General Gardening Discussion

There is a thread about them, I think in "Other Plants" If you do a search you should find it. I'll have a look just now and see if I can put up a link to it.I found there are quite a few, but this is the one I was thinking...

Sorry Dend, I can be certain it is not.

Ta for that, U2bg! How are things in Livingston? I got my new dog Charlie from nearby - West Calder!

Just potted up my Sweet Peas today in a hanging basket, first time for that!They do better here in the Spring than the Summer so I have to do them early.Thanks for that tip, Dendro, about pinching them out as they start ... hopefully I'll have some nice pics in a couple of months to show!

Willow fedges are available commercially though I forget where. Web search should do the trick. Beware with willow the magnificent number of debilitating diseases that they fall prey to. As far as I understand stress is one major determinant of the onset of these diseases so using them for...

Thanks for the info geoff, i have got fleece just incase its need and just purchased a parasene heater. If need be i will bring them indoors like i did last year with my first lots of seeds i sowed.

Fantastic,thanks whis4ey,loved the music too.

oh my!!!what a wonderful sight, specially when its raining and you need to shelter from the rain. I can imagine myself walking around the garden with one of the leaves over my head. I think I will treat myself to one of those.ha.

Hi am new and not into the protocol yet. For what its worth this year I have started raised ( sort of ) beds. The veg patch is 18' * 18' so I have just put lawn edging down the paths filled the path with wood chippings put 30 barrow loads of 5 year old cow muck on the top and am waiting for the...

Same here can't see anything.

pf, it is also known as the sail plant but peace lily seems to be the more widley used name, some of the larger cultivars have a very heady scent.

Hello all, just to let you know that I have posted this weeks update to my website, thanks Steve.http://www.myallotments.blogspot.com

Ghollum as an interim measure dig a hole were the water is deepest take up a slab if necessary get your self a sump pump (most of these have a level control that switches them off when the level falls) put the outlet to a drain on the road (or in next doors garden if you don't like the...

If you've been successful growing peppers or eggplants, you know how to grow these. They love rich soil (thus pastureland). To help with seed germination, (which can be difficult), scarify the seeds by filing through a small bit of the seed coat with a nail file or a piece of fine grit...

not just now, they'll get plenty from the compost - best time to feed any plants is when they're ready to flower, and through the flowering period, which, for azaleas and rhodies is spring through to early summer. For most things, tomato feed is good, believe it or not, but for acid-loving...

Hello WG, we're not far from the North coast in Camelford. We've only been here a year having emigrated from Derbyshire, though originally we come from Sheffield.

Try this site on e-bay Peter the more you get the cheaper it is. http://stores.ebay.co.uk/All-Seasons-Gardener

:eek: Pruning terrifies me.I tried to cut back a viburnum once and killed it stone dead. :(

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Yes Kandy..Sorry for not acknowledging that info before Thank you .