Backyard Gardeners

Eon Decking Problems

I am installing an Eon Deck (plastic cedar 5/4" deck boards) and am about 1/2 finished (about 300sq.ft. down). The deck...

12 comments posted 22yrs

posted by royleeepp

12 comments posted 22yrs posted by royleeepp

Year old lawn is fading away!

I hope I am posting in the right forum for this query. ..I had a new lawn put in last summer. Green as could be until t...

4 comments posted 22yrs

posted by silkjonathan

4 comments posted 22yrs posted by silkjonathan

Tall Fescue Lawn Question

I read at various places to not put tall fescue seed in a kentucky bluegrass lawn. My question is this: I think I have...

17 comments posted 22yrs

posted by forgetyou

17 comments posted 22yrs posted by forgetyou

My brick arrives tomorrow...

Well, our old ugly concrete patio has been removed, the gravel and sand come today, and the paving brick comes tomorrow...

7 comments posted 22yrs

posted by Mitch

7 comments posted 22yrs posted by Mitch

Improving terrible soil in a lawn?

I have a section of lawn in a shady area that seems to have become too miserable to keep grass growing thickly. The gra...

14 comments posted 22yrs

posted by galt_57

14 comments posted 22yrs posted by galt_57

Ideas for steep hill?

I have a walkout basement, so I have a few steep hills in my back yard. One is behind the garage, that comes down 11 fe...

3 comments posted 22yrs

posted by john

3 comments posted 22yrs posted by john

Slug and snails

Our vegetable garden now has both slugs and snails (brought in on some plants) Any suggestions on how to get rid of them...

5 comments posted 22yrs

posted by newsgroups

5 comments posted 22yrs posted by newsgroups

Japanese Crepe Myrtles

Last week I was in DC and I took a trip to the US National Arboretum. They had an excellent display of Japanese Crepe M...

0 comments posted 22yrs

posted by pondscum_31NOSPAM

0 comments posted 22yrs posted by pondscum_31NOSPAM

Milky Spore by Mailorder

I keep wanting to try this stuff but it is not cheap and there is considerable price variation between different vendors...

11 comments posted 22yrs

posted by galt_57

11 comments posted 22yrs posted by galt_57

Stupid water pressure question

I have well water, and my pressure is pretty pathetic. When I was pricing out an irrigation system last year, I also ha...

8 comments posted 22yrs

posted by Mitch

8 comments posted 22yrs posted by Mitch

Lawn tractor transmission question

I have a Craftsman lawn tractor with the hydrostatic (automatic) transmission and I am getting jerky forward starts and...

1 comments posted 22yrs

posted by jb

1 comments posted 22yrs posted by jb

lily beetle

Hi, I just discover this group, and need some advices/opinions. I learned today that I have lily beetles in my front ya...

2 comments posted 22yrs

posted by gardin

2 comments posted 22yrs posted by gardin

Trimec mixing ratio... help

Damn lawyers. My bottle of Roundup and trimec both have "directions for use" that run about 10 pages full of legalese c...

3 comments posted 22yrs

posted by HtH

3 comments posted 22yrs posted by HtH

Low Voltage Module

I have a Toro 260 Series Wheel Horse. There is a module on the firewall that I believe to be responsible for keeping th...

0 comments posted 22yrs

posted by eprcompauto-mail-this

0 comments posted 22yrs posted by eprcompauto-mail-this

Gopher Questions

I'm replacing the lawn in my back yard and want to try and eliminate my ongoing gopher problem. Is there anything I can...

2 comments posted 22yrs

posted by magnusfarce4

2 comments posted 22yrs posted by magnusfarce4