General Gardening Discussion

Two deep looks good to me - I would have to make mine longer and thinner though, or I would belt it with the car door getting out of the car

I cut this one back to the ground 3 years ago

Never disappointed many thanks

Yes! We believe you!!!

I would be tempted to plant a honeysuckle (or three!!) along there. Lots of different varieties, varying flowering times, etc. The foliage is similar to bindweed (which can sometimes be v frustrating). But if you are happy to tolerate it, they could intertwine, you would have big showy white...

Whatever else you do, please don`t subject fish to these ponds until you`re sure they are sound - stick to plants. This is what I did with my small pool of water.

I read that the roots are 10 times more poisonous than the aerial part of the plant.

I tend to think cats are their main enemy, see quite a few chewed dead ones each year.

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Wouldn`t like the use of ammonia either.

Great things to plant in, but the roots will wind round and round and up their own yin yang so when planted out they do not root into the soil as readily.Compare that to the middle photo above where the roots are trained down instead, these plants are ready to grow away as soon as they are...

My House and garden, ricky, is built on more that a depth of 350' of sand and there is a disused old Roman sand quarry, [the Romans have all gone home], with about 25 yards from the front door of the House. So, early tests proved it was slightly alkaline and, while being a greedy, hungry soil,...

Well mine were those mini plugs (the size of ur fingertip type) i've just nipped put the ends to make them bushy-wasn't precious about it as they were only cheap. They're not bad-not as good as the ones woo has bought but not bad for the price/effort.

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Hi Kayleigh, I use the Gardena system in 2 greenhouses and a polytunnel. From personal experience: Worth shopping around to get PLENTY more drips and also the rubber stoppers to close holes in main pipe when you have put them in the wrong place! ALWAYS use their orange device for making the...

Yes, you're probably right. I am so paranoid about making sure the planting medium is open and free draining that I suspect they are on starvation rations

I love the viburnum smell - more like carnation I think. Surprised that Rue is coconutty. NigelJ - my garden is pretty windswept - azara would have to be in my polytunnel!

Thanks all for the input I will have to think hard where I put it ow.

One of my Standishii's as promised

I have a wood smoker/oven that I bake my dirt in every fall.I have a solar oven as well that I would never dream of using to cook buggy soil. I disagree with making an efficient one cheaply. I did this plus made a solar water heater to test the theory and then went on to buy the real deal....