General Gardening Discussion

Massive garden and I love your seating area

I am redoing my borders, both the top raised one and the north facing one but I can't for the life of me decide which order to put the plants in so I keep changing my mind The top border is west facing and is sunnier on the left than the right where it joins the north facing border. Currently...

How kind of the sky to water your garden for you ready for those nasturtium and grass seeds Sounds like you got some bargains, FC!

Thanks for All the Lovely Comments Ive had a Water Wheel Made for the side of the Folly just got to fit it and another pool for it top run in to But Must Remaine Focused on this here Arbour None Stop with this Bit of

Different pruning characteristics to the Big 'Uns then? Presumably still cut back, but its not going to need the Big Loppers in a few years time I guess

Snap This is a common theme with gardeners, I find. Again, apart from the carriage cost, a Plant Swap site could have a "Charity donation" option, so sender is not out of pocket for carriage, but whatever "charge" is made of the buyer goes to charity. eBay has similar, I suppose, where...

I've got a reptile mat in a plastic "oddments tidy box". Seeds (Banana and the like) in sphagnum moss get too hot if they are in contact with it (running it on a thermostat) ... so I have now put a mesh cake stand between reptile mat and bags of moss/seeds. But I think a better solution might...

Congratulations on a good outcome. Your solicitor was right about not pushing it. If it came to court you could be ruled against (if the court thought it was a debateable situation) as you would have turned down a reasonable offer. The courts don't like you being unnecessarily litigious.

Hi Well the decking has been finished now and the wendy house is coming on Tuesday, can't wait! Have done some more tidying in the garden and there are some interesting things popping up.One of the huge plants has just come in bloom and smells gorgeous. Its a red currant tree according to...

WRT to your electric saw. Make sure you don't let it try to cut where there are any nails / screws. Personally I would never use a chain saw on a shed for the very reason that nails etc. are hard to spot, and they have a dramatic effect on the blade :( and can make the saw kick - with...

All that for a bit of a rabbit!!!

LOvely folly mon

Yep me too Harry my painted fern and ostrich fern are slow this year!

Just lovely!! Val

Bit organised there K! They get a skull and crossbones

It will add Calcium to the soil, over time, which will increase the alkalinity. Hence best to use rainwater when you can (I don't see a need to be too obsessive about it, but there again using tap water exclusively will cause a build-up of alkaline salts, over time.)

Don't rotavate a bed with couch grass, it will chop up the roots into tiny pieces each of which will grow quickly into a new plant. Spray with glyphosate or try and tease out the roots after watering.

I do get my fair share! In the first photo, those trees you see behind the fence, belong to the local council and are being taken down due to some sort of disease which is so, so sad. Mind you, they were going to be replaced by Ash - last year brought a rethink on that one In the...

Ahhh.