Garden Projects and DIY

We've got brushed concrete on the 280m2 terrace and reconstituted concrete slabs around the pool area. The concrete has steadily been acquiring black lichen spots and nothing short of an atomic bomb will shift them. The slabs are more resistant, being smoother, and an annual pressure-wash...

Thank you everyone for your kind and welcome thoughts, they're much appreciated. This move was a decision that had to be made with the head and not the heart. I sat on the back doorstep a few weeks ago looking out over the valley and gave myself a talking too. That done I'm now ready to leave...

Thanks @ricky101, that flooring looks interesting, I'll have another look tomorrow and measure up the space.@amancalledgeorge, it was Liberon Anti-slip coating from memory, but there were others.

This is what I would do as well. It can be done quickly and without too much effort.

You will have noticed that I did not recommend this process, merely mentioned the legend. As the OP, like too many posters, does not give his location, it would be unreasonable to encourage him to investigate the possible truth. However, for those of an enquiring mind, I refer you to...

It's also what else you can do that you perhaps may just make do with. We put together a couple of raised beds with larger timber than we perhaps would have used or would have used brackets for, whereas the SDS put in coach bolts all sides in minutes. Granted they can be expensive, but you can...

Oh great, I can get them all in the one place - thank you

Cockle shell paths were mentioned in the last episode of Gardeners’ World @Butterfly6, made popular by Derek Jarman’s garden at Dungeness.

You can enjoy today and look forward to spring. Gardening is a long game.

So, in the theme of the only thing that is doing the thing is doing the thing... I got doing some of the thing.1. I bought some slab/stepping stones. I have a 3month year old baby. So I want to create a little garden area. So the plan is..I'm going to create a little path. I've bought some...

It's weird that the woodruff is quite happy on one side of the garden but not the other. I've tried to transplant some before and it wasn't happy.Since my last post I have dug up most of the dandelions and alchemilla molis, and made a horrible muddy mess in the process. I'm thinking about...

Well you’ve got the sun today now it feels Tropical . It’s a lovely garden like the style , planting and design worth it in the end !!

I haven't cemented in my brick border edges....which is just as well as I've moved them three times to increase the size of the borders....and can't rule out doing it again! They're just set on firmed soil, fine as long as you don't lean on them!

Hi! The whole local are here is full of Rhododendrons, in remarkable abundance. I have a camellia and it's growing very well too. I might get another test to confirm. I'll see how it goes.

I had a look at my YouTube thing, and it seems to be working again, but I've not tried linking a video here @Wannabe . I'm sure the mods would help if you wanted to try it. I'm not sure of all the tech jargon so I'd need someone to explain it to me in words of one syllable!

I like your design @Sogni verdi and am pleased to see those grasses in your plan! Your Phormiums may need a bit more space as they expand, but they can easily be divided. If that’s a Cordyline in the middle, beware, they can suffer in severe winters and look a bit tatty. A dwarf pampas grass may...

No worries! Thanks so much for getting back to me, I really appreciate it. Off to B&Q tomorrow then. Happy gardening!

Really amcGeorge? I would be fascinated to find out all the things that people were eating who lived in my house in 1832. I would also like to know what those things cost, what their house looked like, what jobs they did and their life stories. I would read with great interest a snapshot of a...

Oh dear @LunarSea - not quite what I meant

Not sure my wife would speak to me again if she saw the price of that!