General Gardening Discussion

Guess that answers that one!! :rolleyes: And there was me thinking there would be a good reason....

Looks most interesting WF,might give it a go

Down here its been very windy the last two days,but this morning its calm and the sun is out

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:D :D Wish I'd seen that Royster, would have given me a right laugh :D :D My babies are growing really quickly now the Mums gone and I can really see the difference in just a few days. Soon be posting about my Cordylines taking over the garden! Think I'm going to leave them in situ on...

Most interesting thanks guys

Oh, that's only if you take away the food from the birds and butterflies and thingy-wings!

I remember Tony Clements, he was the man for african violets a few years ago, never went there but heard about it. Pity he packed it all up. :(

Hi Rudy.You have done well with your Pumpkins.I took the flowers off of a lot of mine,so that they would get big,and we don't even eat the blessed things. We did well with the French Beans,but not so good with the runners,due to the hot weather. We have done very well with carrots and Beetroot...

Morning Steve.... Early bird,and all that! :D Rather a busy day ahead for me..What are you doing up at such a forgotten hour??..Can't wait to get on your plot hey?? Excellent Blog!

Today the decks were pressure washed for me with a very posh German machine [Karsch] . I was quite carried away with delight at its' efficiency and persuaded poor Bryan to do the greenhouse, the swinging seat [very much in need of renovation], the crazy paving and an old rabbit hutch!...

Take the cuttings now, before frost kills your fuschia.Cut a section about 10cm just below a leave joint. Remove all but the top two or three leaves. Dip the cuttings into hormone rooting powder tapping off any excess. insert the cuttings into holes made with a dibber round the edge of a pot...

Some good well rotted compost with some grit might help with the clay soil.Ribena plant.. I won three and haven't received a single one of them. Lucky you. and yes, blackcurrants seem to have done really well this year judging from my neighbours crop. Might need a bit support with the coming...

Rich - I do hope Poppy replies to you. She is a veterinary nurse and knows all about poisoned hedgehogs.

Even my honeysuckle is giving a second flush noticed today.This is unheard of and my geraniums still in full bloom.With away on holiday my containers well an dtrully passed as they did not get watered when we were away.Partly as i said to my neighbour they are normally startingto go past...

I also saw the Black Bat Plant on one of the tropical sites - there is a White one too. I was going to try one next year - mainly because its one that would get the boys' interest!!Windy - Your Sweet William and green sounds fab!!!Again - its all about personal taste. I'm not personally a...

Very interesting Hornbeam - I didn't know there were so many. I was told by my neighbour, who was a doctor, that Chilies and Chilie powder are poisonous. The thing that gives you the hot sensation is an poisonous alkoloid. Too much and you are dead. But in moderation, we can all enjoy a near...

Ours have lasted over 20years. Our coldest winters are around -10 to -15Centrigade.I suspect if they have to live in flooded ground they would rot, otherwise like old boots. I treat ours with utter neglect and they thrive on it

Have you got a very small car, Chobart? 20 journeys?? Even a 12 foot x 6 ft very bushy clematis wouldn't need that many trips in my corsa!! :rolleyes: :DWe back on to the railway too - near Polmont - agreed - not so warm - let's all move to Portugal! :D , then we can see those...