Backyard Gardeners

Strawberry fields forever?

I had some strawberries in a garden at growing in a garden at a house I was renting out. One of my tenants had planted...

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posted by Nobody

7 comments posted 20yrs posted by Nobody

That 4 step program..

Are these 4 step programs (i.e;,Scott's) worthwhile or am I just being a gullible uninformed consumer? Since I put all...

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posted by sicilian

2 comments posted 20yrs posted by sicilian

How do you get rid of 5-leaf ivy and some other stuff?

I read the crabgrass tip with vinegar, will try that; this is a helpful group as I have had that problem ever since I l...

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posted by nomore

22 comments posted 20yrs posted by nomore

Lost my nuts

Well, sort of anyway. My old 60's Cub Cadet wasn't running to good so I usually do all the simple (and cheap) things fi...

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posted by frrt

2 comments posted 20yrs posted by frrt

Mushrooms on Lawn ?

last year I had a local guy come in with his bobcat and remove 3 inches of soil and replace with "better soil" this was...

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posted by sicilian

6 comments posted 20yrs posted by sicilian

MTD electric mower

Howdy all. First post here. I do some tinkering with mowers and motors and stuff but this one is new to me. I was given...

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posted by clover338

0 comments posted 20yrs posted by clover338

hard soil

about a year ago I had my back yard cleaned up and sod laid down. I'm pretty sure I remember the gardener using a tille...

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posted by john

11 comments posted 20yrs posted by john

When do I spay insectiside on corn plants?

I'm sure I'll get some flames about using insecticide, and I almost never use it. However, I have ONE corn stalk. I wou...

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posted by Eve

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Bug attacking indoor plants - ID please?

One of my plants has small bugs killing it. They are maybe .3cm long, .2 cm wide. They look like "rolly pollies"/pill b...

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posted by Eve

0 comments posted 20yrs posted by Eve

Plastic decks on Honda Mowers

What do you think of these? They seem to be on Honda's more expensive mowers. I see people using them but looking at the...

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posted by lerner

2 comments posted 20yrs posted by lerner

How to Treat Souther Waxmyrtle Cankers?

I have some southern waxmyrtles (southern bayberry) in my backyard with unsightly cankers on the main trunks. Are these...

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posted by wade

0 comments posted 20yrs posted by wade

rock grotto

I saw a rock grotto on the show Landscape Solutions on HGTV and have decided to try to build it but didn't record the s...

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posted by suzy7075

2 comments posted 20yrs posted by suzy7075

howzit done?

Garden tractor engines have crankcase back pressure, blowby, and/or crankcase pressure. Different names, same thing. How...

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posted by rbig

2 comments posted 20yrs posted by rbig

Sprinkler Contoll Question

I'm trying to figure out how a sprinkler system works that I've recently inherited maintenance of... I have a sprinkler...

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posted by jacks_temp_id_blue

4 comments posted 20yrs posted by jacks_temp_id_blue

Little white specks on tomato plant leaves?

My tomatoes look pretty good except for little white specks on the leaves of the plant. I'm not sure what they are or ho...

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posted by mjnash11

1 comments posted 20yrs posted by mjnash11