GardenBanter.co.uk http://www.gardenbanter.co.uk Covers all aspects of gardening, including sections on growing roses, bonsai,lawns, fruit and vegetables, orchids, bamboo and ponds as well as regional sections. Acts as a gateway with the finest gardening newsgroups. en Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:42:47 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.gardenbanter.co.uk/images/002/misc/rss.jpg GardenBanter.co.uk http://www.gardenbanter.co.uk Garden Landscaper http://www.gardenbanter.co.uk/showthread.php?t=188101&goto=newpost Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:51:31 GMT Hi, We live in Birmingham. Can anyone recommend a Garden Landscaper or Designer. We are not happy with garden at all. Hi, We live in Birmingham. Can anyone recommend a Garden Landscaper or Designer.

We are not happy with garden at all. ]]> Gardening IanBevis http://www.gardenbanter.co.uk/showthread.php?t=188101 Wild apples in danger. http://www.gardenbanter.co.uk/showthread.php?t=188100&goto=newpost Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:01:42 GMT http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8347960.stm -- Regards Bob Hobden just W. of London http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8347960.stm


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Regards
Bob Hobden
just W. of London



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]]> Gardening csboots sunny http://www.gardenbanter.co.uk/showthread.php?t=188096 Lawn feeds http://www.gardenbanter.co.uk/showthread.php?t=188095&goto=newpost Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:42:56 GMT After scarifying and spiking my lawns this autumn, what should I feed them with to ensure a healthy and attractive lawn next year? Alistair After scarifying and spiking my lawns this autumn, what should I feed them
with to ensure a healthy and attractive lawn next year?
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]]> Gardening Alistair Macdonald http://www.gardenbanter.co.uk/showthread.php?t=188095 Who needs fireworks ------ http://www.gardenbanter.co.uk/showthread.php?t=188099&goto=newpost Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:03:35 GMT my Mahonias are a splendid sight with long spears of bright yellow flowers shooting up into the blue sky, well its blue at the moment :-) kate my Mahonias are a splendid sight with long spears of bright yellow flowers
shooting up into the blue sky, well its blue at the moment :-)

kate

]]> United Kingdom Kate Morgan http://www.gardenbanter.co.uk/showthread.php?t=188099 Mars meteorite contains numerous plant cells http://www.gardenbanter.co.uk/showthread.php?t=188098&goto=newpost Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:17:37 GMT Mars meteorite contains numerous plant cells Figure 1 below is labelled for a fossilized plant’s sieve tubes found in a meteorite originating from Mars. The... Mars meteorite contains numerous plant cells

Figure 1 below is labelled for a fossilized plant’s sieve tubes found
in a meteorite originating from Mars. The figure is imaged by Mr. Tom
Phillips, an expert in micrographs of Martain meteorites. Sieve tubes
are usually found in the phloem in the vascular bundle of a plant’s
stem/roots.
Figure 1: http://www.wretch.cc/album/show.php?...1691275561&p=0

Photo source and credit for Figure 1: http://www.meteorite.com/meteorite-gallery/screensaver/

Figures of Earthly sieve tubes:
http://www.henriettesherbal.com/ecle...ilphium-1.html

http://www.abe.ufl.edu/~owens/age206...AT.html#Phloem









]]> Plant Science Wretch Fossil http://www.gardenbanter.co.uk/showthread.php?t=188098 Fruit piercing moth in citrus http://www.gardenbanter.co.uk/showthread.php?t=188093&goto=newpost Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:50:39 GMT Hi all

It appears I may have the fruit piercing moth effecting my orange tree, does
anyone have any suggestions on how to eradicate or lessen it's effects?
I gathered this conclusion by some research on good ole google.
Thanks
Sandra


]]> Australia Sandra Bodycoat http://www.gardenbanter.co.uk/showthread.php?t=188093 abc for newcomers to uk.rec.gardening http://www.gardenbanter.co.uk/showthread.php?t=188094&goto=newpost Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:29:02 GMT For detailed information on this newsgroup you are recommended to read the charter for uk.rec.gardening at: ...
For detailed information on this newsgroup you are recommended to
read the charter for uk.rec.gardening at:

http://www.usenet.org.uk/uk.rec.gardening.html

There are a number of FAQ files (answers to Frequently Asked
Questions) which have been put together by the contributors
to this group and are available at:

http://www.u-r-g.co.uk/urgfaqs.htm

If you are new to this group and have a particular question you
want to ask, do take a look at the FAQs first to see if your
question has been covered. The FAQs will usually give a more
comprehensive answer than is possible in a newsgroup article.

Now a little more information about the aims of uk.rec.gardening,
which we would ask you to read whether you are new to newsgroups
or an old hand. Note particularly the request not to post photographs.

Uk.rec.gardening is based in the British Isles for the discussion
of gardening within those islands. Some here are quite experienced
gardeners, others are (or were when they first joined urg) complete
beginners. It is an unmoderated self-help group and is not owned or
dominated by anyone.

If you are a newcomer (newbie) or a "lurker" (someone who reads but
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thread). Please do not feel any obligation to do this, but telling us
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trying to answer your questions to give the best advice. Don't be
afraid of asking a question that you may fear is naive - remember,
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Sometimes people feel a little disappointed when they don't get an
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common ones being (1) no-one has the answer, (2) you didn't give a
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Contributors from outside the British Isles are not discouraged but,
because this newsgroup is intended to help gardeners in the British
Isles, it should be remembered that all questions and answers should
relate to a climate similar to that found in the British Isles. We
thank you for your cooperation in this.

