General Gardening Discussion

Thanks for your help Smiffy will yake a look in Band Q ,sounds good .

Thanks for the responses Whoever originally designed the garden must have loved birds as we have a lot of different plants already like hawthorn, dogwood, cherry etc.I'll check out blackthorn and then make a decision as to whether to go for a currant bush or a blackthorn one

Use it as a mulch, Antheus and, as Newbie says, the worms will take it down for you.

I appreciate that, but when you worry too much about a plant you start doing things which you think should be done. And end up damaging , or even killing, the plant.

Well I have had a good think about this and I dislike Berginia,s But I love Elephants Ears :D [ 13. April 2008, 12:33 AM: Message edited by: wiseoldowl ]

Hello Ming welcome to the forum sorry your 'new' neighbour isn't very friendly maybe a bottle of nice wine with sort her out, it worked well on my new neighbours only problem now I can't get shut of her when we talk....but then again I do like to go on myself so not really a problem there! :D ...

hi rosei just soaked mine for 2 hrs yesterday and then potted them upi did soak them for 48 hrs last yr (forgot i was soaking them) and then put them in a seed tray they were all up in 24 hrs and then died when they went outside :(i have read somewhere on here they don't like to be...

thanks to all.I drove pst a massive garden centre along the m66 near rawenstall, does anyone know this one?

Cynaroides, Pete. from a packet of 5, 3 germinated and 1 collapsed after a few months leaving 2, now 0. :(

My Siki stays out all year it's in the ground with a bit of fleece around it, which will come off soon.

This is how I do it:Treat the moss first with lawn sand or iron sulphate in soulution and scarify after its gone black.spot treat weeds with verdoneOverseed and a liquid feed of seaweed or phostrogen.In time, bare patches were the weeds were, scratch up then a handfull of seed over...

Hi Golfer!The best weed control is; digging. By digging and turning over the soil you are able to pick out any deep rooted weeds you spot. Little and often is my motto!The weather is then able to get to the bare earth, and believe it or not, come next Spring the soil will be more easily...

UPDATE!The Daffodils in the mixed vases are over but the Tulips are still going strong!Tulips in the garden and allotment are putting on "some show."Cheers

Streaming works fine for me (so glad they invented iplayer - it's great). Also if you have virginMedia cable tv you can watch it as a "catch-up" programme.

It's all very vexing, moving things in and out of the coldframes and shed, opening and shutting the greenhouse vents,covering and uncovering tender plants in the garden.We had rain forecast for the weekend, but it's been lovely, well there were a few showers but it is April, after all. ...

Rusty iron is very sought-after these days, you should see the prices at garden shows!! I have a few rusty iron thingies myself, and I think they make a really nice frame for plants. I think your passion flowers and cobea scandens will look fab - mine will be growing up a rusty iron obilisk.

The odd stepping-stone in your border can be quite handy.

I seem to remember in the recent past I have had a BBQ at Easter and we have been out in the snow playing with the kids at Easter in another year. I guess this leaves it open that Easter is a varied time of year for the weather and we all like to garden as soon as possible when we get some...

Only problem with bark chippings Gardenlearner is that it's really very hard to see cat poop in it...... not nice if you garden on your knees! :eek: Hel.xxx.

I move the plants out of the heated propagator when they have got established (a few true leaves) into an unheated progator. You really only need heat for germination of the seeds (with normal plants).My greenhouse has bubblewrap insulation, Three heated propagators and several unheated ones....