Homeowner Forum / Lawn and Garden

PPD is very active.  People Pressure Diseases.
Many tree problems are associated with the following: They are Case
Sensitive.
Unhealthy Trees from the Nursery / Improper Planting

While I seem to be able to post to this newsgroup I haven't been able to
receive any articles for a couple of months now and this seems entirely
due to the Demon news server. Demon say they are aware of the problem
but don't appear to have done anything about it. I think maybe ...

My plants are up about 4 inches in their pots, now can someone remind me how
far apart I need to plant them in the ground ?

Where can i get a chain for my hotbox electric heater? I used to have it
on a shelf in the greenhouse but now I have the new greenhouse I have a
strong rail to hang it from but I have lost one of the chains. Would it
matter if I just bought any old chain to fix it?

dont know if im at right place here,
but here goes.just built a greenhouse 8x6ft,
ive tried all over the net for advice on heating,lighting etc.
can anyone help or tell me best place to find it

I have a Cattleya that I bought as a bare root plantlet almost 5 years
ago.  It has taken
a long time to get going, but is now growing well and sending its
first flower shoot.  It

We've a morello cherry that we planted in the ground in March/ April
which happily fruited earlier in the year. But I have no clue how t
care for it.
It's probably a 2-3 yr old, I think. I pruned it after harvest. Now th

I acquired several pots of ornamental grass, and assorted prennials
free from our local Agway; they were going to throw out all the
remaining perennials and told me I could have all that I wanted free
so I loaded up my car. The weather has turned cold here so I did not

i used to water my bougainvillea on the balcony (facing northwest on
my 2nd floor balcony) by letting it virtually dry out, then flooding
it with a couple gallons (like I water my indoor ficus) and it seemed
to be ok. I was told that a better way to take care of bougainvillea's

I would appreciate the advice of the learned folk here please.
We have 2 lilac trees (Syringa, I think) in very close proximity. One bears
white blooms, the other purple.
You may have guessed that I am a beginner.

I have an important area in the garden near the back door, that is
north-facing, shaded from the south by a fence and tends to be damp. It
contains some shrub roses, a  chinese virginia creeper, hellebores and lesser
periwinkles. I have had to remove one hellebore as it showed ...

Hi. I have lots of small hopping brown shrimp/flea like bugs in th
garden hiding under leaves, stones etc. Are they Arcitalitru
Sylvaticus?
What do they do, are they harmfull in any way and is there anything

Hiya!  Madgardener here!
It's been a looooong time since I had internet at my home (since I
lost my house in the original faerie holler).  we now have internet
for at least three months, and this place to rent and live in until

The annual leaf wars came to a head this weekend. The high winds during the
past week brought them down in their millions. Luckily I have the answer
with my trusty Billy Goat. That's the noisy machine not the smelly animal,
take a look at.

I have a Cotoneaster growing against a wall of my house. It has bee
there for about 20 years and is about 10 ft tall and 10 foot wide.
prune it every year. However I am concerned that it's roots may b
damaging the structure of the house wall. Several roots are pushing u