General Gardening Discussion

Agree I love them too and have them in one area.You could try smothering them with whatever you have... cardboard,tarp,newspapers..anything that can be firmly held down. A tad unsightly imo but it works well , best time to cover is now when they are actively growing. Good luck.

Hi all, I am new to the forum, please be gentle. I use the Evergreen Lawn Weed and Feed and have then used a machine a couple of times to rake my lawn using tines. I have now dark patches of dead moss. What are my best next steps please? Is it to intensley make sure I removed all the dead moss,...

Be carefull not to get the paving blocks to hot as some of them can go bang/explode with bits that can fly and if you are near hit you

Well sorry, but if I didn't mow, I'd get lost in the resulting herbage, and so would the cats! Plus ticks, snakes and harvest mites proliferate in long grass here, so all in all, not a practical idea at all!

Thanks Pete

Thank you Freddy

Did you check the compost in the pot for grubs? Acers in pots are very vulnerable to vine weevil grubs over the winter. They eat the roots. The Acer appears to be growing in the spring, but then starts to wilt as the reduced root mass is unable to sustain the new foliage. No cure, as the roots...

Thanks fellas

Thanks, just done it using a wood saw.

Nigel has just about nailed it, but I would add, the old spring planting problem that occurs with peat based compost in the pot. If it dries right out it can be difficult to rewet, but its not been a big problem this year, with all the rain, as it has been in previous years.So yes, you really...

I did some work for a client with similar paving , couldn't remember the name other than it were black Indian stone , quick google and it looks to be black Indian limestone

Flowers or veg? If veg then grow what you like to eat, I wouldn't attempt more than a couple of tomatoes in that space. If it was me I'd be putting strawberries, dwarf beans, carrots and salad crops in there. Things like spinach & lettuce grow fast and you'll get 3 or 4 crops in a year - sow in...

looks red to me.. what colour would you describe it as ?

There will always be the plants that require a few twiggy sticks, which IMO look a lot better than actual stakes, stakes are for standard shrubs and formal plants I think.

Thanks, nice idea.

Hello @peteThanks for the Reply.Yes, OCD can be annoying with regards to Weeding, I have no doubt that I have removed some Self Seeded Plants over the last couple of Years Kevin

We have used that back gate for the last 49 years to get to our vegetable garden which is the other side of the dark brown fence, it’s my mothers bungalow and she’s 87 and lived down there for the last 65years always got on very well with the 2 previous owners of the factory so never had a...

I certainly wouldn't buy MPC from a supermarket or a DIY outlet now. The only good stuff with a peat content available here is sold by a local nursery. It's what they use for their sowings and potting-on. Not cheap, but at least I know I'm not importing plant-chomping pests