General Gardening Discussion

Another busy day today - the backache is fortunately a lot better! I've now planted all the petunias, and the mints and Heartsease from Jekka....Now I realise, at the moment there are considerably more flowers than veg, which is NOT GOOD for someone in my precarious financial position!! BUT...

Hi VictoriaZ,I too live in Cardiff and my back garden was solid clay which was incredibly difficult to work with and retained the water for weeks. Adding organic matter/sand/compost did very little and eventually I opted for installing a proper herringbone draining system with a layer on...

Yes Andrew Please post a pic then Pro Gard or Daitheplant or another professional may help.

Trouble is they need watering, with a large planting thats quite a task.Personally Id of scheduled it in for october, still warm enough for the grass seed to establish but no real need for watering or at the least minimal.

I'll keep my fingers crossed for you terrier! Just out of curiosity,what part of North Wales do you live? We have a caravan in Conwy. A lot of the time we leave Manchester in the rain, but when we get to Wales it's beautiful and sunny.

Wow, never heard of that before!

Thanks for the tip, I'll try that today, it's a nice day, and best of luck for the blues in the CL final, I hope they gup the reds, however you play my team on Monday so I won't wish you any luck at all with that game.Cheers

i had no intention of buying one of these !!!!! i just thought why the hell would anyone want one of these

Good answer Kalmia.....................and Welcome

I agree with David, Also don't let the compost dry out. A top dressing after removing the top couple of inches of compost should help.

Hi I need to purchase about 50 Red Robins for hedging idearly about 4 to 5 feet in hight can anybody advise me as to where the best place is to purchase these Many Thanks Ray

Hi Is Ericaceous Compost peat and can it be mixed with horse manure if so is 50/50 mix ok? Many Thanks Ray

What type of lavender?

Has anyone got any spare plants , the one seed I wanted to sow for summer and forgot.Silly meToo late now.Want to make a hanging ball basket with them

My Mum has had the same problem with her tulips and when she investigated she found it was slugs!

Thanks mate.No there 11 duckling's!the video's only done on my camara so not very good im affraid.

Here the Jacaranda threes are normal, we use them in the sides of the streets, I love this plant! I don't think that it can grow in england because some friends of mine in north Italy desire them but they told me that there in winter it die!I don't find the smileys :(

Hello all, just read the rinal bit of this thread - i have to agree. Even though i don't have a water meter, i have never been wasteful. Makes you sick, when you think of us worrying about a dripping tap or watering our little bit of garden when, like you say, the people laying down these laws...

Why is it always sold as an annual bedding plant? Mine comes up every year and is already in flower

Hi, can anyone help. I'm doing a quiz and I have to find a 6 letter flower, with the clue being a gift to the Queen. Thankyou