Garden Projects and DIY

Great job! You've inspired me.

Not really the colours she was after but visually they may work for her in that setting. I was really looking for the ease of maintenance - all the plants I listed are herbaceous so will just need a tidy up at the end of the season. Carefully selected Lilies will help fill the space and will...

Don't forget to keep us updated with your progress Jonathan It's a lovely project and I'd like to see how it evolves

I have cleaned the slabs using a small wire brush however they look all scraped and it's not removed all the marks but some.Is there any way to restore them or buy another cleaner what else could I use?

Strip it bin it start again. weedkiller,new weed membrane and stone covering on top.Sometimes lifes too short to go into battle with weeds,better just killing the lot and starting fresh.

Brilliant, thanks for the response. The decking as it has been laid does retain water, as somebody has laid the slats too near to each other. That's why I was going to drill some holes in the decking to make sure it drains properly. Good call on the netting hadn't thought of that...

Don't be silly, he borrowed it from me.

I will have to put in for planning permission, ad dad spoke to the planners, although I won't have to pay as its a way of access for me. They did say however, if the deck was lower than the raised beds, then no planning permission is required, but didn't say by how much though. Anyway, we'll...

Thank you, M!It's nice to remind myself of the plants that will start to spring up soon. Plans for the garden this year include a trellis untop of the wall to add more privacy from the side (we're in such an overlooked bit!), I need to build a step up to the gate because we dug down quite a...

Good morning @Jack McHammocklashing I will get Mrs Woo on it straight away,Oh! its a little early now (5.45am) I will get her up have a lay in and will get her up at 6am

Thanks for the tip. Temporarily I'm going to put a couple of wooden posts in to hold a panel up, but I'll bear that in mind when I get a permanent structure in.As it turned out, I misjudged the size of the gap - it's bigger than I thought - and, once the new bit of fence went up, the...

The weather has been so wet that I've only just managed to get out and do some gardening even completed my first grass cut My new plot is showing all things coming up so glad that I made a map as all the pegs I put into the ground to identify have blown away or been washed out during the...

I have solar panels. They're doing a great job We're averaging 3,900 kWh per year. Is that what you wanted to know?

Excellent job I realise that you've made it to protect plants from the elements but you need to be careful not to forget to close it up when it's frosty. If any plants that are on the slightly tender side get frost on them the worst thing for them is early morning sun. Frost on plants is OK,...

Thank you :-) im not growing anything from seed this year in hope to get the garden sorted instead and then the sheds so they may get done this year or next year. Fingers crossed

If the Tricyrtis is at the back it needs to be T.formosana (which is the most common species anyway). The last of the Tricyrtis photos that I posted is "Taiwan Adbane" (also fairly common) which is only 30/40cm tall. Be careful with the Hosta positioning as the different species/cultivars vary...

If the local practice of dealing with surface water runoff is letting it flow through those neighbours' gardens downhill of you and then onto a public highway, both of those practices would be unlawful in the UK.Therefore any advice you get from this mainly UK forum may not be relevant/correct.

Time will tell. Hoping it should be ok.

Beckie, I really want hens. But as we are in an enclosed space and a very small garden, the missus won't allow them. It's just frustrating to have your carefully positioned lights go off at different times because some have got more light than the others. Same problem with solar water features....

Make Alpine Crevice Beds. They're perfect for the job. Look up the Alpine Gardening section on this forum for ideas of what to plant. I've seen pictures of enormous crevice beds (one's recently gone in in Edinburgh) and they look fantastic..