General Gardening Discussion

When siting you need maximum light from the low winter sun, so axis should be east west, or as close as possible. Shading protects from the mid day sun. Also consider ventilation, the rule is half the floor space = the ventilation space needed.Only Englishmen and mad dogs fail to shade from...

I'm sympathetic because I have 2 mature berberis (had 3) which get this every year, although they are not crowded by other plants. I do spray them and they recover - hope that's comforting - but it does come back annually. The 3rd berberis I cut right back to the ground to get rid of the...

i bought a house just like what you are describing, buried builders rubble. got a guy in to take off few inches, then bring in top soil. worked fine for the lawns, but anytime i try to plant a treee or shrub, and have to go down past 3/4 inches i am hitting iron bars, pieces of wood, slates,...

I can solve the neighbour problem--put a hedge up and send them a bill for half of it--we had a nosey neighbour but he was never nosey again after he got that bill!

As a matter of interest in flying we consider a forecast more than 3 hours old to be out of date!

Great job! Looks really calming :thumb:

Thanks for that, I don't know how I missed it . I bought mine yesterday so I will give it a real good go for this year

Our cricket groundaman always says 'A week in September is worth a month in April'and you know what cricket groundsman are! They would take the cricket square to bed with them if they could get through the bedroom door!

nut get the lot he he

They are best grown in the ground because of the thick stems that occur over the years.I have had passion flower growing at the front and still have at the back of the house with no worries for about twenty years and they should be quite resilient.The minimal stunting of growth in the trough and...

Did you prune the hydrangea this spring? Did you have late frosts? Either of these can have killed the blooming buds. Leave it alone, unpruned, nad see that it is not in too exposed a site, especially in spring, when the buds break. A snug hat of orticultural fleece in a late cold spell can make...

I doubt that very much,it will be difficult to get it off the spindles and rail and bannister

Mathew,A mixture of dealer and online.I use a local dealer (L&M Young at langstone) for service and the buying of most machines, Stanton hope for spares, specialist kit and hand tools etc. Ocasionally for husquvarna machines, saw chain, bars and XP 2 stroke oil I use Peter at ...

Depends what you like eating really and also what plants you can still find in the garden centres. Its a bit late to start offmost things but from seed, but radish might be OK - I've just sown some Mooli (winter radish) and also some lettuce types. Its possible to get Kohl Rabi from seed still...

It is such a shame. A few years ago a branch came off the huge tree in my ex's drive and wrote my car off. It was a huge branch and the tree looked odd without it

Freddy if you are in to diy just buy the heat mat and thermostat and make the frame yourself,or you can get a heating cable and use it under your bench in your g/house they are low wattage and you can get different lengths, snake it to cover the area.

Hi there my old mate, the Figs this year have done so well must be the weather they must like the rain. I am not so sure if they will ripen as we are still waiting for the Summer and sunshine. It will be just like my bananas still waiting for it to fruit.

I had one grown from an avocado stone. We grew it using the cocktail stick method as described earlier. They are lovely looking plants but need warmth so keep them indoors, even in summer - I'd say.

Kalmia, That's true..... It normally always turns up on time so I think I will do the same as you.

This is our custon built allotment shed. My brother built it with two sheds and I painted it. A lot of meetings take place here over a cuppa. Just a few of us.:D