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  • Pooling Water

    ...y. This has created a ditch like effect where the water will pool. We put in a garden in one corner of our yard and… More

  • Looking for other Zone 8 Gardeners

    ...had very unimaginative landscaping. It was mostly lawn with… More

  • suggestions please

    Ok, here's the scoop. I've got a rather steep, but not huge bank out back. Last spring, we pulled out quite a few forsythia to make room for a shed and my son's swingset. This year, I'd like to get some grass seed out there on the bank. Its very… More

  • how do I plant a new lawn from scratch?

    My lawn needs to be replaced. It hasn't been maintained really and hasn't been ariated/tilled in like 20 years.. What I intend to do is start from scratch.. I don't really know anything about lawn care/maintance - other then how to mow it :).. anyways, from what I know I… More

  • Hi from Lake Greenwood

    ...h as gardening, feeding my wildlife, mowing & watering my lawn, crafting, & sewing.… More

  • Burying a soaker hose in a small patch of lawn

    Hello, I have a long, narrow strip of ground out in front of my house that is between my sidewalk and the street. I'd say it is roughly 2' in width and 40' long. This is also known as a parking strip, from what I hear. At the moment, there… More

  • Need Help With Lawn

    ... who did the work did not instruct me properly on watering and after hydroseeding it twice and hand seeding it once, I finally have grass, but not what I thought I would have. He handseeded with what I… More

  • Pumpkins

    ...ike the above pic. Just not enough sunshine in my yard to ward off the mildew. We get lots of dew because of the… More

  • Help Help Help

    ...gs decided to escape his farm and come on my back yard and destroy my lawn. They completly dug up the grass and left me with nothing but dirt. The past few days as the snow and ice has melted I realized… More

  • HELP!! grass issues and lots of pine trees...

    ... issue with the yard last summer where it was not watered at… More

  • Zenith Zoysia Seeded June 21st 2009.

    Tilled lawn june 2 - june 21 2009. Cleaning out rock, weeds, everything. I added Sulfur because my soil test said PH was around 8. I did not add anything else to soil, just till it about 6 inches deep horizontal and vertically a few times. I planted zenith zoysia… More

  • irrigation question

    ... high iron. Do either of those hurt anything? The lawns thrive on it. No sure about veggies. More

  • Invasion of the moles!

    ... to move away? Some say chewing gum, smoke bombs, water hoses down tunnels, cats ? Help!!!! I caught my husband watching "Caddy Shack!!!::rolleyes: More

  • HELP!

    ... be dormat in spots. I have fertilized and raked, watered and cried but it still remains half dead. I have applied triple 16. It helped green up the part of the lawn that has started to grow but it… More

  • New lawn or overseed?

    ...blem is--compacted soil. I want to avoid throwing water on it every summer just to lose it by July, so I think I have two choices in… More

  • "Rain Gardens on Clay Soil Sites"

    ...ainclay.html With changing federal laws governing water quality, many municipalities are enacting storm… More

  • JoyCreek Lawn Renovating

    I have a real mess in my back yard (zone 7). Poor soil, large old grown trees that surround the property, and a beautiful garden surrounding an area that should be grass but is instead a combination of sick looking grass, weeds and mud. I'm seriously considering covering the whole… More

  • September Activities

    ... out busy in the warm sunshine clearing space for lawns and making borders for flowers around the house. A raised bed… More

  • 70 yr. old woman arrested for dry lawn

    ... her dry lawn. Can they arrest you for an unkempt yard? Also notice this is being reported by the BBC, I don't watch much mainstream news due to not… More

  • Asiatic Lilies

    ... anyone know what I should do with them now? Keep watering them,fertilize them, let them dry and put them away, or what? :confused: More

  • Watering using old bottles

    ...in the bottom or using string as a wick, and then watering buy topping up the bottles instead of using lots of water. It is supposed to save a… More

  • Watering seeds

    ...a small pots in a ziplock bag. How often should I water these seeds? More

  • Watering Seedlings

    ...ts now. Anyway my question is how much should you water young plants. I have no idea. Thanks, pL More

  • Self watering gardens

    ...y for 1 week and afraid my garden will die if not watered. I have some container veggies but most are in the ground. I read somewhere on here where you can use plastic jugs… More

  • Watering Systems???

    CAN SOMEONEPLEASE ENLIGHTEN ME WITH A watering SYSTEM THAT ACTUALLY WORKS FOR MORE THEN 15 MINUTES? Im talking attachements here every one I use drips and or sprays like mad.Anyone try the ORBIT 12 piece watering System?? Thank you! Kale :eek: :eek: :eek: More

  • Watering How do you know?

    ... laughing. Seems most veggies call for an inch of water a week. How the heck are you supposed to know when you have given them an inch? Is that all at once? As in once a week? Seems like in hot or windy weather it would require more… More

  • Self Watering

    ...rilled holes in the bottom so the tubs would hold water. * the top insert tub was cut down… More

  • Watering question...

    ...'t seem to find the happy medium.....are you on a watering schedule, or do you just water when it occurs to you or ????? Thanks! Jessie More

  • Watering on the third floor what to do?

    ...ke great pride in my hanging baskets each Summer. watering drives me nuts! I spend hours each week, holding my heavy watering can in one hand and a dishpan in the other to catch the water before it goes splashing… More

  • Watering vegetable gardens.

    ...er and allow the top of the soil dry a bit before watering. More

  • Moisture crystals

    ... anyone use these in their pots? I am terrible at watering my pots as often as I should. More

  • Jade plant

    .... Then they eventually fall off. I have tried not watering for a while and then watering more. What could be my problem? More

  • Underwatering Rosemary?

    I'm curious, how can you tell when you are not watering Rosemary enough? How long should you allow it dry out b/t waterings? More

  • Some beauties

    I took these this morning right after watering. More

  • Take All Root Rot

    ...nd it online and I think this might be part of my lawn problem. Or rather no lawn problem. It is caused by the fungus 'Gaeumannomyces graminis va. graminis',identified in several Mississippi counties during the summer/fall of 1998. But also found in other southern states… More

  • how to take care of plant watering when someone away from home.

    ... for 0ne month, what should be the best method to water the plants during the time, i have indoor plants like croton, daieffenbachia and others and i have placed them under florescent light, please note here we don't have… More

  • Homemade Self Watering Containers Instructions

    ...containers. And like me want to grow them in self-watering containers. I just got a line on a possible source of "blue boxes" that I might use....hehehe....ok...yeah,… More

  • Watering of Newly Planted Bare Root Rose

    ... am wondering how often and how much it should be watered. Please help. This is my first rose and I have two others coming from Jackson & Perkins in a week or so and I want to give… More

  • Watering

    When is the best time to water your flower gardens. I water mine early in the morning. But a friend told me to do it in the evening so the water has time to soak in. Otherwise the sun drys it out before it can really soak in. Opinions anyone… More