Garden Projects and DIY

Ronseal Fence Life Plus - Midnight Blue 5L From the Homebase site pic there, it looks like you've got exactly what they say you're going to get. I wouldn't call it midnight blue either, but the colour in the picture is exactly the kind of dark teal you describe.I'm a fan of Cuprinol Garden...

Thank you for your welcome and advice, definitely food for thought.

Goodness @rustyroots it's looking great! What a transformation!

Tanks are not illegal, they just have to be up to all the new reg's if you put new a new one in and old one's have to be maintained

I used acrylic paint on some terracotta pots, but because they are porous I gave them an initial coat with watered down pva glue.

Look what just arrived - early burfdae prese - chuffed to bits

If you're wanting more definite edges on an area, what you probably want is gravel boards instead. Similar idea, but thinner wood and a *lot* cheaper. Personally I prefer the edge of the turf as-is, but I've seen enough people who use gravel boards. You can also get plastic edging, usually...

Will take pics/measurements asap I am the diy er in my household lol

Is the soil is constantly wet I would go for plants that enjoy those conditions.

Looking good!You're lucky to have concrete spur posts - most fencers don't put them on unless you pay extra. Posts always rot off at ground level, but if you've got concrete spur posts then that doesn't stop the post being held in place. And when a post does need replacing, you can just bolt...

No issues really, I used them for a few years then made a big brassica frame and gave the tunnels away to a plot neighbour. Lifting them up at the end like this worked okay, but it would have been better leaving space on one side to roll the frame over. Space to me though needs plantsI made...

Probably I'd kill whatever is there with weedkiller first - to reduce the amount of "stuff" underneath the membrane that wants to "have a go" ... but other than that the only other problem is that Bark (or even Gravel) over weed membrane provides some anchor for weed seedlings. But they are...

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Thanks, I think I've got a challenge on my hands. I have to clear lots of grass, weeds first and then sow these seeds and hope for the best Thanks for you feedback - I've bought the seeds so I'll give it a goAll the best

Kristen, that's my reason for planning to put in some decent footings. Lap joints at the corners should also tend to hold everything together, I hope, so the structure generally keeps itself together. We'll see whether it follows the theory!

Thanks for the advice.Here's how it's going so far.The old floor boards and some shelves (soft wood) have made a bed 35cm deep by 178cm long and 109cm wide. These measurements are only due to optimising the use of scrap wood rather than a design specification.Corner posts are from a ...

Oh, and whilst clearing 4" of topsoil to put down mulch was the right thing to do, I didn't think enough about just how much topsoil that amounted to. Oops. It was good exercise - don't need another workout tonight!

With respect OCD and plants are not a good combination, nature has it's own idea on how it wants to grow. Yes, you could prune most plants to keep them in the shape you would like but it's not a natural look. With any plants you will only get symmetry by the way you plant, an example is by...

It would depend on which ones you choose to go with. From the ones I mentioned the Pulmonaria and Brunnera I have are still just about 30cm by 30cm after a couple of years in the ground. The Ajuga stays small but spreads when it produces new plants so one small plant covering about 20cm by 20cm...