General Gardening Discussion

No problem Sheal. It's nice to see you are keeping it and know lots more about it now!

Well, if you look at my ambles around my garden, Honeybunny, you'll see some of my fences! But I can take some other pics for you if you like.

I know that it's definitely us that serves them - they have us running around watering and feeding them on a daily basis, moving them into new homes when their current home gets too small, and don't even get me started on the ones that manage to force us into buying them and transporting them...

Might be an idea I do like a good g&t

When we have an area that we're trying to clear of weeds it can take a long time to make sure they are gone. So we plant things in pots, buried and left with half an inch of pot protruding (the plant hides it). Then, when we have time, we lift out the pots, work on the weeds and put the pots...

If it is all cultivated (e.g. in preparation for seeding a new lawn) then I find that towing a ladder (tie a rope to the rungs at each end) over it will drag the high spots onto the low ones. Dragging it front-to-back and left-to-right a few times will sort it out; if the ladder just skates...

Ouch!

I have a small piece of extrema that I have purchased recently. Hopefully it will start producing some decent sized leaves soon. I have chatted with Stewart recently on a few issues. He is releasing some good publications soon. Among them a trilogy of Drosera of the World, and also a reprint...

I have a Sarah Bernhardt and I think it has been quicker to settle and start blooming than the other peonies I've had. It is almost more lovely in the shoot and bud stage than when it flowers as they are very top heavy and need support. Great for cutting, though, I have some on the mantelpiece...

Aren't plants brilliant. it was in the news a while ago that that were suspected of doing some quantum physics, but now it looks closer to being proven. 90% efficiency in energy capture is amazing. To put it into perspective, the most fuel efficient car engine is less than 10% efficient...

Something like Pathclear has residual properties;

Just over a couple of years ago I was browsing a seed catalogue and came across this variety of primula and liked it for its delicate look and supposedly amazing scent. I bought the seed and sowed them, from 4 original seedlings I was down to one plant that I have grown on for 2 years, it...

Good evening Loli its a pleasure my friend

As a Radio Ham no longer operational I bet the lift is tremendous at the moment and some incredible contacts are being made. Oh those were the days. I'd rather it not interfere with our computers now. Thank you.

Definate weed. I pull them out as soon as I see them.

Thanks all - I'll try and get a photo later to confirm the diagnosis. I'd like to keep it in this planter if I can, simply because it grows up the back of the planter and makes it look a bit more like 'something' if you know what I mean?

pulmonaria dark vaderperennials.com

goodness gracious

That's rubbish isn't it. Advertising Oriental lilies and then either using an any-old-photo or planning to send any-old-mix of bulbs.