General Gardening Discussion

I agree with the idea of a single review page that could possibly be sub- divided into 'Printed Books, e-books and Kindle books reviews.This is how I file my books;

Sorry, forgot to answer the rest, I think they will be mainly on top as they aren't the trailing kind. Getting them from a reliable seller on ebay so they should be good plants, I can't seem to get a tray of 6 the same colour in the garden centre they are always mixed colours.Val

Must agree about the plants, can't see you getting much off of them this year, but that is not to say you can't over winter them and have a head start next year.Most of my Chilli and Pepper plants have either loads of flowers or fruits on, and I started mine late February.... I will be...

Thanks guys!

This problem has been reported here before (with a remedy) P.S. Also posted here and here in the past without any recommendations for treatment.

My ferns grow in dry shade under an elder quite happily in the summer.

Spectaclier pics @Jungle Jane Talking of bombs Rosie, I fell asleep on a hot summers night back in the 80's, my bedroom faced towards London. Woke up to see all these flashes on the horizon & thought London was getting nuked I was outside in a panic before I realised it was only lightning

Not been my experience Most common mistake with herbaceous paeonies is planting them too deep. I plant with the tubers pretty much "on" the surface. They may not look great in the first year, but as @ARMANDII said that's true of most things after moving / dividing.

@Kristen I'd say the coir pots perform better than peat pots.I haven't found drying out to be a problem, either with the pots themselves or with the surrounding medium. The coir pots have a much more fibrous structure than peat ones, 'wicking' away of moisture doesn't seem to be a problem...

I would aim at forming screens of fairly leafy trees/shrubs reaching to 6' or more all around as then the smoke cannot waft through so easily in the first place. Do you already have a fence, and if so, is it failing to keep smoke out? Also, I would consider having a fan readily accessible to see...

Might have been dropped by a Swallow

I believe that an effective method of application of glyphosphate (the active ingredient in systemic weedkillers) is to put a bit in a polythene bag along with some bindweed foliage. Crushing the foliage is a good idea too. The logic is that the crushed stems allow the glyphosphate to enter more...

Sorry - wrong month - moved to July

Apples are turning rosy (might not be the best example, but I was rather hot and bothered this afternoon). And picked some more Blackberries - got 2 punnets today! When the picking builds up to more than we can eat, everything else will be used for winemaking.

I could tell you horror stories about Green Flag!

Love it!

It could be Corkscrew Rush.

Lol, thank you! Yes, a rose by any other name would smell as sweet Yes, I've only had the plant for about a week..so we shall see what happens, maybe the flowers will darken into the lovely pink. There are LOTS and lots of buds on it, so it's nice and healthy (because I've only had it a...

I think you have to do it if that's the state they are in! Both common so even if you kill them they would easily be replaced.You will probably get a little bit of new growth this year but they will take off like a rocket next spring.The deutzia won't flower much except on any growth it...

Nasturtiums that don't attract aphids, so that they're free of them...But I like them in their own right.