General Gardening Discussion

At least you have Cal to blame - I managed much the smae without feline help....I'd go for it too, LoL - enjoy the surprise andd delight in anything coming up - adding a whole new spice to growing from seed! :D

We pickle wild chanterelle mushrooms.

Yes, you are right, flowering times in absolute terms will change, but you might think that in one location plants would flower in relatively the same order, even if they were all foreward one year and all behind in another.

Hi Madahhlia, welcome. Thanks for the kind offer, but Leicester and Lymington are quite away from each other even though you house my favourite rugby team! LoL, we must have been close neighbours, just a short swim across the Solent. :D

Thanx for a great link, I can see where i've gone wrong to date, in my borders too. The critters page is interesting........... I got a recipe for racoon, in an old cookery book by sainsbury's. I still looking off racoon tho' Love the rest of the site

I've always wanted to grow tithonia but my attempts have always met with dismal failure. Cleome is a bit easier, but they grow fast and if sown too early they get hard to manage in terms of space/potting on before planting out time.

Yeah, your right, trees are old fashioned, not met a modern one yet. :D

well, the seeds looked like little stones...maybe they are stones afterall

thank you bekimac i am enjoying it here & getting a lot of good tips learning more each day

Geoff, the link hasn't come through, thankfully as I wouldn't like to see that! I will stop using pellets now - the ones I have don't seem to make any difference anyway. I will just keep removing them from plants/walls etc, perhaps I'll build up the courage to squash them!

I think I might show it to my cats as a warning to behave themselves!!

Was it this one, Scotkat?http://dobbies.plantpress.com/plantdb.php?plant=8915&pi=1I'm resisting! :D

Way to go Pete now your cooking on gas, let us know if it works for you.

hehehe So long as you are patient

Have as look here : http://www.magnoliagardensnursery.com/productdescrip/Cordyline_RedStar.html

brilliant idea oktarine..thats very helpful..thanks (though my local weather isnt bucking up anytime soon...boooo)

One point to add, is that the Buddleja most often seen is B. davidii and its multifarious forms. they are pruned as hard as you chose in Feb/March. They flower on wood produced in the current growing season. Buddleja globosa and its crosses with B. davidii like Sungold, B. alternifolia are...

It would be lovely if the weather would let us sit out there..... well, one day soon, maybe!Yes - it's been a lot of hard work, and there's still a lot to do, but nothing quite so major as everything so far.Don't forget to give me weeding time, Scotkat!

I use a cheapo electric soldering iron to make holes - you don't have to keep heating it up then! Holes are a bit smaller, it's true - but you can make more of 'em... You can buy them for not a lotta money and keep one just for that! (Although mine goes back to normal duties afterwards....!)

Ok pete thanks mate..daz