
care and I am now trying to source the best products to treat my law
through the seasons. I'm currently using Evergreen Complete (firs

Morning Growers,
Just about all the seeds I sowed in the greenhouse seem to have com
up!  Similar to last year though, they are quite leggy although they'r
getting plenty of light.  Something I've always been unsure of though

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That's my herb patch at present. It'll develop over time. It was an
overgrown area. I got the strapping offspring to take off all the surface
weeds and I've put down a weed suppressant ...

Billy dreamed that he was lying in the gutter, his head hurt. "One of
those bottles of whisky must have been bad", he thought. His nose itched
but when he went to scratch it, his hand wouldn't move. Billy woke up to
find that he and Captain Charlie were tied to chairs in the ...

Ain't this a kick in the head? If'n it ain't one thing, it be another.
I 'spose monsatano/novartis/sygenta/dow will soon be claiming the
oxygen and sunlight.  What an effed up mess, Billy.  Never mind the
thousands of Indian farmers committing suicide after being duped by