General Gardening Discussion

It can be done, by hand and spade and wheelbarrow, I know! We have, we reckon, removed something like 30 tons of rubble, rubbish, s**** metal etc. from this piece of land. AND taken it all to the recycling yard in one car or another. As Dendy says, rotovation where there is material like that is...

Thanks Claire, I certainly agree about the yellow flag!I have looked up I. laevegata and I think "unpretentious" could mean "simple in form" it looks to be a no frills type but lovely.

I just looked at your country life thread, those pictures bring back memories and you managed to get a shot of the motor cruiser I keep there for my holidays too! (I wish!)I think you are very lucky to live in Portugal, I almost bought a third of a share in a Vilamoura villa 3 years ago...

Right then.I`ll stop worrying.Thankyou Palustris.

Thank you Fran i think i will put some out and keep a few back in case the weather turns bad then.

Word of warning. If the ground elder or indeed field bindweed it coming from next door - then all you can do is keep on top of it.My neighbours allowed both to get a hold, on my side, no matter what I did it still kept coming - so after some years membrane and mulch in the affected area was...

I have a feeling that if you decapitate the plant the top piece can be used as a cutting, and if left, the old root might well shoot out new offsets. But I'm only guessing, it usually happens with most succulents.

Walnut, thank you for posting. This is exactly what I was looking for. Since it is the system that I use here it is great information. The UK is even more mild than I imagined. I don't see my zone listed on there at all. I am in Zone 6 and 5 is not to far to the north of here. :eek:

Ah!! Because the slimy swines attempted to munch through my largest one last week!! :eek: :rolleyes: Thanks to Kandy, he's now splinted and looking ok....and surrounded by slug pellets and slimy corpses :D :D

no problem elaine, just it was only by chance I saw it as I don't have time to look at all GC now gardening days are longer.not sure how big your garden is rydall, I will try to take some pictures of tree protection down our lane. Wood would be best, but you will have to put creasote or old...

That's the only way to do it. Good old fashioned elbow-grease!

http://plants.thompson-morgan.com/uk/en/product/8178/1?RA=tiscali Is this what you're looking for Time?

Hi again!Now I know what my unknown plants are I wondered if I could get some more advice from you lovely people?!We were going to plant the Laurel along a wirey boundary fence between our neighbours garden and us, but now our neighbour would like a proper wooden fence between our properties...

great thanks there going in...daz

still cant get two on lady:i dunno keep trying i guess lol

Don't know what you're doing, daz, but whatever it is it's not quite right.Can you see the photos you are importing into PB? Is the IMG link line (3rd down) there? You are copying from that, aren't you?

Geoff, they should be allowed to grow on now for a good couple of months or so. Are they outside in the ground or in pots? Either way they need to grow good leaves that will build up a good bulb for next year. Later on you can dry them off and store them dry until the autumn when you can...

Looks like they'll make it, pete. Another beauty I miss here although perhaps I could try them under the Jacaranda in the shade where I have my Fuchsias, Cyclamen, Bilbergia, Spider Plant and various house plants which all stay outside all winter. Actually, think I do have a mini pom-pom (gum...

Thanks Paladin and Palustris, I've mixed it with my compost.

The bbc design inspiration pages might be a help to get an idea of the style you'd like - if you like playing with computer programs you can find the virtual garden software quite easily from there too and you might enjoy trying some planning with that. I'd also spend some time visiting open...