Homeowner Forum / Lawn and Garden / July 2009

I have a driveway to my detached garage in my backyard. My garage is
not used for cars and I am wondering what to do with it.
The concrete is in good shape and it's very expensive to remove. One
idea is to paint it terrazo style and have pergula or raised beds with

In my flat, I have a 3 meter tall 'money tree'. It's very beautiful
but sadly it's loosing a lot of leaves, mostly because it isn't bein
regularly watered. I spend a couple of weeks, most months, away fro
London, and my neighbor is forgetful, so doesn"t always remember t

I see a lot of people around my neighborhood putting what appears to
be some sort of soil or compost on the problem spots on their lawn.
What are they putting on their lawn and what is the purpose of this?
Is this some sort of lawn care cure-all or are there specific

Any suggestions on what kind of grass to use in a shaded area that
will NOT grow into the sunny areas? Have Bermuda TIF 419, which is
great, but won't grow in shade. Do not want the TIF to get overgrown.
Thanks.

Starting to enjoy natures bounty...  :-)
I've been pulling yellow cherry tomatoes off all week. Very tasty though he
skin is a bit tough.
I took a medium sized yellow heirloom (been ripening in a paper bag) and

Another episode with my peas.  They have all got a complete white
ghostly covering and some have gone yellow.  What has happened to
them.  I was only away for a week and it rained frequently.  I think
they may have some disease.  I also have tomatose between them is it a

Apnadial.com brings the best clear lines with cheap rates to call home
from the uk. Try our service no accounts to open , no cards needed,
simply dial one of our numbers below and start talking at cheap rates.
Australia & New Zealand(all day - everyday)      2p      0844 838 2690

My plants are all dying, apparently I'm not alone the whole New England
crop is being wiped out by Irish potato famine fungus.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/07/31/disease_that_
spawned_irelands_potato_famine_hits_new_england/

When I attempted to install the AQ3.5 (on the laptop with the previous
editions) nothing happened, so I pulled it out and tried again. This
time after nothing happened, I opened 'my computer' and attempted to
open dvddrive(D:), and got the following message:

Could anyone tell me when the best time would be to cut back
Paulownia, Autumn or spring, we would liked to have let it get bi
enough to Flower but it is outgrowing the space we have for it.
Shirle

There's an article in this week's Country Life which seems to suggest a
resurgence in the British cut flower trade.  One wholesaler says he now
has 1000 British growers supplying him though of course, not all are
able to do so all year round.  This area used to be famous for ...

If anyone's interested I've just been told to look out for Simon Ford on BBC
Breakfast news tomorrow morning. He'll be live from Newark Park between 0700
and 0900 discussing Japanese Knotweed and a new DEFRA consultation about
introducing an insect to eat it.

I think my son's tomatoes have a Magnesium deficiency.  Trolling the
internet, the consensus seems to be to treat with Epsom salts, but I am
not sure how to go about this so how would I go about using this
treatment?  What dosage?  What dilution?  How to apply; spray or dig in ?

Hello. We have a ground hog family living near the garden. They like
to eat everything. will a few moth balls down the hole do the trick or
are they too toxic?
Thank you,

I just found two of my tomato plants nibbled down quite a bit.  I suspect
tomato worms.  We had these two years ago, but didn't seem to have a problem
last year.
Trouble is, our vines are up to nine feet tall, and bushy as all get out.  I