Home and Garden

brupo asked:


The bed is about 8 foot diameter. It butts up to my front porch, so the roof is right beside the area over the garden. I need a tree that won’t grow very large. I’d love it to be green all year round, but that’s not a must have.

My house faces north and I’m in the South-Midwest US, 7a hardiness zone, I believe if I read the map correctly. Very hot and humid. Thanks for any suggestions!

Vickie

aBlackRoseForYou asked:


I want to start a little garden, but heres the problem. I live in an apt. with a small pattio (ground floor)So i cant actually use their soil, I see it in my mind but know nothing of gardening, all house plants i have ever had have died very quickly and it didnt help that my cats ate them too…any sugestions for a good outdoor garden I could do in pots and would be hard for me to kill?

Cynthia

De asked:


I bought a plant for my garden but lost the stick that tells the type of plant it is. So I need to ID it so I can safely winterize it. It has broad deep redish purple leaves, and blooms small pink/purple flowers that don’t last long but leave little purple bumpy balls behind, at the base of the bloom. It grows quite tall, and reminds me of a rubber tree plant in nature…. I have searched the net, but that’s near impossible… any help or suggestions? It’s too beautiful and hearty to lose!!! I am on the Canadian West Coast if that helps with the type of plant I can purchase.

Bill

Jessica L asked:


I want to start my own garden in Southeast Texas and I am wondering what are the best vegetable and herb plants? Its hard to find a website with a defined region in the United States.
Also what type of shading the plant would require would be nice!

Leon

Kennay asked:


They are spreading all over the garden and growing tall too. After lawrning they sprang out again just a day or two. The root are very strong and have tried to put out by hand but they multiply rapidly.

Aron

village girl asked:


Our fall/winter never gets very cold–only about as low as the low 50s or on rare occasion 40s. Can I start an outdoor (porch) herb garden safely right now? It’s averaging in the 80s in the month of October.

Dwight

SandyR asked:


They get in the garden and pull up the shoots that have sprouted up. Have the shoots all over the place and they have eaten the seeds.

Danette

Scott asked:


The faucets are striped out in our mobile home… The previous owners were very rough on things..

Erin

Stacy P asked:


Built by Aeronautic engineer by the name of Andrews.

Sheryl

pam2who asked:


I live on a Caribbean island. I’d like to put in a cut flower garden so I can do flower arrangements. Right now I have a lot of bird of paradise flowers, but I’m looking for some variety. I’d like to order some seeds from the US, and pick up whatever I can find locally. But I’m not sure what holds over well in a vase.
Know of any sites or forums on gardening in the tropics?

Frankie