General Gardening Discussion

I planted one of these four years ago to cover the wall of an out building at the house of an elderly customer. They died and the house went empty for six months, The vine totally enveloped the outbuilding and aparently the tendrells even lifted and got under the slates.A far nicer plant is...

I have three small children, them and their friends would ,if they had their way, which they most certainly don't, would live on Big Macs, Chicken McNuggets, Chinese or other takeaways! Do they want to eat real food or vegetables, definately not! They do eat bread and home made potato and leek...

Cheers Woo thanks for the advise.:thumb: I'll take plenty of cuttings just incase some dont make it. I want to take a couple of branches off the plant because it is getting a bit unruly, and i hate throwing anything away, especially if i can get some new plants out of it, even if i have to give...

No borrowers, I was to embarrassed to admit it coz everybody else seems to have no problem.:o 02

Just catching up - why do I think (well, I know different now) that honeysuckle is always yellow? Looking at yours and hearing about the smell is really making me think. I have, for some reason, not wanted any for my trellis but am thinking of changing my mind. Can I have it in a pot? You...

Will do Dai, Cheers!! 02

He'll be back :thumb: I love to watch the birds having a bath. I have an aviary with canaries and they are queuing up for me to put fresh water in their bath.

Hello, I have two of differing heights and if its the tall one (acout 2ft ) then the white verbascums should reach the same height and flower at the same time. I accompany mine with verbascum-gainsborough bought for garden centre and easily propogated. Thats a blue and yellow scheme.

Just make sure the soil is moist, but free draining, as they don't like there feet wet. Have got one myself and it was about three feet high when bought and is about seven feet tall now. When I planted it, I put horticultural grit in the planting hole to aid drainage.

Hi Kerryshome and welcome to the world of allotmenteering.You will enjoy the trials and tribulations of owning your own piece of land and I am sure that by this time next year you will have it full of many different fruits and vegetables and also it will keep you fit with all the work plus you...

Hello Rosie, I see you again! Garden looking great RM, the grass is growing well!

Great idea, not tried growing mushrooms yet, think I'll give it a go. 02

That what burns, never returns!

I would sit them on a concrete foundation or at the very least compacted type one, otherwise if youve a soft spot then theyl sink.Personaly I use normal A1 sleapers for this sort of job and line them with membrane to stop leaching, If the budget allows then Azobe West african sleapers,...

You don`t want the flower on there ( the cuttings ) anyway Jarbax. You want the slips to create roots quickly, not have to maintain flowers. :thumb:

Mikey, rotovate the area, rake it level and reseed.:thumb:

Thanks for that cause I can kill plants anyway without having help

Cheaper for sure,I got one for 5 euros, but that was a special offer and it is not one of the most convincing. Still nice though :D

the weather here was beautiful but clouding over rapidly,have quickly mown lawns

The nearest store for me is miles away and parking is a problem so I will have to keep looking out for the special offers on Thompson & Morgans.