General Gardening Discussion

The owners of the property where I work have a couple of dogs which are 'free range' around the gardens. It can make hand weeding and tidying the beds a somewhat hazardous experience at times. Nothing quite beats grabbing hold of what you think is a small pile of leaves or a bit of dead...

For such a small word, wee has a few different uses and meanings - Wee = small Wee = urinate Wee Pee = urinate only a little bit Weeeeeeeee! = the noise one makes when sliding down a big slide etc. Wee wa' = small wall Dinnae tak that wee wa' awa wi ye - don't take that little wall away with...

Thank you Kristen I shall do that

Nice and sunny this morning Pity the forecast is for it cloud over during the day. At least if the sun shone all day, it might improve my mood.

Yes, the seedlings should be removed as soon as they germinate or they will grow leggy very quickly.

well in our own garden i think the five most popular with the birds, butterflys/bee's ect would have to be...... 1) Holly (little insipid looking flowers but last year in particular we had loads of those very aptly named 'Holly Blue Butterfly's') visiting it. plus berries for the birds) 2)...

I bought two packs of three, so have 2 canes in each pot. Size of them? About 12" in diameter, and 14" deep? I will get them into the ground, along with the fruit trees in the garage, as soon as the ground thaws out. Hopefully this weekend!

It's still snowing and we've still got 8" on the ground. I think I need a "Gardening in Iceland" forum...

A place that the UK has seemed to have passed it by.

Nice one Stephen Not many folk can see that section, its like its got a perception filter over it

Not sure I follow that Simon, if you fail to water seedlings they just keel over and wither and mature plants will drop their leaves before keeling over.

I built a retaining wall just before the snow so hopefully the frost wont have got to the mortar and weakened it! Tomorrow the soil will be moved up against it so I'll know then! lol All being well I'll level the soil ready for turfing next month.

I'm looking to buy a shrub from either Coblands or Jacksons Nurseries online. Has anyone bought from them? I'd like your feedback please.

After reading this thread I found to large cactus on my local , just waiting for the address to collect them .......missed loads of house plants , bamboo and large yuccas .

Totally agree, child's play to increase numbers (break a bit of new growth off and plant back in the ground, sorted). Had Palace Purple for about 20 years so that has proved to me anyway that it is a worthy plant for anywhere other than really extremely cold climates. Will NOT be trying any...

Nothing as yet John, thanks for asking. She's applied for plenty, but it seems that age discrimination is alive and well. A bit of a pain in the @rse, as things should have been swinging our way, at this time of life...

yeah they puff their feathers out like that to help conserve heat. you cant help but feel sorry for them in this weather, it amazes me how they survive at all tbh food must surely be scarce? at least its not in our garden though...the bird table has never seen so much activity.

Thanks to all , just have to re-charge my batteries and have a go at the photo things

Hello loopyLor13Most perennial plants and shrubs planted in the ground, once established, do not need much watering, unless there is a long hot period. To help newly planted ones to settle, I would give them a thorough watering as soon as i arrive at the site on Friday and once again just...

I dug a trench along my Leylandii hedge [also not planted by me!!] with a JCB smashing through the roots in order to get things to grow there. I did give the hedge several feet to itself, and there is nothing to hinder its root growth on its far-side. If the hedge is a greedy feeder you could...