Garden & Landscape - April 2007

My backyard is a sloping hill with weeds. I have put down black plastic tarp and covered it with mulch and planted plants, but the darn weeds still grew thru the plastic. I took up tarp and put more mulch, LOTS of mulch hoping to kill the weeds, and sprayed with weed killer, STILL have weeds. I'm at a loss as to how to grow plants and flowers without getting alll the weeds. I NEED HELP! Thanks to anyone who can advise me.

2007-04-02 14:50:06 · 12 answers · asked by debtom3 1

I had my maple tree trimmed today by a company that I have trusted in the past. They have been around at least 15 years but I haven't needed to use them for awhile. Anyway, I noticed that the men were just breaking off the smaller branches that were close them. These weren't just dead branches but live ones too. They were probably less than an inch around. At first I thought they would probably come along and trim back the whole limb where they did this but that was not always the case. Should I be concerned? When I look at the tree the majority of the cuts were made with a saw but a few were broken. and are therefore jagged.

2007-04-02 14:00:50 · 4 answers · asked by Rob 2

2007-04-02 12:19:45 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-04-02 12:13:42 · 2 answers · asked by Jim N 1

what time of the year do hibiscus flowers bloom?
how do take care of them?
how do they bloom?

2007-04-02 12:11:29 · 4 answers · asked by babyfacetori 2

I have a lot of bricks and want to make them into an edge to my garden. I want them to be on an angle with one end down in the ground. Is there a trick to this? I have started three times, and every time the line of bricks starts slanting a little more or less or starts to go lower. Is there some formula I can use to get it right. Thanks!

2007-04-02 11:50:15 · 2 answers · asked by brer 2

I am planning on buying a bunch of it to put down on the lawn, so will this be good for all plants and perennials as well as opposed to 10-10-10? (not much difference is it?)

2007-04-02 11:41:54 · 7 answers · asked by ? 1

My wife just bought me a fantastic fountain for outside - it's concrete and in seven different sections - each section of course getting considerably lighter as it gets to the top.

Here's my delimia - we had to pick it up in the truck and I could load everything myself except the largest basin. The employees at the concrete place helped load that section. Now that I'm home, I have no way to get it off the ground!!!
My wife is small and my son is too small to do much good at this point. We just moved here so we have no friends, all my close neighbors are elderly women who live alone and the people at the concrete business wouldn't deliver.

Now I have a 200.00 fountain that I can't use because I can't get it set up (grrrrrr!)

Any suggestions on how one tiny man can lift this by himself - just about two feet off the ground?

HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELP!

2007-04-02 11:26:15 · 4 answers · asked by curious in IL 2

Is this their 'hardening off' time?How much more 'hardening off time' do they need once you get them home?I purchases 'Texas Betony' and kept it under grow lights inside because it was rainy and overcast for 2 weeks. I took it outside for three days partly sunny days, then planted it in partsun/partshade. Now its wilting little by little. Is it dying? Was it still too early? No more frost here in North Texas1

2007-04-02 11:03:23 · 2 answers · asked by La Cicada 4

I'm considering it.. wonder if ya like it?

2007-04-02 10:14:20 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

It would be nice if you could cite your answers. Please and Thank You!!! ^_^

2007-04-02 10:07:10 · 10 answers · asked by lstntht 1

his name is bob

2007-04-02 10:00:04 · 6 answers · asked by Garrett T 1

Im wanting to install a garden pond in my yard..but was wanting some advice from someone who has done this before!!!!

2007-04-02 09:28:17 · 5 answers · asked by thomass_72 2

I want to do a tribute to Wrigley field so to speak on my house. I have the ivy planted its been there for a year, but I want to know how to get it to grow up the brick wall.

2007-04-02 07:55:02 · 8 answers · asked by Amy 1

I have a nice curvy lawn shape in my back yard and mulch all around it. There are 4 smaller trees that the landscaper put in but there are no plants......ideas to spruce it up this spread. The all mulch looking is getting boring.

2007-04-02 07:51:02 · 3 answers · asked by SimpleMan 1

Just bought them to be taken care inside home. How do I take care of them? How much water exactly should I water them? I know that I'm suppose to water them everyother day. Any advice is appreciated. thank you.

2007-04-02 07:41:23 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-04-02 07:08:47 · 4 answers · asked by Taylor 3

In your experience gardening, what one mistake have you made that was most costly in terms of time and/or money? This is something in your range of control you could have/should have done differently (things like unseasonably late frosts or rare plagues of pest don't count).

2007-04-02 06:39:37 · 9 answers · asked by Brady 5

Yesterday I planted two beefsteak tomato plants, a cayenne pepper plant and three June-bearing strawberry plants with a nice selection of herbs in between (chamomile, sage, basil, parsley, dill, etc.)

I amended the soil with some decayed cow manure and sprinkled the transplanted plants with warm water. Other than that, I haven't done anything to them.

I was wondering if anyone knows if there's anything else I need to do in the meantime. I plan to continue watering them for another week barring any rain. Thanks!

2007-04-02 06:07:22 · 6 answers · asked by Jeff 3

2007-04-02 05:54:35 · 6 answers · asked by john g 1

I have blue ones and I have white ones I am new to planting this type of flower. The white ones are the ones I am concerned about they are in a partly shaded area and I water them daily. Not sure what I am doing wrong, PLEASE HELP ME!

2007-04-02 05:54:10 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-04-02 05:50:57 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Do i need special tools for?
what tools can i use to sharp the blades?

2007-04-02 05:35:44 · 4 answers · asked by Oscar 1

I've heard that adding dish soap to your yard while watering has some sort of benefit to the grass. What is this benefit?

2007-04-02 05:09:49 · 4 answers · asked by sevenninedesign 2

2007-04-02 05:08:28 · 2 answers · asked by kim G 1

I have carrot seeds (from a package) and i need to know what conditions i should give my plant. Where i should plant it, how much water it should get, etc. Plz respond only if you know what your talking about! thanks

2007-04-02 04:50:07 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am making a garden and want to know how to pemanitly kill weeds with out hurting the soil, So i can grow a flower garden.
Is there a way?

2007-04-02 04:40:43 · 5 answers · asked by katt226603 1

I am in Illinois and have cleaned out all flower beds this spring. Almost all my flowers are coming up, and some have bloomed. Now next week is calling for highs during the day in the 30's-do I need to cover?

2007-04-02 04:22:24 · 3 answers · asked by sl6970 2

I'm digging a flower bed in my backyard. In Pearland, TX (a suburb outside Houston) we have lots of clay. So digging a hold just big enough for a bulb probably will not allow for enough room to grow. How much do I have to dig to allow for some flowers to bloom freely?

2007-04-02 04:05:42 · 25 answers · asked by John P 1

2007-04-02 03:32:39 · 29 answers · asked by SANDRA .D 1