Here are one or two pointers to help you if you are not familiar with
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]]> United Kingdom sysop http://www.gardenbanter.co.uk/showthread.php?t=188094 Tea tree flower http://www.gardenbanter.co.uk/showthread.php?t=188091&goto=newpost Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:04:57 GMT Diameter is about 1/2 to 5/8 bee length. Not exactly a spectacular display. -- Pat Diameter is about 1/2 to 5/8 bee length. Not exactly a spectacular display.
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Pat





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]]> Garden Photos http://www.gardenbanter.co.uk/showthread.php?t=188091 All gloom and doom at thr RHS? http://www.gardenbanter.co.uk/showthread.php?t=188089&goto=newpost Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:23:32 GMT http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/6513130/Whos-left-at-the-RHS-Garden-centre-gossip-Liz-Jones-of-Merton-Allotments.html -- Martin http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening...llotments.html
--

Martin

]]> United Kingdom http://www.gardenbanter.co.uk/showthread.php?t=188089 Titchmarsh comeback? http://www.gardenbanter.co.uk/showthread.php?t=188088&goto=newpost Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:06:44 GMT The BBC is 'in talks' with Alan Titchmarsh in the hope that he will
return to front Gardener's World. This follows scores of complaints
about the current lacklustre presentation and lack of genuine gardening
tips and advice. I hope it materialises. I think he's a really good
presenter and he does know his gardening. I know I've said it before
but he does have that rare and valuable gift of making everyone feel as
if he's talking to them personally. It's a great tool of the trade for
a tv presenter and especially one who's actually trying to teach people
something. IOO, all will be well if it's a proper gardening programme
that does *not* rely on an instant makeover formula, however. Alan T
and one other (Toby Buckland, Carol Klein, Joe Swift?) would be quite
enough and perhaps they could focus on some real garden work!
PS Isn't it fortunate that we *didn't* all just 'switch off'? ;-))
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics.
South Devon

]]> United Kingdom http://www.gardenbanter.co.uk/showthread.php?t=188088 Artificial grass lawn http://www.gardenbanter.co.uk/showthread.php?t=188082&goto=newpost Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:37:26 GMT People love to have green grass surfaces in their gardens or offices. However it is quite difficult to maintain such green grass surfaces. Artificial grass... People love to have green grass surfaces in their gardens or offices. However it is quite difficult to maintain such green grass surfaces. Artificial grass lawn is hassle free and gives you the pleasure of natural green grass. ]]> Marketplace lindsayhogan http://www.gardenbanter.co.uk/showthread.php?t=188082 New lawn edging system http://www.gardenbanter.co.uk/showthread.php?t=188085&goto=newpost Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:55:12 GMT It's grey and raining (yea) and I was musing looking out the window at the
grass growing (yea) when I had a flash-back to the lawn mowing skills of a
previous neighbour.

He liked gadgets and is something of an inventor, he could be famous one
day, really. So I shall call him the Inventor. He built all sorts of
interesting things in the garage involving engines, welding, fibreglass and
oil. You could usually tell when he was creating by the smell. He wasn't
much into gardening but used to keep the place looking neat. The duplex
that we shared had concrete paths and driveways, and there were some garden
beds in the lawn. He didn't have a line trimmer so he used to do the edges
with shears and a cranky old wheel-trimmer. One day he had a stroke of
genius and this time his thoughts were well and truly outside the square. I
missed witnessing the feat by a couple of hours but saw the result and was
told all about it.

His wife was drawn out of the house, a rare event presaging matters of
importance, to stand on the verandah to admire his handiwork. He didn't
have to say "honey look what I've done" as she could smell it as the house
filled with smoke. He had gone around the all edges with a watering can of
petrol and then lit it.

He had remembered to get rid of the watering can so it was mainly the edges
of the grass and concrete that burned in a flash however some garden beds
were edged more than usual. Here and there singed rose bushes drooped.
After things cooled and the smog dissipated each section of garden was
outlined in black. Have you ever seen one of those giant human outline
figures cut into hillsides in some parts of the world? This was much like
that but with excessive eye shadow.

The Inventor had a spare car which we once borrowed when ours was in for
extended service. We had been driving it for a day or two when we went to
put petrol into it and found that it had no petrol cap but a ball of rag
stuffed into the filling pipe. We had been driving a Molotov cocktail
around. When we returned it he explained that this was due to the
unavailability of petrol caps for the model which also explained why the car
wasn't registered. Not having noticed that it wasn't registered I nodded
thoughtfully as I thanked him for his generosity.

On the day of the great lawn edging we came home to find the Molotov
cocktail parked in the driveway. I have since wondered if it was there at
ignition time or if it had been removed and returned. I never asked as his
wife assured us that the experiment would not be repeated.

David

]]> Australia http://www.gardenbanter.co.uk/showthread.php?t=188085 <![CDATA[Another freakin' agapanthus!]]> http://www.gardenbanter.co.uk/showthread.php?t=188081&goto=newpost Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:31:06 GMT




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]]> Garden Photos http://www.gardenbanter.co.uk/showthread.php?t=188081 Are fall leaves toxic? http://www.gardenbanter.co.uk/showthread.php?t=188080&goto=newpost Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:51:59 GMT Awl --

You'd think so, the way homeowners/landscapers run around with leaf blowers
getting rid of every single last one of them.

Is eliminating leaves that important?
What would happen if people *didn't* blow every leaf off their property?

What I find strange is that people will blow leaves off of bare dirt --
seems to me you'd WANT leaves covering soil.

http://www.dec.ny.gov/public/46613.html says that shredding leaves and
covering the lawn with them is a good thing.
Basically anything you do with leaves except burn them is OK -- leaves
collected by landscapers eventually get composted by the municipality -- I
think.

Personally, I think my neighbors are just a little to fanatic with this leaf
blowing thing -- jmo.
--
EA


]]> Gardening Existential Angst http://www.gardenbanter.co.uk/showthread.php?t=188080