General Gardening Discussion

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...

GD You need the airgap ..an inch or two at most. Don`t make it too big as it`s easier for convective currents to circulate the air inbetween the glass and bubblewrap and reduce the insulation value.The important thing is to seal the bubblewrap layer so it`s as airtight as possible from the...

Fuchsias take well from heeled, soft wood or tip cuttings. At this time of year when they are only just starting into growth, I would wait until there are some decent sized shoots, and then try tip cuttings.Later in the year, try soft wood and heeled cuttings if the tip cuttings did not take....

Nice one Amberick - this was just the first of many I think :D I look forward to seeing your next one. [ 07. May 2006, 10:08 PM: Message edited by: Fran ]

Depends on what kind it is, some are hardy some are not. In general if it was bought as a house plant it wont be hardy exept in a very warm sheltered spot.

Glad they had what you wanted....

its lovely it would look nice up my fence!! dont worry about the greenhouse you havnt seen the state of mine i cant even get in the door...and its like a lucky dip as i have not labelled anything..so each thing that emerges is a surprise..

Before people start getting paranoid about clematis wilt, it is actually fairly rare these days. It is more often slug or snail damage which causes the stems to die back. They do love to nibble the bark off at ground level. It is also their chewing which can let in wilt. Mowgley, as clematis...

Waco, RSPB and BTO (British trust for Ornithology, see url below)recomends you feed throughout the year. When the birds have young is when they need help most as with diminishing land for natural food supplies they rely on the bird tables they have used through the winter as a source of food....