Garden & Landscape - November 2007

I have a green lizard on my patio that ate my orchid flowers and the leaves on my plants, how do I get rid of it?

2007-11-01 17:07:56 · 6 answers · asked by Gardener_Miami 1

something thats not too large. something unusual.




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2007-11-01 15:38:00 · 2 answers · asked by weather 6

2007-11-01 14:39:10 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

We will live in melbourne vic and want to find a nice looking (with flowers if we can) ground cover that loves the shade all day, somthing that wont take over other plants,.and would look nice in a "enchanted forest themed back yard" safe around kids and dogs eg: non toxic, not spikey etc

2007-11-01 14:17:02 · 7 answers · asked by Mum of one 1976 1

Several years ago our pond dried up and we lost all of our fish. Now I want to restock the pond. Is there a "best" time of year to do this? I live in NC so I want bass/brim/catfish, etc. Should I also get some kind of algae eater? Thanks for your help

2007-11-01 13:31:40 · 3 answers · asked by Steve in NC 7

i've seen them in decorating magazines where they grow the grass about 6 inches high and cut the tops perfectly straight. How do i go about getting one started inside my house. i live in michigan so starting it outside is out of the question right now.

2007-11-01 13:30:24 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

its fall were i live any stores? maybe give me the webadress for the store so i can find the one closest to my house? thx!!!

2007-11-01 12:56:20 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

I love day lillies, and I have the perfect place for them at my new house. However, it's too cold now to dig it up and plant anything. Can I plant the bulbs in the next spring and still have them bloom the same year or do they need more time? Any tips for growing and caring for these flowers?
Thanks in advance! :)

2007-11-01 12:54:02 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I've got lots of geranium plants this year. I remember my Mum shouting at me in years gone by for not taking care of long-lost ones properly during the winter

What exactly am I supposed to do with them? They are in pots at the moment - do I just put the pots in the shed? Or take them out of the pots and wrap them up? And in what?

2007-11-01 12:24:56 · 11 answers · asked by isaulte 6

2007-11-01 12:03:40 · 5 answers · asked by Lisa R 2

I have a garden full of turnips. They cost $3/lb in the store. I don't know if anyone buys them. I thought maybe my horses or cows would like them......they don't.

2007-11-01 11:08:44 · 2 answers · asked by old.houndog 3

Hi. I've enjoyed doing research about formal French gardens of the 16th and 17th century. Can anyone of like interest recomend any web sites?
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How's this for a nice back yard? Although this looks like a nice little walk there are tricks of perspective used here. The top of that hill in the distance is three kilometers away. The Arabs originated these techniques.
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/Vaux-le-Vicomte_Garten.jpg
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2007-11-01 11:03:40 · 1 answers · asked by ericbryce2 7

I couple of months ago pruned a very sick looking rose bush, its now doing really well, and is producing lots of roses, but it has a long, very tall shoot which is covered with small white blossoms. Could this be a sucker ( because I thought they didn't produce any flowers), or is this rose just a freak of nature?

2007-11-01 10:16:46 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

I live in Florida and have a very large oak tree in my backyard that appears to be sick and possibly infested with termites. Can someone who has hired a tree doctor give me an idea of what kind of money I'm looking at to treat and/or have a tree removed?

2007-11-01 09:34:08 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

Hi there,
Was wondering if anyone knew any earth-friendly ways to get rid of (what i think are) aphids on a couple of my potted plants. Can't remember what the plants are called, but the bugs seem to only like them......the haven't touched my coleus. Any suggestions?

2007-11-01 09:24:17 · 7 answers · asked by fiofunk 3

Everyone is raking the leaves up and including the garden. I've left mine in the garden. Isn't it good to use as a warming layer and mulch?

2007-11-01 09:11:45 · 19 answers · asked by Yummy♥Mummy 6

2007-11-01 09:09:25 · 2 answers · asked by julio q 1

If you use detergents like " TIDE"

2007-11-01 08:27:52 · 6 answers · asked by Tzadik 1

My uncle has a small Banana tree on his backyard. It has growned a lot! But like we all now, winter is aproaching. In just 4 days the plants have turned from a beautiful green, to a dead brown. What can he do to preserve the small tree so that it will begin to grow plants again next spring or summer?

BTW it has not giving fruit yet.
Is at least 6 feet or bigger.

2007-11-01 08:13:45 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-01 08:05:16 · 7 answers · asked by Ohman 1

We haad a heavy fog last night and this morning as i returned to my home after fog lifted, I noticed that the entire yard was covered with tiny webs in the grass. We don't have a manicured lawn, it hasn't been cut recently but this is in shade so mostly the grass is short and spotty in places. These little webs are across entire lawn almost like little tufts of white cotton candy, or the fluff from cottonwood trees, but there are none around here. But they have tiny strands in patterns like webs, and each web is separate. I'm pretty observant of nature, and i have never seen this. Possibly just not visible until fog put tiny water mist on it and dawn glistend it up. Any Ideas?

2007-11-01 06:51:39 · 2 answers · asked by Lillian T 3

i am a first time tmoato grower my plant hsa got lots of green tmoatos on it but a few have gone black ! will the rest of them go black and can any one tell me why they have gone black

2007-11-01 06:49:28 · 9 answers · asked by m5 2

2007-11-01 06:28:47 · 4 answers · asked by williard 1

Zone 6

2007-11-01 05:41:09 · 2 answers · asked by jc 2

I do not have a green thumb, but would like to spruce up my porch with flower pots. Can I use artificial flowers? ie: artificial mums or fall type flowers? If so, is there any type of spray that I should use that will hold their color & quality through the elements?

2007-11-01 04:54:08 · 5 answers · asked by p_loffredo 2

I am planning on planting bulbs for spring flowers in my flower beds. However, there are neighborhood cats who would most certainly dig them up when they use the flower bed as a toilet. Any idea how I can keep the cats out of there? Does garlic really work? Or cinnamon?

2007-11-01 04:01:36 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-01 03:18:38 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

This is probably a stupid question, but I'm new to house plants, so I'm going to go for it anyway. I have a large, beautiful, potted hybiscus. One day, my dog got mad at me and ripped it out by the roots, and completely destroyed the root system. What was left was about a 6 inch sphere of roots at the base. The rest (about a 12 inch diameter root system) was destroyed. When he was done with it, not a spec of dirt was left on the roots. By the way, I was not home. Is there any way to salvage it? It looks like it's dying from the leaves down.

2007-11-01 02:47:03 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous