Garden & Landscape - April 2007

Radishes
Tomatoes
Cucumbers
Bean poles
Green onions
Carrots

Today is April 23rd / 07. I live in Sudbury, ON. The weather has been very hot recently - roughly 26 degrees Celcius. We barely even had a Spring. I've just been putting off planting these vegetables. I know that planting the flowers will not be a problem, but the veggies? I'd like them to flourish at least by August. Thanks!!

2007-04-23 08:48:42 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

When we purchased our home the azaleas were so high and overgrown, we couldn't see out of the windows inside. My husband cut them back drastically after they bloomed last year (albeit long after bloom), yet there are no blooms this year. Everything else is in bloom, including the azaleas in the back yard. The front azaleas look horrible. They are just large stumpy looking branches w/maybe one or two flowers on one out of 7 of them. I think he waited too late to cut them maybe? It was almost fall, last year. What to do? Do we need to pull them up and start over? How would we do that considering how huge the roots are now? Forgive me for the newbie question, but I am a new homeowner, and have little knowledge of these things.

2007-04-23 08:38:40 · 5 answers · asked by MrsSmif 2

I am looking for a homemade "sealer" to use to hold the rocks in place..

2007-04-23 08:23:04 · 2 answers · asked by rasbrykisses 1

i can get my mower to start, and it starts well, but if I shut it off for a few minutes, forget it... Come back 2 hrs later and "all systems go". Very inconvinient....

2007-04-23 08:18:23 · 4 answers · asked by rudy2tute 2

is graveled & that is where I see them.

2007-04-23 07:48:00 · 3 answers · asked by Joy P 1

My mom has always wanted a pond/fountain in her front yard. So, this year for Mother's Day me and my brothers are going to build her one. What is the best and cheepest way to do this and have it look nice? Also are fountains or waterfalls better and/or easier to maintian?

2007-04-23 07:37:28 · 5 answers · asked by Adam the Engineer 5

I was lucky enough to find this plant only one year. Since then I have had absolutely no luck. It's kind of a dark purple leaf on the backside, on the front it gets very silvery almost metallic looking. It is soooooo beautiful, and grew wonderfully in my part sun spot.I live in Illinois, I have been actively looking everywhere for it. I was wondering if anyone knew anything about it, can you start it from seed, if so where can I get a hold of some seeds. Any help would sure be appreciated.

2007-04-23 07:31:36 · 1 answers · asked by green eyed lady 3

When I was in my early 20s I rode motorcycles. I gave it up in my late 20s for the safer hobby of scuba diving. Now in my early 30s, I spend most of my free time gardening. It's more physically demanding than either of my old hobbies! After a weekend of very nice weather, my hands have blisters from using the bulb planter (I was wearing gloves) and my back kills from kneeling over my beds planting seeds and seedlings, and my body aches like after a very energetic workout even though I'm already in good shape physically and health-wise. Yet, I see 80 year old men and women easily gardening all the time. What are their old-timer secrets to making gardening less physically demanding?

2007-04-23 07:25:02 · 6 answers · asked by Brady 5

We planted 17 pinkie hawthorns to fram the yard last year. They've already flowered this year, and some are looking "leggy". How far back & when can I trim them?

2007-04-23 07:23:28 · 2 answers · asked by Patricia D 1

We just planted eight 5 gallon Abelia last month. They're flowering now. Do I cut them back after they've flowered?

2007-04-23 07:19:05 · 2 answers · asked by Patricia D 1

i have never done it before, but i would really like to start a vegetable/fruit garden. i live in southern missouri, is it too late to start one? and can you give me tips on how to keep it going?

2007-04-23 06:43:52 · 5 answers · asked by atreyu17244 2

2007-04-23 06:38:15 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-04-23 06:04:12 · 13 answers · asked by kirssienbre 1

Hi -
Please could you tell us how to develop one, if that is possible ... and what you do that we might try to copy!

Ta!

p.s. I have a friend who swears that he has 'a brown thumb'!

