General Gardening Discussion

Thanks for letting me know @JennyJB .

She notices EVERYTHING!

I don't even have a sycamore tree in my garden any more but my neighbour and the farmer across the road have several.

do you mean adding it on top of the existing soil, or removing a couple of inches of the existing soil and add john innes there?Also, i heard that jasmine and clay are not good friend because of drainage...

Get down, trace back the roots and dig it out.... It's cheap to do so.

I leave nature to deal with aphids too. Almost every year my runner beans get covered in blackfly but the cavalry always arrives to deal with them before the beans are ready. My many roses also get them but they cause little damage and eventually the ladybirds arrive to clean them up.On rare...

I would think there is an element of truth, not everything is made up on facebook, depends if it was in a group or just some random post.Some people really don't understand wildlife, must admit on the couple of occasions I have come across bee swarms they are intimidating, the noise tends to...

Amazing! Thanksyeah I will probably reduce the number of diamondsthanks

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Good to 'see' you @Philippa - you managed to get your name changed too We don't have huge amounts of worms. I discovered recently that it's not unusual in these parts, even with well amended [clay] soil. I don't know the reason though. I try to avoid using BF&B in the front garden though, as...

I think this rule is not well known. In fact I didn’t know it applied to everyone, although it definitely does to farmers.

I sure am, katecat58!

Are you looking specifically for a tree? I have some Dieramas, Angel's Fishing Rods in the garden which make good clumps, the flower stems grow to about 4/5ft, wafty, perennial, spiky.

Passiflora incarnata ? It’s a passion flower that is frost hardy down to -15°C or so, and tolerates drought. However, it will spread when it’s happy, so might need to be kept in check.

I'm always pleased to see Monty Donn's garden, it makes mine look almost tidy.

Sounds Moyra like a pan for panning tin (or even gold!) Any mines near you? We used them for feeding corn to the chickens, sort of combined scoop and bowl. I should think they would be good for winnowing too.

Here is our second swarm ...

Totally agree with you I also reported a hideous dump of a farm building which is further along the same road. The farmer is old and ill apparently, and the guy who now runs the farm, most of which is in a slightly different location [and also a dump] had been contacted many times about the...

I also chop the kitchen waste as I produce it, if it's hard chunky stuff like cabbage stalks and suchlike. Mostly it's already small-ish bits like carrot peelings, strawberry tops, citrus peelings etc, and soft stuff doesn't need cutting up anyway.