General Gardening Discussion

Yea ,sorta mid March /early April time .(i was a bit late setting them off this year)

Well Bob..you really do have a beautiful..I love your edgings..I did'nt think that was log on a roll...it looks so professional,also the sleepers look great...you certainly have given me some wonderful ideas....Many thanks.. your replies are much appreciated...

Oo arr, oo arr! A foine phalaenopsis to be sure!!Looks in pretty good nick, too - give it a bit o' what it fancies (!) and you'll have it for years!!!

I have surrounded them with slug pellets but have also put aclear dome over so nothing else can eat the pellets. Now I'll see....

Agree with Tortuosa and Whis4ey, but if you can't change the sleepers then I would use blue DPM polythene from a builders merchant and sandwich a layer of tough geotextile like Terram between the polythene and the sleeper. I would also take the polythene down to at least a foot below the lower...

I dont think it was anywhere near a frost last night in most parts of the country.

Thanks :D

I tried five spot last yr and they failed. I`ve used the same packet of seed this yr and they`ve grown.Very strange.I don`t think there are that many seeds you can`t keep and use again. In fact the only one i can think of is parsnip. I was talking to a friend at allotment about sweet william...

Thanks everyone for your help,she is still managing to hold on to it and it is doing quite well fingers crossed

I seem to remember the name is short and begins with an O but i should also say i think that the packaging wasn`t in English.Probably the reason they sell them so cheap. ...and yes,it does smell lovely.I never realised last yr as there weren`t so many flowers then,but this yr, i can even smell...

I would say a jasmine would grow up there ok but my concern might be with any of these climbers the pot might not be big enough for the roots, honeysuckle is lovely but it gets very woody and thick, having a balcony myself fairly enclosed i have a lot of clematis growing extremely well maybe...

[ 04. June 2007, 11:22 PM: Message edited by: geoffhandley ]

But would you be in a fit state to take out a conifer???I go along with the selective thinning out of the shrubbery - makes alot of sense.As for the aeration of the grass, and adding sand for drainage - yes - that's always a good move.I'd suggest doing all of this. The extra thing I've...

Hi Snoo, go with the 3mm toughened, it`s unlikely that you are going to have Dutch Lights ( 56" x 28 3/4") so the weight problem does`nt exist. David.

Yes you can get seeds from Foxgloves{Digitalis}as long as they have been pllinated by the bees,as the flower dies the dead flower should drop off and leave a green seed pod behind.Leave it to swell and mature.When it goes brown and as they open cut off the whole stem and place upside down in a...

that is fantastic. I have a red flowered one of these it has already had 2 flowers on it at different times this year

Thanks Geoff we'll give that a go

Ok pete thanks mate..daz

I use a cheapo electric soldering iron to make holes - you don't have to keep heating it up then! Holes are a bit smaller, it's true - but you can make more of 'em... You can buy them for not a lotta money and keep one just for that! (Although mine goes back to normal duties afterwards....!)

It would be lovely if the weather would let us sit out there..... well, one day soon, maybe!Yes - it's been a lot of hard work, and there's still a lot to do, but nothing quite so major as everything so far.Don't forget to give me weeding time, Scotkat!