Homeowner Forum / Lawn and Garden / December 2009

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urban fox control.
There is a great deal of public opinion with regards to fox control
though they are classed as a pest, can transmit disease and parasites

I have just filled in my seed order /choice, for this year for the 21st
time today! (I only kept going as it was too snowy to go out)
Not only do you have to put the number or name in the choice box but you
then have to scroll down after each choice to get the button to add it

I wish you all a very Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year.
And hope to continue reading the decent posts, and contribute to both
newsgroups, if and when I wake up!(:-)
Alan

Yo, amigas y amigos  -  I have  had terrible luck with dwarf citrus
over the years (decades?).  Finally got one that may make it, I hope I
hope. As soon as I  put  it in the ground (I am skilled transplanter)
it bloomed profusely.  I was happy.  All the blooms fell off.  I was

Spring can not be far behind!  I received my first
plant catalog in yesterday's mail: Territorial Plants.
There are a few new items to look at but mostly the
new and improved varities of the old.

With the rain hammering down and snow just a few miles away, rather
than going out and creating even more mud I thought it was time for a
few garden related jokes.
Two friars are having trouble paying off the belfry, so they open a

.... believe in all this Global warming crap when the world has been doing
its own things for years and years before man set foot on the Planet?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8O-E_GN0Kg

I have a Phal that is growing air roots like crazy.   What does this mean?
Some of the air roots make the media.  Here they burrow in.  For these, the
part of the root above media dries out but the part in the ground stays
green and grows deeper.  I have a clear plastic pot and ...

I am going to plant a row of yams in the spring.Forgot the procedure
about sprouting the roots (called something else) and when to plant. any
tips appreciated

We have a laurel/bay bush in our back garden (which is actually a tree which
has been cut down to a stump and then regrown as a bush).
I have some other bushes in tubs but they have a different scent and I
particularly like the one in our back garden.

Hi Everyone!
I was just wondering if someone could help me with a problem?
I’ve always loved orchids and I got one in August as a gift.
However two months later it's started to wither, and now the petal

It's a right pain, this global warming, we only had three inches of snow
yesterday, and the temperature rose to 2 degrees!
Alan

...do you look at the lawn and say
"O.K. - it is winter, the ground is wet, the grass is wet, but enough is
enough. If it doesn't stop growing I'm going to have to cut it!"
Knee high to a kitten at the moment, and still growing.

Winter is the perfect time to plan for spring planting and for the
many years ahead. The bare branches allow you to see the “skeleton” of
your landscape and where you need to flesh it out with new plants or
perform a little surgery with pruning shears or shovel.

Gardens are beautiful..
check this out..
http://hubpages.com/hub/happy-to-year-to-all
Thanx