General Gardening Discussion

Lets get the frogs bred asap!! Nice cite that Liz

I will try my best john

Thanks pip..daz

Really LOL? The fragrance in the evening is intoxicating - I just have to go out to have a sniff :D

A garden in Manchester many years ago kept records of the number of snails and slugs they killed. Over a period of 5 years they removed over 200,000 of them "with no visible diminution of numbers!". I'll bet there are still plenty in your garden, just well hidden!. If the plant is dead, then do...

now is the time to start gathering flower heads etc for making pot pourri.. Basic Potpourri Recipe Instructions:Choosing the botanicals: Decide on a color scheme. It can be very natural and earthy looking or very brilliant. It can be made with 2 colors or many colors. It can be simple...

You have your priorities right TO,

Change of plan, got up too late but thanks for your advice and we are def going later in the week.

Th is is how the garden looked this time last year

Thanks for all your kind adviceI shall take a piccy and get it here soon Marge ,on the pets piccy section of course

Same here Liz - Jasmine beesianum

Geoff, it is stunning and a real eye-catcher! Hope you will post another pic when the other two start blooming so we'll see all three together.

Yes, I do the same as you, Liz.

Thanks Liz - mum is not much better I'm afraid. She's had nausea for months and been off her food causing her depression. They can't find anything wrong in all the tests they've done - which doesn't help. She's agreed to have some counselling so maybe that will help. Don't know how dad's coping....

ty all, will try now and again in oct.

Ooops - hit quote instead of edit, sorry guys...

Well Done..!!! Look forward to photos...

Perhaps the trade has realised that CIDPs have reached saturation point and are looking for others to tempt us with, Chamaerops are very cheap now compared to a decade ago. The number of CIDPs imported into the UK over the last ten years must be in the hunderds of thousands. Maybe we will see...

good work plotty