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Grasses

I have some Karl Forrester grasses in my landscape. I did not trim them back in the fall. Can I trim them back now?
4 comments posted 19yrs
posted by rwolf
4 comments posted 19yrs posted by rwolf

Farmall Super A

was out to have it's picture taken today. Just cleaned the sediment bowl off the gas filter, let it warm up a while, and...
5 comments posted 19yrs
posted by frrt
5 comments posted 19yrs posted by frrt

Radishes popped through

In a 2' by 8' garden box with a loose glass cover. Will sow the 2nd planting as soon as the storm is over.
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posted by frrt
0 comments posted 19yrs posted by frrt

slowing dying hedges

My hedge bushes have been slowly dying over the last 6 months, they turn brown on the outer edges of the bush then yell...
6 comments posted 19yrs
posted by dprem
6 comments posted 19yrs posted by dprem

Yup - woodpecker

Whoever guessed it was a pileated woodpecker pulling my old stump apart was right on the money. I thought it was too mu...
1 comments posted 19yrs
posted by frrt
1 comments posted 19yrs posted by frrt

HELP

I have a flower that grows in my flower bed in front of my house. It has been since before we moved in. I just need to...
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posted by u33337
1 comments posted 19yrs posted by u33337

Ground ivy problem

I have this ground ivy spreading onto my lawn from one side and it seems to be industructable. It has small leaves and...
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posted by tmurf.1
2 comments posted 19yrs posted by tmurf.1

cedar questions

Our local box store has a sale on five-six foot cedars and I've been kicking around the idea of replacing a fence with...
3 comments posted 19yrs
posted by djriley
3 comments posted 19yrs posted by djriley

Water plants

What to do if your lilies arrive in the cold. You can store lilies inside if they are damp up to a few weeks if it's to...
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posted by hopkins.gail
0 comments posted 19yrs posted by hopkins.gail

can I do this OK?

I'm diddling around putting new throttle and choke cables in my old garden tractor. My new throttle and choke cables ar...
6 comments posted 19yrs
posted by rbig
6 comments posted 19yrs posted by rbig

Walbro Carb Flooding Problem

Hello: I have a Toro Lawn Tractor with a 16 HP B&S engine - which has a Walbro carburetor with shutoff solenoid. While...
0 comments posted 19yrs
posted by nf6f
0 comments posted 19yrs posted by nf6f

Vocabulary for Garden Planter?

My backyard has a roughly twenty foot long, roughly 3.5 feet high and two feet wide, ostensibly adobe and brick-constru...
3 comments posted 19yrs
posted by honda.lioness
3 comments posted 19yrs posted by honda.lioness

Steps to help your garden

Plant cuttings can be a great way to acquire a plant that might be too expensive to buy from a nursery. It's also a gre...
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posted by jgg586
0 comments posted 19yrs posted by jgg586

Late frost and bermuda

I live in north GA and have a bermudagrass lawn. All has been going well, grass was greening up nicely and was about 50...
3 comments posted 19yrs
posted by mfulcher
3 comments posted 19yrs posted by mfulcher

Pulling stump apart

Who's been pulling this stump apart ? Too much activity for woodpeckers. What other animals (?) could be doing it ?
9 comments posted 19yrs
posted by frrt
9 comments posted 19yrs posted by frrt