General Gardening Discussion

I would just leave it alone meantime If you get another cold snap, removing it will simply leave the new buds open to invasion from the dreaded cold

This is sooooo true. I thought when i moved in and started in the garden, especially as a brand new gardener, this is going to take forever to sort. But if i wasn't a lazy arse i could have probably sorted it all in a few months. Instead of the two years so far :(See my sig, i've still...

i have been out wrapping the cloches in fleece!! a tedious job with 20 small cloches to do!i planted them out at the beginning of april.so we shall see. i think they will be fine

Trailing begonia healthy plants and replacement trailing busy lizzies again healthy plants.

I wish I could ban them from my plot of land. My wildlife project took a turn for the worse when I looked over the weekend and found the lavender and sage I'd planted for the bees has all been eaten.

Still eating last years beetroot GardenGuru, very yummy

i knowits MEANT to be minus 1 tonight.better safe then sorry as you said!!once my peas get too big for the cloches will they be ok uncoverd?

Thanks walnut you a star....daz

I have brick edging around my front lawn which is easy - just mow over and it helps stop the creep from either side/no edging to do/can mow without cutting down plants in their prime . I have used everedge in clients' gardens, feedback has been generally good - the stainless steel version...

Shiney is that the Formula 1 Driver :D

That old "chestnut" again. :D

I'll go with feverfew.

the property prices are extortioneta 2 bed bungalow in borrowdale went for �£500 000a lot of the houses go to peole not living in the lake district who either live in them or rent them out as holiday cottages. My mum runs a business which manages them and provides a caretaker.

YAY! Great quiz Roders!

Oh! that is so beautiful I just know mine is not going to look like that. Am going to take a photo of mine and try to work out how to put it on this thread so you can see how sort of sad it looks compared to that. I did only plant it last year in a large pot so I guess I cannot expect too...

G G, I think you mean Cheshunt compound.

Maggzy - I don't grow any veg, so really don't know the answer. However my experience with other things, is that you can grow anything in a pot, even huge trees.To my mind you want the biggest pot possible, plants in smaller pots never grow as large even if they are not obviously pot bound....

That sounds possible Walnut but the plants get the normal light in the greenhouse for the same duration as those under cloches. Their only advantage is envirolight for about 4 hrs per day after dark.

The obelisk is a bamboo one , wigwam shaped ( or teepeee shaped to be precise !)and is about 1m tall in a 600mm planter. I grew sweetpeas in it last year , but I planted to many - hence this thread. It became top heavy and suffered if we had any wind. I am hoping to get the plant and quantitiy...

I'll look forward in seeing your new project progress into something beautiful Kath.Hel.xxx.