Garden Projects and DIY

WOW !!!!! LOVE what you have had done to your garden, so nice when things start to come together!!!! Val

Personally I would have left it as it was as I really like a bit of lush planting. However I'm impressed with your hard work and the high standard of finish to the path etc. Seeing as you are really good at slab-laying, I'd have laid it mostly to slabs, reserving some generous beds for low...

Something like this? (pic taken last December at 16:o6 - I visited in the late afternoon to see it in semi-darkness)

I'm near you Tony,which firm is that.

It's amazing how quickly you can make a difference to a blank canvass Sarah. It's coming on very well.

It's coming on well Clueless. I know there's paint available for upvc, doors guttering etc. Maybe you could use it on the pink slide.

Just bought a honeysuckle to add to this wall. Red world in a 9cm pot £2 bargin. Planted it up into a 2 litre clematis/rose pot as will be a while before I'm able to plant it in the border.

Thanks all.

So unfair lol It's all looking good Sam

oh good to know, i'll have to be careful to get the right stuff, it seems to be exactly what we need & it'd look absolutely fab to boot, i just love the woodland-y look of it thank you both for your help it was very much appreciated

You tend to suffer from that problem on GC to Kristen or is it Kirsten. I've corrected a few along the way!

Hi trogreThe reason I built my own way because I thought the one that I could buy were very flimsy and expensive. The polycarbonate is 6mm twinwall it is very easy to cut with a sharp Stanley knife and a straight edge. I got it of eBay when the seller had a sale it was 10 sheets of 2' x 4'...

I would mix some organic matter into the "trench" once you have dug it. Note that the rootgrow needs to be applied to the roots of the plant, or the outside of the rootball if they are pot-grown plants, and not in the bottom of the trench. It is critical that it is in good/close contact with...

Cannas are pretty quick, and respond well to lights (I had them flowering in about 2 months from seed in mid Winter !!) - but they are also quite tall, so probably not the idea specimen for a light rig (Metal Halide type lamp probably better once they are 4" - 6" tall and thereafter. Of course...

thanks Dave

Thats a Lovely Size Balcony Cheryl and your plans sound lovely like sheal said tho I Would pass on the decking for the sake of the babby Also be Extra Viglant With Trellis with the Babby My Son Was a Night Mair For Climeing Anything Your Plans Do Sound Lovely Tho Good Luck Nick

For anyone who does know I and my friend Karen have got involved in the restoration project . Karen and I go a Tuesday and a Thursday to volunteer.So if anyone is planning a visit over Spring that is if we see Spring or we may go right into Summer. Come and see us up in the Walled Garden Project...

Living organic mulches are very important but it gives wrong impression to call these fabric sheets "mulches". For paths yes. For borders no

I`ve tryed Kokedama years ago , sparrows took all the moss and 1 week without the water and the plant die , overall I`ve changed all with my version inspire by a trip in thailand , I`ve called coccodama (sure not mine idea)........ I use bromeliad and other plants , easy to move around and...