Garden & Landscape - September 2006

How to clean red lava stone that has been in the yard for ten years having accumulated dirt, leaves, twigs, mud, etc.?

2006-09-15 15:54:58 · 5 answers · asked by Light 1

I have privacy trellaces in my backyard, and the ivy vines seem to get really out of hand. I was wondering what other kinds of plants can grow on trellaces and provide a little bit of privacy. I don't need to be "full coverage", but needs to be relatively low maintenance. Right now we have to trim the ivy every week, to prevent it from groling in the gutters and on the side of the house. I heard that some types of roses might be good for this. Please let me know what others have done or what you know about this kind of plant or other types of plant that can grow on trellaces.

2006-09-15 15:20:38 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-09-15 14:36:10 · 5 answers · asked by mike s 1

2006-09-15 14:28:38 · 9 answers · asked by bababoey24 2

2006-09-15 14:16:09 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-09-15 13:31:29 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-09-15 12:28:51 · 4 answers · asked by Heidi C 2

2006-09-15 12:10:06 · 14 answers · asked by scouse_182fan 2

Why do they pop up out of nowhere? What causes them to grow? I'm assuming it's seasonal because I just got rid of mine and noticed someone in my neighborhood has them as well. What's up with shrooms?

2006-09-15 11:43:01 · 6 answers · asked by elizabeth_ashley44 7

2006-09-15 11:30:39 · 1 answers · asked by Richard P 1

I have a Cactus that I keep in my room on a stand. And my roommate just knocked it over. All the dirt and Catus came. Out. It should be okay right? It won't die because It got knocke out of it's pot will it?

2006-09-15 11:30:26 · 4 answers · asked by Raziel 3

all the leaves and stems are green. how or when will the flowers grow back?

2006-09-15 11:21:37 · 6 answers · asked by shooda487 3

Has anybody heard anything about this? I just heard about it today, from my sisters and my aunt, and to me it seems like the stupidest thing I've ever heard. Everybody I talked to about it seems surprised that I didn't know about it: if a tree isn't producing any fruit, you can threaten to cut it down, and that'll solve the problem. Apparently it also works if you talk nicely to it, but of course I'm the only one who's never heard of that either. With no amount of reasoning could I convince them that a plant has no understanding of what you say to it. It seems clear as day to them that any living thing can hear and understand. Anyway, has anybody else heard anything like this? I just thought my aunt was superstitious, but it seems to be "common knowledge" around here. They even claim that scientific research has proven it. Of course, I don't believe them; and a lot of scientists are idiots too. All I can say is, wow.

2006-09-15 11:13:37 · 11 answers · asked by Yes 3

2006-09-15 11:09:38 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I love my pretty rose bushes.

How do I deal with them before winter?

2006-09-15 10:41:09 · 5 answers · asked by Villain 6

It has been planted for 2 years but I want to move it to another part of the yard.Is it too late in the year?(i live in zone 6)

2006-09-15 10:22:24 · 1 answers · asked by G M 5

2006-09-15 10:13:46 · 5 answers · asked by Wego The Dog 5

2006-09-15 10:06:41 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

whats the best way to prepare a pussywillow tree for the winter? any of my new trees for that matter, i live in ny state

2006-09-15 09:57:35 · 4 answers · asked by c s 1

2006-09-15 09:54:33 · 7 answers · asked by Ylia 4

any ideas?

2006-09-15 09:47:28 · 5 answers · asked by ? 1

It is a xerophyte, flat leaves

2006-09-15 09:06:53 · 4 answers · asked by valsamma 1

I call it a shrub. It has lance-shaped leafs with smooth edges and opposite veins. The leaves are dark green.

It produces elongated spiky clusters of small whitish flowers. The flowers turn into elongated clusters of small bright green pre-fruits that kind of resemble the small decorative roundish/ridged squashes/gourds that you buy for halloween/thanksgiving displays.
These pre-fruits turn into fleshy, round, smooth berries that are a dark reddish-purple in color, one berry per spike on this elongated cluster 3-5 inches long. Quite spectacular-looking.

The deer love it. Here's the kicker: the stem is woody, but hollow.

I'm not certain if it's native or introduced. I saw one growing under sumacs in my back yard, and one started growing in an open former garden enclosure and has become almost tree-like, 6-7 feet tall and covering an area about six feet in diameter.

2006-09-15 08:53:23 · 5 answers · asked by fcbat1003 1

The insects have a round orange body with black spider like legs. Can't find them on the Net.....need to know!
Thanks for any help.

2006-09-15 08:27:57 · 10 answers · asked by TexasRose 6

I've gone thru several kinds and at least a dozen sprinkler heads in as many months. They either stop working, fall apart, jamb, won't spin or any number of problems. I am more concerned with the type that does the long feed in spurts (similar to those one would see on the freeway landscape or at large nurseries), but I can use the other types as well. The junk they sell at Home Depot and Lowes is mostly made in China and good for less than two months, as a rule. Websites, references, anything?? Desperate!!!

2006-09-15 07:23:45 · 11 answers · asked by jeeveswantstoknow 2

i can't find the hole's just the pile's of dirt everywhere..

2006-09-15 07:14:33 · 11 answers · asked by petty962 1

As far as I'm concerned, it hasn't been the year of the dog...it's been the year of the BUG!

2006-09-15 06:53:46 · 3 answers · asked by ohio healer 5

How do I keep them out of my garden in a natural way?

They go an the pavement and at night I can feel them squish under my feet cuz I can't see the buggers.

I don't really care about my plants, it's more for the YUCK factor.

2006-09-15 06:49:44 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-09-15 06:39:14 · 2 answers · asked by Ivan 1

2006-09-15 06:29:46 · 3 answers · asked by lou 1