General Gardening Discussion

Decided to try a couple of new varieties this year, well new to me anyway. The onions Kappa from T&M as quite good, strange shape but have done reasonably well and the one I've tried was fairly strong.On the other hand I thought I'd give yellow beetroot another go, Suttons yellow...

Just been out there and noticed that the sulphur chips I put down have already disintegrated. That patch of ground now has a light covering of greeny yellow dust. I didn't think it would happen that quickly. I'm just going to dig the lot in now and see what happens.

Second cousin to Fu Manchu?

Naturalised bulbs? I don't find it that much of a chore with a good robust bulb planter - I bob about like a boy on a pogo stick! and then pop a bulb in each hole and stamp back in the nearest ejected core.Mine came from Bulldog (and is built like a brick outhouse!). Came from a car-boot sale...

My experience is that Roundup weakens with age. The active ingredient is glyphosate, but perhaps it is not that that decays, but the surfactants that stick it down? Or, as glyphosate is reduced to harmless starches by soil microbes, if those soil microbes were airborne (as many soil microbes...

All haille the cure.

This summer has gone the same way as last year, a good build up in July followed by something very iffy in August. Most of my stuff is now looking pretty much drowned, when it should be really doing its thing, and looking good.Once it starts raining it never knows when to stop.

I'd go for evergreens,low growing Junipers,dwarf conifers,ferns ,Buxus,Euonymous .I think it would look great against your lovely stone cottage and low maintenance too

It's always a good idea to do a walk round when the gardener turns up and show him exactly what needs doing. We still do this although he's been with us some months and only takes five minutes. 'ding dong!' He's just arrived and rung our bell! Shall carry on in a few minutes.He comes once...

Ahh, must be Pimm's O'clock time then

Says it's a weed of arable fields and gardens. Probably more seeds in the soil, but it won't like being mown if they do come thru.Probably won't germinate under turf either.

Post some close-up photos of the leaves of them? They may have grown from seed, if so nothing you can do about them but just chopping them down will kill them - more will then come ("One year's seed is seven years' weed" ). If they are pernicious perennial weeds then you will have to repeat...

Hi everyone, I just posted in the on the pest board but maybe I should have posted here. Please check out the link below. Any help would be great thanks. Gerard

Its all right, I know you will enjoy them

Just 'happened' across this, so I thought I would add it on here in case anyone is interested.Val

More are scattered around the patioThis is one of the nursery areas where about a third of them are not for sale and we have other larger areas where nearly everything is for saleThese are being looked after in the shade at the momentAnd, of course, we mustn't forget the greenhouse ...

Looks like a Wollemi Pine

Evening folks :-)Just caught up on Tuesdays programme of love your garden and I am quite taken with the green and white theme of it. Thing is, it's for the garden at the caravan, so it needs to be able to look after itself for sometimes weeks on end. The neighbours will water when I'm not...

I agree with Sheal but the ivy may be taking up too much moisture out of the soil and the bulbs are drying out over the summer

Nice one Loof Been to Tangiers a long time ago, loved it