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Your Interests in Gardening
Asked by A.M. from Portland
on September 12, 2008
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Hi Mamas! I am working on a consumer education program for the normal person that is interested in gardening. I've done it for a few years now and want to keep it fr...
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- i second the grouping ideas! i feel like i never know what looks great together. having things that bloom or have foliage at diffent stages of the year would be great....
- I'd be interested in hearing about soil testing and amendments, as I had some seed failures this year on new soil (to me), which tells me that I didn't prepare the soi...
- I would love to have a decorative, low/no maintenance parking strip that is not grass. I've been trying, but mine just looks mangy. Great topic, can you tell where...
Landscape Challenge
Asked by L.V. from New York
on April 20, 2008
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Hey All
I need some advice on landscaping the front of my house. My home has a small retaining wall in the front and the top of the wall is grass which is half dead.
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- Hi Linda, I had a problem with my front lawn area also but found a way to fix it myself and it is now beautiful. Give me a call. cell ###-###-####. L.
- OK, you are in zone 6, like me. I also garden on slopes and have a retaining wall that is half shaded and half full sun. My favorites are dianthus (pinks) aster...
- not sure where you live, but Eiselle's in Paramus will design for free, hoping you pay them to execute the plan or just buy some of your plants there.
Gardening Service Employee Stealing My Lemons! What to Do?
Asked by I.X. from Los Angeles
on November 16, 2011
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We rent and did not hire this gardening service. I was out and came home after the two gardeners were here. Upon coming into the house I watched as one gardner, thi...
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- Well, here some Buddhism thrown in. The question is really your attachment to the lemons. You didn't want someone else to have the lemons without your say so. I...
- Ok well two things. First off is the tree yours or the landlords? Did you purchase and plant the tree? Maybe if the landlord planted the tree he at somepoint let the s...
- I would be upset, not mad, but I feel that since you confronted him that is enough. I don't see that getting him fired is going to make anyone feel better, and if it ...
Gardening Mamas- Got a Landscape Question!
Asked by J.K. from Mansfield
on May 27, 2011
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I have an oval flowerbed basically in the middle of the yard. I love it but have a hard time mowing close enough to keep grass out without damaging the plants. So I th...
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- Every year I dig a 4 inch 'trench' around all my flower beds. Deep enough to keep out grassroots. But also looks nicely finished. They make a power tool for it, but I ...
- I tried those Enviro tiles and took them back. They seem like a good idea and the brochure says they clean easily, but they don't. Once they get dirty, no amount of ho...
- I found Multy Home 18 in. x 18 in. Envirotile Stepping Stones Terra Cotta that is an irregular shape. Maybe these could be placed in such a way as to curve around you...
Landscape Needs a Change
Asked by V.B. from Dallas
on February 11, 2010
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Our home is 31 years old and our landscaping is overgrown and no curb appeal. We need a change. Have any of you done this and who did you use? I want to see drawings a...
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- Hello, unfortunately I cannot give you a recommendation for a landscaper since we haven't had much luck in the area the last couple times we've had ours redone/updated...
- Pinckard Landscaping Services. My husband, Lon Pinckard, is the owner. He's been in business since 1993 and is a member of the BBB. He covers all areas of landscaping ...
- Hi V., Have you tried searching, "landscape architect" in your area? t
Gardener Mamas: Planting Corn/beans in Garden Through Landscape Fabric Help?
Asked by J.K. from Mansfield
on May 27, 2010
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Hello again gardening mamas! Early this spring I prepared the garden soil and then covered the whole area with landscape fabric mulch. I have planted my broccoli cauli...
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- Poke a hole in it... then plant the seed. It should be fine. good luck! Susan
- One more idea, buy a few peat pots and start your seeds in that. Once the seedling is well on it's way, you can cut the hole in the fabric large enough to accommodate ...
- Yep, what Susan said. Make sure the hole is large enough to accomodate the grown plant, not just the first sprout, so the sprout doesn't get itself choked by the fabr...
Gardening Question
Asked by V.K. from Sacramento
on April 20, 2011
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Hello,
I just planted a bunch of bulbs in my parents flower beds and wanted to put some ground cover that would be green most of the year in the same area. Was thi...
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- Oh my yes! We have bulbs planted under landscape fabric and river rock and they come up year after year so moss shouldn't be a problem.
- Bulbs have a way of making their way. Here in STL they plant them on the side of the highways. They bloom all pretty and get mowed down with the first mowing. Come ...
- They should be able to come up with no problems. Right now my spring bulb plants are peeking out of the snow.
Idea's for Maintaining a ''Natural'' Landscape
Asked by E.B. from Seattle
on June 21, 2011
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So, my sister's house has a shared front yard. Our neighbors maintain their yard weekly. We on the other hand have mowed twice since moving in last summer. Our lawn...
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- We definitely don't have a super maintained yard (probably the worst of all of our neighbors), we don't care about the moss or dandelions in our lawn and we don't wate...
- If you are looking to save money, see if you can find a kid to mow the lawn for 25 dollars a month, the landscaping you are talking about costs 100's and is lots of ou...
- You can take out the lawn and put in native plants. Then check at Habitat Restore for pavers or chunks of concrete from a demo project and create a patio under the bi...
Landscaping Ideas
Asked by S.C. from Jacksonville
on July 15, 2009
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since our move to our home some of our landscape flowers have withered away. so the front of our house is lacking color and pizazz. i don't want to spend money on so...
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- I want to second the idea for getting Pamela Crawford's books. Her books are geared for the South Florida region but I can't imagine St. johns area is that much diffe...
- I'm not sure where you live, but my husband has been in the industry for a long time. He uses Pine Lake nursery for all of his plants and trees. They are located on ...
- Hi S., I do most of the landscaping at our house and it's probably one of the nicest looking on the block. I try to keep it full of color, planting flowers for summ...
Does Anyone Have Any Advice for Growing a Small Vegetable Garden?
Asked by T.K. from Austin
on April 22, 2008
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Ok - I have bought some 'small' vegetable plants and am looking to plant them. But where does one start from scratch? I have researched this online and there is so m...
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- I like containers. Get a "garden soil" mix from walmart, home depot...anyplace like that. It generally has the fertilizer in it already, good for 3 months, which is ...
- Hey there. Start with your basic soil and add MiracleGro (or whatever the latest fertilizer is. Follow instructions on each packet, but basic rule of thumb is to pla...
- My kids and I have done this with very little expectation and fine results. We just tilled up the soil (pull up all the weeds and grass and get the dirt loose) in a s...
