COMMUNITY FORUM: LAWN & GARDEN

Sell Trees?

Hello more experienced people!My parents purchased a house that have 2 10-12 foot Holly Trees in front of the house. My mother keeps saying she can...

about 10 years by treebeard

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Copper Windowboxes

I was going to be making some nice window boxes out of wood. When I was surfing the net for some deign ideas I saw some really beautiful copper on...

about 10 years by sungen99

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Garden Planters

I am wondering if anyone has a solution to keeping squirrels from not only tearing up flowers I plant in the ground, but mostly my potted plants. ...

about 10 years by LoriUrso

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3 point attachments

Does anyone know where I can get info on setting up a grader blade properly on my tractor? Its a compact tractor with cat 1 3 point hitch. I also h...

about 10 years by ACD

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Garden Weeds

I hate to weed my garden, I have heard of putting down newspaper in between rows and around plants to stop weed growth. Does anyone know if this w...

about 10 years by rpxlpx

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spring is here, but when is the time right?

I have horses, (yeah, er, boo) They trashed the pasture during the winter and now its time to restore it. When is a good time in northern illinois ...

about 10 years by ACD

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Rocky lawn

We recently moved into our current house, well...come to find out the front yard is full of rocks! We are talking at least 6 inches of rock. We ha...

about 10 years by Jay J

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Lawn is a mess...4 types of grass...help!

Hi! We moved into our new house last August. We had to seed 2 large patches where shrubs were placed and had this done professionally. The zoya gra...

about 10 years by Jay J

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How to keep sump pump from freezing?

I am helping my father deal with a water problem in his backyard. He is land locked, and his yard fills with water. He can't regrade. He lives i...

about 10 years by Jay J

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chain link to picket fence

I have a 30 ft section of chain link fence along a property line that I wish to replace w/wood picket or shadow type of fencing. I would like to av...

about 10 years by Jay J

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soil drainage

The new house we bought this past fall seems to have an upper back yard and a lower one. There is about a 2' down grade towards the back. This ba...

about 10 years by Jay J

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Fertilizer and a dog.

I got a new puppy this year. It will be her first summmer with us and we love her very much. I hear that some kinds of fertilizer that can make h...

about 10 years by treebeard

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747

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Rocky lawn

We recently moved into our current house, well...come to find out the front yard is full of rocks! We are talking at least 6 inches of rock. We ha...

about 10 years by treebeard

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489

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sod removal equiptment

We are planning on putting in an inground pool in a largely sodded area, we would like to take up the the sod and place it in other areas of the pr...

about 10 years by Sheldon

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Grading

I am currently getting trickles of water in my basement when it rains hard. Now, we've had tons of snow and rain recently so the ground hasn't bee...

about 10 years by treebeard

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grass pet spots

I regularly fertilize my lawn, although with a new puppy, I can see that I am going to have some bare spots. Does anyone have an idea on the best...

about 10 years by treebeard

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Inground Sprinkler problem

Hi, I am having a problem with the zone valve sticking on my sprinkler. It has 3 zones and when the timer pauses the motor to change zones nothi...

about 10 years by kneim

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soggy back yard

My back yard is flat, with a slope (low spot) to the center. I have 6" - 8" of top soil with solid clay below. Every time it rains the yard floods,...

about 10 years by treebeard

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