Garden Projects and DIY

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...

i have...ehem..."permanently borrowed" my dads brick shed he has for his DIY n stuff

If in doubt, deep plough.

I'm not sure if Scotkat would be allowed to Joolz, it's owned by the royal family so could be off limits.

Yes I did think about bark, but the blackbirds throw it all over the place in my garden. It then looks untidy but the lawnmower does pick it up OK. Maybe I'd have the same problem with rubber chippings getting scattered about and I'd be wary of using the mower to pick them up. More reasons not...

Even so, it still has to be closed so swing or slide will work just as admirably. We have a nation full of farmer here in the UK all using latches and swing gates of some description...and no reported problems of livestock getting through them. Maybe what you could really use would be a...

I'd be inclined to use the digger for the heavy ground work. It'll be quicker and lighten your workload as it's clay.

Hi Shiney, deer we can handle as well as rabbits, the hedge will give a windbreak but Ill be fencing the lot, deer wont be approaching from the side in view as its against a busy road and the back is covered in thick blackthorn!. The reason we have never grazed it in years is because its very...

Interesting observations, as always, Madahhlia Quite, but, it's a start and it's a book I would have bought when my children were younger had I known about it. As for the "keeping going", I think that's the main problem with children in far more areas than just gardening

Hi mate i wasnt going to do much now apart from tidying till the spring its to cold for me let alone grass seed lol!

Hi the graduate, are you aware this thread was started in 2009? I don't think this person visits GC anymore, sorry.

Fortunately we have no carpets downstairs, so although we inevitably trailed a bit of mess in as we came in and out to get stuff we needed, it was easily sorted with a quick go of the sweeping brush. It would be a nightmare if we had carpets in though.

Thanks Harry, will do. The Vodka is ok while painting latex, its just brick laying you cant mix it to much with, the spirit in the glass lies, the one in the level never does