2007-04-23 05:26:50 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

I planted several begonias in front of my mobil home last early summer.. it looks like they are returning.. is this possible?!

2007-04-23 03:13:12 · 4 answers · asked by Sawboo 2

ph balance soil type will clay soils work? thanks dan

2007-04-23 02:31:14 · 3 answers · asked by Dano 2

PS. I have tried the spray you can buy at Home Depot and it didn't work.

2007-04-23 02:02:02 · 5 answers · asked by Queen of Kings 4

I have a little rock pond (it's empty) on the side of my back patio. I'm going to a nursery today to get plants, seeds, etc. I'm thinking about doing a little water garden. Can you give me some tips on plants that like moisture but don't really need full sun?

2007-04-23 01:49:53 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

Just laid it 2 days a go , all boards fitted by screw. However as its been raining here the last few days, water is gathering in the middle of a few boards (in the centre of the decking) . What is the best way to resolve?

any help much appreciated

2007-04-23 01:23:02 · 11 answers · asked by Max 1

2007-04-23 01:17:07 · 7 answers · asked by Henry K 1

I have started a herb garden and know about most, but not sure about penny royal?

2007-04-23 00:33:57 · 7 answers · asked by Sandy 2

There are bushy areas beside my garden full of snails which come every night and eat anything I plant, I mean anything. I am so fed up!! There are too many to bother with traps, dishes of beer etc. But I finally want to use my garden!!! Just a few flowers and veggies, so the kids can enjoy using it too.
People keep telling me to use poison, which I avoided until now. I thought it might hurt the birds which may eat them, but now I´ve been told this isn´t true ( and that a dying snail shrinks back into his shell anyway, which makes sense). I´ve also been told that this poison is NOT toxic, and doesn´t hurt anything else, plants or animals. Or my kids, of course. Now I´m ready to use a few boxes and just get rid of them. Have I been wrongly informed?
(PS I live in Germany, so maybe there are different poisons here than in N. America).

2007-04-22 21:40:34 · 7 answers · asked by jenny 4

geraniums have the same light requirements, specifically nutmeg & chocolate mint? Do they need more light? I've read that scented geraniums need less water than begonias.

2007-04-22 20:30:16 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm growing some marigolds and now the stems have turned red and are hardly standing. The leaves are darker green than they were and curling under. I read that this could be a sign of light or water stress, but that's the problem; I don't know if it's a water problem or a light problem. Any help is appreciated. If all my flowers die, I won't have any to put in my flower beds!

2007-04-22 17:35:11 · 5 answers · asked by candyland 2

I have a sapling Giant Seqouia and a sapling Coast Redwood I have had for a few months now. They are turning brown on the tips and on certain arms.. : ( I have them in 3 gallon buckets which can drain, with good potting soil.

At first I had them inside my apartment and seemed like they were doing fine, but then my friend told me it would be best to simulate their natural environment, so I moved them outside to partial shade under another tree.

I live in Northern California where Redwoods grow naturally. Haven't watered them much as it rains once every week or two.

What should I do to help them out???

2007-04-22 15:36:08 · 7 answers · asked by Frank 6

Weed

2007-04-22 15:22:12 · 6 answers · asked by Kayla H 1

I am trying to think of something for my parent's 40th wedding anniversary.

2007-04-22 15:12:27 · 8 answers · asked by wenjowade 3

I live in Northwest Indiana, 2 years ago we planted a tree with some landscape annuals. Mostly hostas, mini rose bushes and some ornamental grass. Well last year the ornamental grass did not come back so the back half of my area does not have anything in it, so the front is fillled with plants and the back half behind the tree is empty. what kind of annuals can i plant that are hearty enough to withstand our cold weather., we had snow a week ago, and today was 85/ what will look nice and be easy to grow and will come back every year?
thanks

2007-04-22 14:54:27 · 2 answers · asked by love the puppies 1

2007-04-22 14:37:52 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

This is the 3rd spring I've had it and still no blooms. Any suggestions?

2007-04-22 14:01:51 · 5 answers · asked by gracie 2