General Gardening Discussion

I had similarly bad luck with climbers over the gate to my allotment (I know, I know, but I didn't have a garden then and I needed some flowers!) - I'm not entirely sure of the cause but the main difference between there and my garden here (where I am managing to grow them) was that I just dug...

I am a professional landscaper and I advise 75mm of hardcore compacted with a plate vibrator then a 6/1 to 10/1 gritsand or limestone dust to cement ratio at about 40mm thickness for a garden patio. I prefer to use it damp and consolidate each flag with a maul. Be sure t haunch the free edges of...

I have found a weed growing and was told it is mandrake, what is the best way to get rid, I have started to dig them out but will they keep coming back?

You need to keep it growing right through the summer to build up the bulb for next year, feed it occasionally with tomato food. Start to dry it off in early Sept, when the leaves will die. After the initial flowering I tend to leave mine in a cool place right through the winter, bone dry. I...

Hi, and thank you so much, i want to plant outsside,do i need to seal the pot first, is PVA ok to use, then gloss?

Hi Bashy. Sounds to ME that you`ve done all the right things. Nightime temps are pretty good at the moment and if it was me, I`d have no fear about leaving the vents open. Cheers...freddy.

wot is about mud that is so compeling. from this brown stuff come's, food ~ flowers ~ plants ~ enjoment ~ hard work ~ freinds ~ and many more things im trying to work out why gardening is so adictive :confused:

thank you. It's well planted up now, so I can't really add lots of stuff. I have however, read elsewhere that to just keep breaking the top layer helps quite a lot, helping the air get in . I went ahead yesterday and bought the soaker hose from Wilkinsons - EXCELLENT value, had I bought from a...

I need some advice on a Stipa arundinacea (also known as Anemanthele lessoniana) which i have in my garden. I grew some from seed a couple of years ago and they are now mature plants. I recenly needed to move some of them and one which had grown particuarly large and had outgrown its space,...

Got my beloved to finally finish the outside of the greenhouse...now all I have to do is lock the door from the outside (with him inside) until he's finished my little path inside it! :D Hel.xxx.

Thanks to everyone! The bench is now in-situ and painted up! Total cost of materials was approx 90euros ... 8 decking boards, 3 x (85x85x1.8m) posts and a bunch of screws .... The website is:Phew, now deserve a pint ... which as you say PF ... can easily sit on the arm, alongside a...

Hi Borrowers. It's a 6'x2' and am well happy with it. It was a REAL bitch to put up though, really you need two people, but as my wife was dealing with our newborn son, I had to do a balancing act!!! I got it from Norfolk greenhouses. Here's the link:Hope this helps. Cheers

Well done from me too Barra. Nice to see it still looking fantastic. Post some more pics as things change. cheers

I'm not going to say this will work 100% but we used to get a lot of foxes drinking from our ponds in the night. (We have an intruder alarm that sounds a bleep in our bedroom if anyone or anything aproaches the house front or back, that's how we knew they were there)This used to go off all the...

I was looking at melons on the Fothergills site and decided perhaps we couldn't bet on our weather too much but having said that we are enjoying 28c today and over the weekend, but will it last?

Thanks for the reply guys, much appreciated.

I took out a 70m Leylandi hedge. JCB man loaded them up on his trailer and took them away in 2005. Mixed hedge planted a month later with a fence for my neighbours privacy. Each winter we refill holes and 3 years later the hedge is nearly as high as fence but still a few holes. Do it properly...

If your worried about damaging plants with re-used water you could use something like 'water butt fresh' which you can buy here (http://aquahydrotech.com/catalogue1.asp?product=163&product_type=2

Steve, it is a myth that sand helps improve clay soils. What is needed is humus, and lots of it.:thumb:

Thanks mate.Yea the ducks are all over the place now all the eggs are hatching...Your right i never go in lol.When im in i wana be out lol.