General Gardening Discussion

Thanks for the advice - will try that today. Unfortunately the only warm room also has the only sunny window at this time of year!might be back here in a couple of months asking if anyone has any cuttings from 'lord bute' - it is my favourite and is the one which is suffering most -...

its from the accidental gardeners almanac by michael powell, brilliant book!

:D Thanks everybody, I will be taking all suggestions and trying out till I succeed.

Firstly Madrat, I did not "slag off your gardening abilaty" as you put it, I merely pointed out that your avitar did not say much about your gardening, ie it is not plant or gardening, orientated. I also pointed out that if you have a political point to make, then start a new thread in the "Non...

thanks pete2255.

Then you will never be without them ever again. Think you get six in a pack, they look like jelly in a pot with foil tops usually. Just take your cuttings, normally 3 or 4 to a pot, pierce a small hole in foil top and slide them in, Gel has all the hormone wotsits that do the root growing and...

Sorry to hear you lost your Begonias Liz, I don�t think you will be on your own though. This winter has been particularly cold and damp in fact it�s the coldest here for years. My unheated greenhouse with overwintering plants is given a wide berth. I shall take the above advice and...

Hi all, Nothing to do with pruning or growing of, but a story. I had a Passion Flower growing up and over a garden shed, it died, or so I thought,it reappeared the other, more sheltered, side of the shed and has lived there happily for many years. The shed is on a concrete base with a homemade...

1=b 2=b 3=a 4=a 5=b 6=b 7 organic means using no synthetic sprays or fertilizers 8=c 10=b 11=a 12=no 13=b 15= if i cant physically do anything then i let my husband help me. 16=a 17=e 18=less chemicals, increased wildlife, more plants that need little or no watering, using plants to suit...

hi Sue and happy new year everyone.also thinking of growing mushrooms and im gonna try tomatoes again.grew toms last year from seed and was so proud,alas died miserably-too small a tub,gunna use buckets this time and manure thanks to my friends good advice over allotment.a bit cold yet only 40...

Is a 1sqm bed big enough for spuds? I think my one bag of seed pots take about three times that space.

Thanks for that tip, I'll give it a try this year.

Has anyone else received a DVD with their Thompson and Morgan catalogue? I watched it earlier and it was quite enjoyable and informative for novice gardeners who like colourful bedding plants. They also featured the begonia carpet in the Abbey Gardens in Bury St Edmunds which raised �£21,000...

hi Weed puller - agree with you about the Titch, would have been much more logical to go month by month (& to have started in January, as they presumably knew when they were to screen it). Hope you have better look with the Sarcocca Liz & Fran - I can't smell them! - I do envy people that can!...

I have quite a long privet hedge, and when I planted it many years ago, I used a little compost 'in' with the existing soil and I have not directly fed it since, and it grows really well. Happy New Year.

would an azada not be usefull? no bending of spine or lifting of soils?

I think what we are after here is the difference between the species, and the variety. Although I cant help any, as I know virtually nothing about grasses :rolleyes:

Thank you both very much for your advice, it was most welcome. I have to say that the yellow broom is only a few feet from my bedroom window & I actually like the scent from it. I'll be sorry to see it go, but, as it's not going to survive the move, I have no choice but to replace it. Replacing...

Besides designing the borders of your front garden to green up the front, either with containers or a border including perhaps a small tree or two at the front edge - why not try a border between where the wheels go with low growing spreading thymes and such - like the alpine bed in this months...

Hello Hans, No it is a cold greenhouse but large 40x20 protected on the east by a tall hedge & a steep hill. I've been growing early potatoes in it for the last 10 years but in that time we have'nt had a severe winter so I'm wondering how this will turn out. I divide the space into four & rotate...