Garden Projects and DIY

It's such a great space, but can see why you are daunted. Hope it's going well!

Your Garden is really looking good Rich., you have some lovely plants in there.

Thats a great idea, has one side will be near a brick wall and the other side will be facing the sun

I would suggest a slight deck to is fairly cheap to build from scratch if your smart and shop about for bits it would give you a lovely section to sit in looks fantastic, sturdy, and best part there is notice Earth to move, I am currently building myself a gazebo with a raised deck but I have...

I would say build a raised pond with good water plants and it would attract pond wildlife like dragon flies frogs etc, you would be amazed at how time would pass watching the wildlife, I enjoy a spot of fishing and there's nothing better than listening to the birds singing and watching dragon...

grrr I am tired.... need to read ur post properly before replying, only on the 3rd read did i see that you werent necessarily saying I needed a shed.

and that's what makes England GREAT

Of going on gay gardeners suggestionFixing one of my colourful crochet trellises to the shed lol altho no idea how you would fix to plastic

Thank you Shiney and Harry for your valuable posts,much appreciated my friends,cannot get out there at the moment,which is very frustrating,enjoy your day

That don't sound right, try running the free version of this,See if that helps

like a flamingo on a pond Woo , you coudnt help but look....

Plants require food to grow healthy. Just like you need your daily food to grow healthy and led a good life, plants need their food to ensure that they grow properly. If you have a garden, then you obviously will not like your plants to appear weak and frail.You can find out if your soil is...

Thank you All for your positive and guidance to get some plants growing up itSo ideas please and don't mind a mix I have planted some I've but s bit slow growing and going :-). So suggestions would be apricated thanks in advance Nick

Thanks. Just the lavender at the moment, hoping it'll eventually end up a bit like this below. As it's about half way up the garden I want it to be a fairly formal area, should be nice with the lavender scent and a glass of wine on a summer's evening

Good evening Sheal my friend my next plan of action is to decide what to do with the path that runs between the raised beds and the wall

It's good to hear the Knotweed is under control. Don't attempt to dig out the bindweed, if any piece of root is left in it will grow again, just like ivy does. Glyphosate is the only thing that will deal with it properly, you may still get some shoots come up but they are easily dealt with -...

I've heard that clove oil is good for keeping spiders out. Tried and it did seem to work but I didn't like the smell either - felt like a visit to the dentist. Need to try a more dilute version next year

Great job Ellie J....I've got 'fold down' staging in mine,I find it really useful for all the seed trays and pots and easily folds down ready for the tomatoes and cucumbers

I've read in the past about some such stuff used on those floaty quayside deckings in harbours & marinas.

The company is Silva decking products