General Gardening Discussion

Hessian backed carpets are ideal Ruth, tho' a tad hard to find nowadays. Carol Klein swears by em, as do most allotmenteers- i.e. they're so heavy when wet that they're not likely to go missing.My grandfather used to grow his spuds through old carpet.

The weed killer I used killed off one of newly planted Dahlias but I've got a new hand fork today which has made digging back the bindweed to my neighbours fence really easy.

Hi Shiney,Thanks for your reply, here are some pics I've taken of one that I managed to annoy from the plant! They seem to fly solo not huddling in...

Thank Liz I have got a better picture now - If we had rainwater how the butts would work and then i could use the bathwater for the ground level garde, Thank for warning Walnut helped me rethink what is poosible- Thanks I will look up about pumps - I can see how it works in my mind now.

Thanks for your comments, folks, I think the answer is indeed separate baskets.

........and don't use the bathwater if you've had it full of bubblefoam, shampoo or other bath additives!

I had heavy clay soil too, so opted for raised beds. You could still go down this route for crops this year.

Thanks LoL. You've been really helpful many thanx.

Ha ha!!! johnny five he's alive!!! tiny little sprouty bits (technical term) at the bottom of the tigs.

Yeah my Mum and Dad have sent off for this too, they haven't got the room for another composter so guess where that's going to live??!! :D :D It's a great offer...might send off for one myself :rolleyes:

Thank you banana man for that.Il have a look tonight after gardeners world . an hour episode...cool..daz

Thanks so much to everyone for your help - at the moment I am putting the spiky prunings from my other neighbours rosebush all over the exposed earth and it seems to be doing the trick! Hopefully it will work until we get our own cat, which won't be long now! just waiting for the baby to get a...

Sounds like your going to have some fun sorting that lot out Waco.

Nah - by the time I've chopped off the mantle (only way to move it otherwise it weighs a ton and is soooo unwieldy!) decanted it and pulled off all the little 'potatoes' and dead roots, the root ball will be about �¼ it's present size and all ready to blast again!I had this advice from one...

Thanks dai, I have been watering it copiously and some leaves have recovered. You may well be right, I'll cut back the other 2 after they've flowered.

Wisteria is fickle. Some get going straight after transplanting, others take ten years or more. I know one, properly pruned (by yours truly) all across a house that stubbornly refuses more than two or three heads, another I put in a couple of years back as a miserable little twig that manages a...

Wow now thats propper banana growing lol verry good my friend.I think ill keep it in a pot on the patio.So i can bring it in the house in winter.Thanks mate good advice as always...daz

Thank you all for your input, Alyssum is a "Cheshire choice" and snow white. I put them in a chair (out door type) last year, and ive just pulled it out and the alyssum is just starting to bloom. I bought the Ranunculus "Magic mix" in a pot last year, that was another I put in the chair that has...

Well GGerald I have no Idea how It works but at �£500 I think I will stick to doing this favourite task of mine by hand.But if you go to this link it might help,. i see It fits the vacuum cleaner that's definitely a no no for me :D [ 22. April 2007, 12:23 PM: Message edited by:...

Has anyone grown these before? Are some of them supposed to look exactly like tomato plants or have I got a packet of rogue seeds?