General Gardening Discussion

There are so many garden books around and fashions come and go. (Does anyone still go in for decking and spray their fences purple?)Who are your all time favourite garden writers?I can shortlist four:Margery Fish is my number one. Her series of books are probably out of print now. She...

In terms of budget solutions, the taller log roll stuff is pretty good, at least for a few years. Goes very brittle after that. Morrisons usually have a "2 for a fiver" or similar offer around this time of year.Wilkinsons is also good for that sort of stuff - their prices are generally around...

I bought it on e bay for about 10 pounds, from one of the garden centres, it was only about a foot high but with plenty of shoots, i have been really pleased with how well it has grown, the best bet is to keep looking and find a day when not many are bidding.

Liz Design is finalised and ready to build..once i find the time It`s pretty flexible stuff but very pricey..about �£15 sq m. Extremely hard to locate in the UK.. unless you`re ordering a lorry load so you`d have to import from Germany

The pond is was man made about 400 years ago, and is a 1/4 acre partial moat. The willow is only 6ft from the pond, and the pond rather is nothing but full. Regards Darren

The cheap way to DIY is to salvage a washing machine or dishwasher inlet valve + hose and control the solenoid with a plug in timer or salvaged central heating control unit. You need to be able to knock up some sort of a box and make sure all the electrics are well insulated and earthed where...

thanks very much palustris, very helpful.

This guy seems to have written quite a few helpful articles on vegetable growing.Enjoy.http://www.westsidegardener.com/articles/index_complete.html

Agree with Hornbeam about the highly coloured varieties although you can get them to repeat flower - just put them out tof the way somewhere until next winter and allow them to rest. Have not been too succesful with the Auriculas but they are wonderful - love the pictures. Another useful Primula...

The bags may be more expensive, but easier to transport through your house

how about a solar pump/ filter, or oxygenator?

Looks good now, so think how lovely it will be with plants growing up!

I work for a local authority and one of the things my colleagues do is concerning contaminated land. I think its a fairly safe bet to say that when plans were afoot to build your house the prior use of the land would have been looked at. If there was any concern then remediation would have been...

hi fran & bubblyso sorry for the delay in replying, i've been away on holiday.MANY, MANY THANKS , it would appear that bubbly has identified the problem.looks like i've got a bit of a problem on my hands !!!thanks again.Gordon.

The first time I heard of toad lilies was at this site. I saw pictures and had to have some.

There were just a few about today before the heavens opened up and the pics I did manage have not come out well so I won't post them. I'll try again on Monday(Mutters dark mutterings about stupid auto focus cameras! )

They are self supporting Fran, the old leaf stalks bend down and support the stem. I'm not sure but I think its only Maderense and Anemonifolium (palmatum) that does this.

Dave, I think as Wishaw and Papajo said the most important thing is safety. That means a decent distance from house, fences etc. Having said that you don't have to have a huge, out of control type, bonfire. My fires were never much larger than the fire that you have in a fireplace. I made a...

What I'd do, is pop it in another small pot to see what it does just in case it turns into a magical plant - and use your container for your seedlings.

10 !!! :eek: as in ten... no I bought just the one in Sainsburys last year gave it a lot of attention it looks like it is going to repay me have U seen it in flower?