General Gardening Discussion

Thanks Loli and Silu. I'm glad they grow as individual plants, because the seeds I bought are mixed colours and didn't fancy multi coloured clumps in the garden. Thanks for the colour and size tip Silu. Guess what I'll be doing at the weekend? I've also got my young grandson here for the...

Just remembered - on top of us getting green waste collected, free, weekly a waste compacter lorry visits the village (and other villages around) every Sunday from April to November. It stays in one spot in each village for an hour and everyone takes their surplus garden waste there. There are...

Fair comment; well presented

Some of my tulips are now flowering

Camellia sasanqua and possibly Camellia reticulata?? With some Smilacina racemosa interplanted for good measure silu, try hanging bars of cheap soap from the remains...it's a trick that seems to work here!

There was a Plant hunters fair near where I live. Didn't get the name of the stall though, sorry.Of course, the first thing I did when I got it home was to chop it to bits :-p if you would like a cutting once rooted I will be more than happy to send one your way!

I would have thought it best to avoid anything that self seeds freely (Foxgloves, Forget me Nots, many of the wildflowers) on an allotment. That said, I would consider Nasturtiums ok - the seeds are large (as previously pointed out) so will not spread too far, and they are great next to broad...

sunday was lovely here too but not a patch on today, it was just glorious here, lovely & sunny with a scrumptiously warm breeze...ahhh bliss i don't think i left the garden for more than 5 mins...only to nip inside for a quick sandwich then back out...no dinner for me...it'd be wasting...

I pinch out most everything including surfinias. Plants are much bushier, stronger and more floriferous.....and they flower better!

Tropical stuff is full of weird critters. I used to buy trinkets and souvenirs made from local wood when I lived abroad, sometimes they just ate themselves from the inside out. I remember having a little wooden musical instrument that shed sawdust as it sat on the shelf. Maybe we're better off...

With you both every time I sat down I could see lots of other things that need doing ... and the ' fatal' good idea's ...

Eeee by gum, I'll neeed phraize boook.

Hi-i don't envy you having to write about vegetables nowadays amid this changing weather !

Blimey! Please apologise to him for me, Jenny. When I told them to "go away", I didn't think they'd make it that far; or as quick

After such a poor start in my cold greenhouse, I have started again with more seed sowing.African Marigold and Nigella. Beetroot and red onion. Morning Glory and Swan River Daisy.

That's the one for£11.99 in wickes by me Scrungee.Rusty

Yes. Probably best to stop around beginning of May, maybe a bit later (e.g. for any variety that has been slow to produce the number of cuttings you want), then the mother plants can recover and put on a bit of growth, be hardened off, and planted out towards end of May. All that can be earlier...

ah sure i always sow far too many seeds anyway...in that respect i don't see this year being much different

AHA!!! I will almost be able to call myself a "gardener" at this rate I bought 3 last year: red, white and blue and I planted those in a group arrangement. They all split seed wonderfully in the Autumn. Checked the copse end earlier today and I can only see one plant emerging. But! I'm...

Thanks