General Gardening Discussion

Hello all, just to let you know that I have added this weeks update to my website, thanks for all you wonderful emails and comments, regards Steve.http://www.myallotments.blogspot.com

fat chance of that paladin, dave says its his secret garden :D

Thank you, I'll check it out

We had light, persistant rain for several hours, but it eased by daybreak. Nothing less than 17C. overnight and not a hint of a breeze meant that this morning was incredibly still and remarkably fragrant. Gingers, Jasmines, Araujia and Citrus were intermingled in the air - so much so that the...

The annoying thing is if these people are caught nothing happens to the poor little darlings.We had better get used to it cos it ain't gonna change unless we get a party (any party) into Government with some bottle to deal with real life issues

thanks all

Well, Pete, I wouldn't say "cold" but "cool".It's started to drizzle again ... I'm watching, I'm watching! :D

Thanks Hornbeam just had a total blank

Liz, I've decided Lofos is the diminutive of Lophospernum!

Thanks BM!!I'll just have to find a corner for it in the living room this winter I suppose!!!

not so much shrub as an invading force... a nice one, though!

Red Spider Mite. The bane of my life.

Dendro :D :DFletch ... hate to say it, but you're not in Scotland ... think (and I may be wrong) it's a wee bit colder there!

The edges look normal to me, as to why the centre is like that looks a bit strange to me. Do you think its been repaired at some stage.

Thank you for that Royster.

Going to add that all the C. cirrhosa are slightly tender, but they should do ok in Dorset. Here they tend to flower later and ours has been totally cut to the ground by frost twice now. The flowers do tend to hang down so you do not get the full frontal blast from them like you do with other...

Crouchend - I agree with the plenty of compost bit. And as Bayleaf says you can lay it on the top and let the worms do the work. I would also look into what sorts of plants like sandy soil. I am on clay - and you will be able to grow all sorts of plants that I cannot.

Point taken. I'll dig them up in the morning and put them back in their pot! :eek: Knew at the back of my mind it wasn't a good idea.

Thanks folks. Actually it is not really a problem as I cannot eat any mushrooms, so far all of them give me digestion problems even the most common ones. I just like to know what grows in my garden. We have three books on identifying fungus, but none of them are really that good, a bit like the...

It is going to remain outdoors and regarding drainage, the guy who carved it out for me said that it doesn't really need drainage as the wood will absorb any excess liquid, having said that I could drill some holes in it anyway.Thanks for your idea