General Gardening Discussion

hi fran & bubblyso sorry for the delay in replying, i've been away on holiday.MANY, MANY THANKS , it would appear that bubbly has identified the problem.looks like i've got a bit of a problem on my hands !!!thanks again.Gordon.

I work for a local authority and one of the things my colleagues do is concerning contaminated land. I think its a fairly safe bet to say that when plans were afoot to build your house the prior use of the land would have been looked at. If there was any concern then remediation would have been...

Looks good now, so think how lovely it will be with plants growing up!

how about a solar pump/ filter, or oxygenator?

The bags may be more expensive, but easier to transport through your house

Agree with Hornbeam about the highly coloured varieties although you can get them to repeat flower - just put them out tof the way somewhere until next winter and allow them to rest. Have not been too succesful with the Auriculas but they are wonderful - love the pictures. Another useful Primula...

This guy seems to have written quite a few helpful articles on vegetable growing.Enjoy.http://www.westsidegardener.com/articles/index_complete.html

thanks very much palustris, very helpful.

The cheap way to DIY is to salvage a washing machine or dishwasher inlet valve + hose and control the solenoid with a plug in timer or salvaged central heating control unit. You need to be able to knock up some sort of a box and make sure all the electrics are well insulated and earthed where...

The pond is was man made about 400 years ago, and is a 1/4 acre partial moat. The willow is only 6ft from the pond, and the pond rather is nothing but full. Regards Darren

Liz Design is finalised and ready to build..once i find the time It`s pretty flexible stuff but very pricey..about �£15 sq m. Extremely hard to locate in the UK.. unless you`re ordering a lorry load so you`d have to import from Germany

I bought it on e bay for about 10 pounds, from one of the garden centres, it was only about a foot high but with plenty of shoots, i have been really pleased with how well it has grown, the best bet is to keep looking and find a day when not many are bidding.

In terms of budget solutions, the taller log roll stuff is pretty good, at least for a few years. Goes very brittle after that. Morrisons usually have a "2 for a fiver" or similar offer around this time of year.Wilkinsons is also good for that sort of stuff - their prices are generally around...

There are so many garden books around and fashions come and go. (Does anyone still go in for decking and spray their fences purple?)Who are your all time favourite garden writers?I can shortlist four:Margery Fish is my number one. Her series of books are probably out of print now. She...

Hi Jilly - it would depend on the type of ground cover plant. If they spread by rooting themselves as they go, then they won't get much further, but if they spread out from the central root, they should just grow over the bark. That's what I have done in my front garden and they're spreading...

Wasps do a lot of good in the garden. They take many insect pests to feed the developing larvae in the nest. Last year I watched a mid air tussel between a wasp and a crane fly. Both fell to the ground and the daddylonglegs made an escape leaving a very cross wasp! They also do some pollinating....

Good gracious - one lives and learns. :D

Your welcome and good luck.

just ordered a couple of these plants as they seemed to be quite nice.havent seen them locally so ordered from web. Does anyone have knowledge of these plants at all? they are supposed to be a shrub but some places call it a perennial- grows about a metre as far as I can see. supposed to have...

This plantain what frogsque has put up here very nice it is too..is used in the same way as plantago major...which can be made into a tea for diarrhoea..bronchititis..sinusitis..and hayfever...you can use it externally for wounds..bruises,,shingles..and varicose ulcers..you can even eat the...