General Gardening Discussion

Many thanks for the tips.

some impressive compositions in this thread...

Hi,I'm soon to be helping the local council plant up a communal area of land. We have put in an orchard already but I'm a bit out of my depth when it comes to anything beyond edibles so I'd really appreciate advice from anyone with experience of planting grasses and wildflowers.The planting...

Thanks for all the replies.Yeah, I thought of that but given the area in question it'd cost me more in electricity than it would to pay someone to scrape them out for me!Sounds good, thanks I'll give this a try and report back.

I've gone the other way and recently received some Eucomis vandermerwei bulbs which only grows to about 15cm!

I think sand will aerate it better; also the worms will incorporate it into the clay. But best of all for loosing up and improving clay soil is lots and lots of whatever organic matter you have. I've gardened on clay for 40 years and it is actually pretty fertile once you can unlock the...

Well green would be best Harry if you use any other colour it will do the same at there side and might complain about there muti coloured fence , paint gets everywhere using the spray, plants gravel boards will get covered even being careful.I have a brand new fence all round my garden...

They have to say that in order to keep the climate change theory going, without the odd"expert", and I mean "odd", we could all stop believing and just go about things normally with less taxation.Never understood how TV companies seem to come up with an "expert" at the drop of a hat on any...

Hmmm, I hadn't considered that, I guess it must produce pollen so it's possible.

Well not quite, Bon Bon and Festival have all germinated and Sweet Dumpling looks to be breaking through. Nothing doing with other six varieties....

It's good to see that your weeds are doing as well as mine Jack!

I don't see why not but I'm not sure that it is the most pleasing on the eye solution. Eggshells work as well. My fave however is coffee grounds.Good thread though as 'tis going to be a bumper year for the little sods!

I agree with clueless, why do you need to break up the soil if there is going to be a patio/path laid over it?

Could be, but they are all in the same compost and the vast majority are nice and green.

Chrysanthemums can be stunning flowers. In Italy they are used a lot for cemeteries I am guessing because of the time of their flowering which is Autumn and the day of the dead is start November. Anyway, sure, they can be grown in pots but they will be less resistant than grown in the ground. ...

Yes that sounds OK (BTW it's pea gravel you need not shingle)

Hi allJust a quickie update, well had a new quote yesterday which was free!!!!He was a very down to earth guy, listened to what i wanted, suggested things as well, let me look through his ipad at pics of previous work, then gave me a quote which was...........£2000 to do both back and...

for the third morning I had to scrape ice from the car windscreen, albeit a thin film...

Noted, thanks again.