General Gardening Discussion

thought i'd try this one, :( has it worked?

well you ahve all given me things to think about. thanks for all the info

ask the wife...thats life!! :(

http://www.karisgarden.com/index/indexdtof.htm#D I was looking around to find more about your mountain pepper, Dave i-h-g - and this sounds really nice - as well as being useful info on other plants. Well worth checking out, imo!

are your ickle plant tub things in a propagator, or poly bag, or something, Dave? If so, the basic plan is to keep them moist - which they'll do left alone in poly bags, but you may have to keep an eye on a propagator as the heat can dry things out, despite the humidity above the soil - that...

Thanks for that all, had a look at that site and shall get hold of those nematodes. I have learnt quite a good bit today - thanks again

Thanks for the advice all, shall let you know how it goes.

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The only thing I have of value in my shed is a lawnmower- and even that's doubtful! may have a sneaky look in my dad's shed and see what he's got though!

Me again thanks all they are very good tips spelled (good) right this time.

definitely worth a try. There are also rockwool things - but that's a bit fiddlier. The TW site does that too, if you want to have a look.

That would be a great way of stopping you picking the odd raspberry and eating it! Good tip, though - I haven't heard it before, but will try. If I don't wear gloves, I get cuts at the sides of my thumb nails - really sore, and take ages to heal - so I've ALWAYS worn gloves.

Will; do rossco, they are just up and no more so once at correct hight will pinch them out, thanks.

Sweet Pea, depends what you want from your rockery, but all above relavant also position of it important or it looks all wromg, a black hole in your garden.

Sweey Pea, just trim it like a hedge or a bush, you know just trim it, it will come back again and flower well.

Thirty years ago we had a postage stamp sized garden and I got almost as much pleasure from reading "Readers Digest Illustrated Guide To Gardening" than I did from real hands-on gardening. This site provides much the same pleasure. When you are not outside getting your hands mucky, thanks to...

you have a point, Frogesque!

Montana are better in the ground at a permanant position. when flowering finished lightly trim, do not cut back. they can cover an area of 40' X 20' if allowed

If you want to lay slabs, you could do part of what supermum10 suggests, put down a layer of membrane, but mix your sand DRY with cement at 10 part sand to 1 part cement, level it off and lay your slabs on the dry mix, when all laid, water over the slabs and the moisture will go down and set the...

Cheers Nixon, will do.I've just ordered a beautiful rose from the Pockcocks site you mentioned. Expensive for delivery though! still hopefully it will be worth it, looks very beautiful.Thanks for that.