General Gardening Discussion

Thanks for the info on Geoffrey Smith, Geoff.

hi all thanks for your input the bamboo looks like it may be up next yr i know next doors is itching to put up a new fence ,but im not giving in even if he asks me instead of my mum which he does'nt seem to do for some reason !i just think that he thinks that because its in view of my garden...

The cardboard method should work well, and is a good idea - you could also use newspaper. Weeds are capable of pushing their way up through tarmac and even concrete (osmotic pressure - if you remembrer your school days). Consequently membranes are no barrier to them. What stops them growing is...

didnt see it but glad you got rid,well done webmaster,and everyone that reported it

I just want to wish you both the best of everything for the future.

Hi JohnLots of strange things happening this season. I am getting a second flowering of late winter/early spring viburnum and the mexican organge blossoms which were stunning this year are also flowering again.Some of my leeks have shot .... already!! and our weather has been...

Thanks very much for responses; I had expected someone to suggest the easy route of replace topsoil, but as NewbieGreen so rightly says this will not provide nutrients, nor drainage.As a matter of interest ten years ago we imported tons of sand, and then topsoil to improve this heavy clay...

Many thanks to all of you

hello.helofadigger thanks for b.q.info.off.theretomorrow.do they have a gardening club at your b.q. carolla.

This happened to my 'Viridis', too. I am not sure what it was but the tree has recovered and is fine now. It still looks like a nasty injury though, if you look closely. Since I have a couple of these I noticed it didn't happen to the one that was planted in the shade garden. Not sure what that...

Welcome mtngirl you can get humane traps for moles voles or shrews once caught you can set them free, it sounds like a mole from the size of the hole, you can try to either dig them out or smoke them out but you could injure it.If you google "mole traps" you will get an abundant choice of lethal...

Thanks Woo a couple of pots it is then. Helen.xxx.

There are a whole variety of water features available. depends what you want. It should not be too big for the area or on the same token too small (like a table top feature outside would be too small) You can make your own it is very easy, but give it some thought as to what you want it to look...

thanks helen thought it was a waste to only have two big pom poms i think the more the merrier

Well I think Ive watered enough. I will just have to wait and see in the spring.

Having had, almost, my whole crop of tomatoes ruined by blight this year, I did a bit of research and found three tomatoes that, so it is claimed, are blight resistant and I�ve decided to sow these next year. I expect the weather will be fantastic, however, and the tomatoes that I usually...

Sarra,I want won! :D

Hi Foxy, if you want something a bit exotic looking you could try the Trumpet Vine, Campsis radicans. David.

Think I'll try the Spring then, good point about knowing where they are many a time I've forgotten and attempted to plant something else only to find a plant already there :DAlso the protection factor must be a positive one and I can put off the hard work until next year.

Sarra,I am embarrassed by the bloomin thing i tell you.Sorry got ya under false pretenses, by the way i like mine stirred not shaken :D