Garden Projects and DIY

Looking good @Pushkin , love it!!

Hi all Sorry not been posting, Project X finished and just had bumper crop of veggies over last few months. Project Y (top of the garden) started back in February 2019 but couldn’t get my digger driver available until April so had time to put up a new fence, make new gates, plant Laurel...

Thank you folks. I like the Jasmine and Clematis idea. I already have 8 bamboos and 3 Wisteria. I had Trachelospermum in a previous property and really liked it. Had completely forgotten about it so it's looking like fav. Thanks again Verdun and Doghouse.

I did ask a few people for ideas Redwing, most of the suggestions were far too complicated for a DIY incompetent such as myself. I always try to go for the simplest solution when tackling these jobs and yours fitted the bill nicely. Pass on my thanks to Mr Redwing. I think you may be right...

Thank you for your comments Claire and Caroline. I think I may have found someone who is very local.

Eden, gardening can be hard graft at times,and often followed by disasters. I'm sure most of us have experienced something like this. Oh! if only we could snap our fingers and wowee! look at that garden. Truthfully we all want to break eggs with a big stick. Gardening is a pleasure, a dream...

What an immaculate workshop Colin!

@Marley Farley the pots I am currently using for the head and body are 12.7 cm. The smaller pots being used for the arms and legs are 7.5 cm. They are all from Wilko's cheap plastic range.G.

I'd cover the whole sloping area with differently coloured Hebes. Interest all the year around. Don't grow too tall. Keep weeds completely suppressed. Leave the rocks there and the Hebes will hide them.

HiThanks for that @JWK , thought it was for something like that, one was in the framework already but didnt think for bubblewrapNot doing anymore at the moment, back at work and waiting for new bolts etc to arrive

Hi everyone, Looking for ideas for this rockery area! It is part of a garden of a new build home! I tried planting in it shortly after house was built but nothing took to it (I didn’t really know what I was planting but they all died after a few weeks). After been neglected for around 6 years...

Brilliant Pushkin

Yes I hear you loud and clear. For now what I've decided to do is just go no-mow in 3 corner areas of the lawn. I'm just going to let it go a bit wild, see what springs up in it. In one of the bigger areas I'm keeping a path through the wild area which is mown.

@BigC , I like that idea, I like to make rather than buy, I made one of these a few years ago, it's somewhere in the garden I think, have to see if I can find it.

I was under the impression it had to be part of the tap if the tap was outside? Maybe I got it wrong, but there is nothing stopping you connecting any old bit of hose to that tap.

Yes, good to point that out. It's too easy to forget that all garden plants have their origins in wild plants.

Thank you, I'm pleased with how the plants are doing, means I have my soil about right, and they are in a good spot.Thank you, it has been worth the hard work.Lesley chose the colours of the Gravel. Luton is probably nothing like you remember it.

Hi Colin, yes ragwort causes liver damage, so I try always to wear gloves when handling it. However in your meadow it is probably not going to affect local horses because there are always plenty of others in verges that are spreading their seeds. We treated a horse paddock to kill all the...

Hi hoofy, I don't think it will be a problem, I'm sure the landscapers know what they are doing, but I'm a bit surprised they didn't cover it with polythene etc given the wet weather we were having, when I did mine a few months back the edges too got very wet but have dried rock solid.

Hi NessaJ70, what a great idea to make an oven! On youtube you will find many videos that will give you an idea how to go about it. An oven will keep heat for hours and hours and you can keep on cooking and baking the whole day.Here is one of four videos about a small oven construction: