Garden & Landscape - May 2007

I have heard that landscaping with Cypress Mulch around the foundation of a home will keep termite's away.

2007-05-10 07:45:44 · 4 answers · asked by Sarpedo 1

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2007-05-10 07:35:27 · 2 answers · asked by Jerry H 1

I am looking for a vine that is fast growing and that will grow in partial to full sun. I would like to have vines cover the side of my house. Please include any and all information you have with your suggestions. I dont really have a green thumb. My husband says I could kill an artificial plant LOL

2007-05-10 07:07:57 · 7 answers · asked by crazychristi 1

I want to plant peppers in my garden (midwest u.s.) to make salsa and want to know which kind are best.

2007-05-10 07:02:32 · 6 answers · asked by Berlin Doll 1

2007-05-10 06:18:59 · 3 answers · asked by WTBM 2

Having lived in a geodesic dome, a log home, several brick homes, etc.....I now have a vinyl-sided one.

I'm wanting to put up some plant hanging brackets for my baskets of ferns & flowers. I also need to hang a bug-zapping light. I've got a 27" decorative piece that is a basically a pottery smiling sun with rays of 3/8" iron. Weight 8-10 pounds. I'd like to hang over a set of French doors.

Living in hurricane country I'm worried about the 4 sets of French doors staying shut. Only 1 side opens in each set of doors. The all have regular locks & deadbolts. I also worry about wind-blown water coming in.

I need to get to work on all this asap. Help please! Thanx

2007-05-10 06:03:12 · 3 answers · asked by Fresh Lemonade 3

Are there any landscaping, decking, or pool companies that install for free in trade of local people touring their merchandise at your home.

2007-05-10 05:58:10 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

I live in hot, humid fort worth texas

2007-05-10 05:11:23 · 10 answers · asked by quicksassy@sbcglobal.net 1

ive been given a narra tree last week. its about 12 inches high now. i have already wired and placed it in a bonsai pot but im not sure if i can trim the branches at an early stage. also, what is the best style for narra trees (pterocarpus indicus)? thanks!

2007-05-10 03:56:17 · 2 answers · asked by mandirigma 1

I have no idea how to make that awful clay turn to a gardening soil ,what to add to it to make a nutrious soil for a veggie garden

2007-05-10 03:51:59 · 8 answers · asked by momma bear 1

2007-05-10 03:50:17 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

I live in an apartment and I want to know what type of flowers/plants can live in apartments w/ minimal sunlight (live on lower level, partially underground). What type are resilient enough to stay outside in hanging baskets or pots??

2007-05-10 03:05:49 · 3 answers · asked by Brittany 1

I thought I heard putting Marigolds around your patio will keep bees away. Some people say they've heard it keeps critters away, but bees were so bad last year I couldn't sit outside most days.

2007-05-10 02:28:49 · 11 answers · asked by brdknsng 1

I am a rose-aholic. Everytime I'm at a garden center, I want a new rose plant more than anything else. But I have found some great tried and true roses over the years (I'm in Massachusetts, so you can imagine it is hard). So far, I think Hybrid teas should be considered an annual or avoided all together because they get disease and spread it among my hardy roses. I won't buy them anymore. I love the Hot Cocoa Floribunda, you can't kill it, and the Easy Going Floribunda. And a great performing shrub rose in hot pink is Lady Elsie May, it's a 2 x 2 foot shrub. Can't wait to hear your answers (then I'll go rose shopping again;)

2007-05-10 02:00:35 · 7 answers · asked by gelflingkiera 1

2007-05-10 01:46:26 · 2 answers · asked by ksjetn 1

I have a big rock garden that I made when I was a novice and thought this goutweed or snow on the mountain would be great for some quick fill in areas ..I wasn't able to care for it for a while and the stuff took over ..so this year I dug the whole thing up and removed what I thiought was all of it taking each plant out and taking it from their choked up roots.. afterwards I put lots of ceder mulch ....it's creeping through!! the stuff is haunting me!!.Would painting round up on the leaves work.

2007-05-10 01:34:28 · 3 answers · asked by lcb 1

I purchased this tree last year. This is the first spring it has bloomed. The blooms are deep pink. I was under the impression they would be deep red. Not sure if I got the wrong tree or not........

2007-05-10 01:32:58 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have right now 15 large pieces of sandstone that are 3-4 feet wide and 4-5 inches thick. I'd like to sell them but I have no idea what they are worth. I assume they are sold by the ton? If so, how much per ton? I've had several landscape companies interested in buying them but I have no idea what to charge.

2007-05-10 01:13:16 · 1 answers · asked by cleanqueen 1

2007-05-09 23:57:11 · 3 answers · asked by cowartatsugarmill 1

at my old house, in central ky, there was a vine growing like wild in my yard. the blooms were five petaled, white, and very fragrant. very much like jasmine. it was climbing in trees and along fences. (wish i had taken a start when i moved). does anyone know what this may have been, as i would love to have some more.

2007-05-09 22:20:01 · 6 answers · asked by steve s 1

2007-05-09 18:55:47 · 3 answers · asked by A Family Man 1

I'd like to grow a pot of stevia but would like to know if it can be grown indoors?

2007-05-09 18:04:08 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

these things have moved 3 times in my yard and im trying to get rid of them for good,and have had no luck so far have used all kinds of poisons,and they have survived all of that ,so now im open to new ideas,these ants must be death proof,because nothing seems to bother them at all,i know someone out there has had this same problem,i need your solution to this problem.

2007-05-09 16:37:33 · 46 answers · asked by dodge man 7

i have to pick them up with tweezers every morning. can anyone tell me how to get rid of them permanently?

2007-05-09 16:31:48 · 15 answers · asked by MAGpie 4

I think it's because of the flowers and the heat, but I am quite scared of the flies so I don't walk outside anymore because then I have to face them. Is there anyway to kill the flies that's not bugspray?

2007-05-09 16:31:09 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

the tulips have all seemed to die and most of the hyacinths flowers are dead the leaves are still green. does this mean they will grow back or should i just plant something else there????please help im trying so hard but im not having any luck. im in the chicago area and the spot is always sunny. thanx i would like something that lasts and i dont mind replanting every year

2007-05-09 16:16:28 · 5 answers · asked by felixnstacey@sbcglobal.net 2

If roundup herbicide is used on a 40 acre corn field, is it safe to seed the same 40 acres in brome/alfalfa hay in mid-Oct.'07 and expect a decent hay production by May/June '08?

2007-05-09 16:10:17 · 6 answers · asked by KL 1

My neighbours just built a 12 foot fence at the back of my very small backyard (12ft long). I have about 2 feet between my deck and the fence. Any suggestions as to landscaping that would hide the face that the fence is practically bigger than my backyard?

2007-05-09 15:51:24 · 14 answers · asked by Sharmain 2

2007-05-09 15:09:11 · 4 answers · asked by hostess_hotness 1

My Mamma has a rose bush my brother gave her & planted right before he died. She is moving to a condo, how do I replant it without killing it?

2007-05-09 14:43:58 · 2 answers · asked by szsquad 2