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Old 13-12-2007, 04:12 PM
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EEEEEK!!! I must really work on my english!!!
Madmooer....i really DIDN'T KNOW that taxus is a yew!!! My sarcasim doesn't seem to come across with my typing!! I really am happy with your info!!I now know more about my favourite 'tree'! I'm sorry, I re-read my post and only then realised that it sounded like I was putting you down! I am far from knowing everything, although I do alot of researching..one should never stop learning!! So in the future if my posts sound snotty..ignore it and chalk it up to a silly canadian girl who has spent way too much time speaking german, dutch, french and anything but english!!!!
And Bryan...also a missunderstanding! I didn't want to put them in a pot...I want them in my garden. And I didn't want to split them down them middle, I want to chop them from 2.5 meters height to around 1.5 meters height!
Crummy crummy crap crap!!! I MUST return to the land of the english speaking soon! I feel a fool!!!!!
That's ok hun don't worry
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Old 14-12-2007, 05:30 AM
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Wow MAPLE I see you speak tons of Languages. When we were little (me and my siblings) and we didn't make any sense my Gran used to say "you're speaking Double Dutch again" so when people as me if I have any lauguages I say yes 3, English, Scouse and double dutch.
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Happy New Year to you all.
I hope we can still sort out a gardening section for all the green fingers amongst us.
Now the festive season is over here are a few jobs to be getting on with.

Plant bare-root roses in well-prepared ground.
Trim away unwanted suckers growing around the base of trees.
Clear borders and rake up leaves before bulbs start poking through the ground.
Dig over gaps in borders, taking time to pick out roots of perennial weeds.
Spread a layer of compost over borders, around shrubs and along the base of hedges.
Thin out the top growth on standard roses to prevent damage and wind rock.
Take hardwood cuttings from dogwoods.
Pick off faded flowers from winter-flowering pansies to prevent them setting seed.

It's not that cold, so get out there and enjoy your gardens.
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Oh Bryan it is cold here trees shrubs grass roads everything covered with 4 inches of snow and snowing at the minute no gardening for us this weekend but it is great having you on here helping us get our gardens in tip top shape so thanks for that and keep the help and advice coming
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gardening question for the expert!
I'm not a big raker! I tend to leave the leaves until its a bit warmer than the -10° we have here today...is that not a good idea then? I always thought the leaves made a good frost protection for the bulbs and then when it gets warmer I get out the rake and clear my borders. I do remove all the leaves from the lawn. We have oak and maple()trees lining the garden and their leaves do tend to make the lawn look shabby if they are left there to rot.
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Maple, i always clear all the leaves from borders just as the trees have finished shedding them, you can leave down a bit longer, but you can damage young shoots with the rake, and also dead rotting leaves will harbour slugs. It has to be done, so you just as well do it now. (sorry)
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honestly? I was hoping for a different answer-like no no..just leave them and they will disappear on their own! ah well...
Any tips on how to lure hedgehogs into my garden? We used to have 2 little guys who spent the winter in our hedgehog lodge, but they have seemed to move onto discover the world. I love the little guys and would like to have some move back in next season. We have a little corner where we "built" a hedgehog lodge with some wood and twigs and dried gras and leaves and we have alot natural food for them in the garden but this year it stayed vacant!
(I'm thinking german hedgehogs aren't much different than your english ones!)
Any tips?(..anyone?)

We have a VERY natural garden as far as landscaping goes...I'm not into perfect clipped lawn edges and shaped box figures!
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Hedgehogs are the gardener's friend because they eat slugs and snails and other pests that damage plants. If it's cold where you are you won't see them until at least April, maybe earlier if it warms up. You can encourage hedgehogs into your garden by leaving piles of leaves (NOT IN BORDERS) and twigs around for them to nest in, a purpose built shelter is a good idea. Food should be put out at sunset, so that flies cannot lay eggs in it. If the food is not eaten by morning, it should be collected. A good hedgehog diet would include tinned pet food, chopped peanuts (not whole ones) or crunchy peanut butter, raw or cooked meat leftovers, muesli and a small amount of vegetables. They should not be fed on bread and milk if they are captive and cannot find other foods; this gives them diarrhoea .
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Sad little rose
Hope there is a rose expert amongst you. I consider myself quite knowledgeable in the garden but roses defeat me.

Here's the problem. When we moved up from Plymouth my daughter brought a rose that was planted in memory of her son. She had previously repotted it on advice from a neighbour and I think may have had diseased pebbles in the bottom. In any case it has been a sick little rose ever since - hardly any leaves, no new growth to speak of, just looking really sick. I was wondering if the old vine weevil treatment would help, ie take all the old soil off, wash the roots and re-pot in new compost. Ordinarily I would just buy her another of the same rose but bearing in mind where it came from....

Can anyone advise please???? All suggestions gratefully received.
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