General Gardening Discussion

What is 25 an hour ?Nathan.

Just click on the "RHS Calendar" link in the original post and it should take you straight to it.

Thanks ladybird, been to the greenhouse and measured my peas, 4ins, i planted them in toilet rolls insides can i leave them in these untill they go in the ground

hi ...glad you reminded me, I got 1 about 30" am going to move it toady, it's overcrowded with other plants, will also put it in a pot for the time being. Better now then never, in my case ...or it never be seen orwill die anyway.Wold have been better in Autumn, but .....now is as good as...

On the what??? You mean someone is using my name!!!! How dare they!! LOL

Thanks Steven for the info. I did try for a varied mix of colour and height.... I think I may end up witha jungle out there, if everything that I have started from seed continues to keep growing. Masses of Sunflowers, Morning glories, Cypress Vines, Moon Flowers etc.... It's always an adventure!

Hi all, The type of soil in my garden is very clayey!! Where my Iris's are growing at the moment, is under the front window where the soil isn't as clayey! as the rest of the garden but it does sometimes get very soggy after a good old rain! In a morning they are in shade and the afternoon...

Try Morrisons supermarketThey have many clematis and a few other climbers at �£1.69. Beats any garden centre.

Hi Tanya - there are loads of different types of viburnum - need some more info - do you have a name for it? Is it evergreen, semi evergreen, deciduous? Could you post a pic? Does it have berries later on? Most evergreen viburnum (flowering spring or early summer) are "pruning group 1" -...

Thanks both Steve, we took a big old apple tree down at the end of last year it lay and the west side of the plot so all the mid summer 11am - 4pm sunshine was blocked out it gave so much more light that I got really enthusiastic about my new,light veg plot this is why I wanted to get the...

have been using N.A.KAYS for some bits around the greenhouse and garden.they seem very reliable but are there others as good or better. please let me and all our other readers know wo you use. maybe we could start a rating system for suppliers. if thats ok with nathan cheers alan

Were the seeds properly ripe, and were they stored cool and dry through the winter. Thats the most important thing, any doubts might aswell buy a packet, not that expensive. Just noticed, UNHEATED propagator in UNHEATED greenhouse, it might get warm during the day but its still cold at night....

Hi Mitchell - try the old RHS & good luck! http://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profiles0404/fieldwoodrush.asp [ April 07, 2005, 07:26 PM: Message edited by: Bayleaf ]

Do you mean you want to raise it by 18 inches?

Hi Poppylove please check for nesting birds before you prune, & have a look at the 2 links below. http://www.rspb.org.uk/gardens/advice/gardenhedges/the_law.asp http://www.rspb.org.uk/gardens/advice/gardenhedges/maintaining_a_hedge.asp These 2 links suggest pruning up to 3 times in a season (it...

I decided to grow my own flowers this year from seed. I dont have a greenhouse so my laundry room has been taken over by seedlings. My lupin seedlings are about 3wks old, 6ins tall with two leaves. Question is do I just leave them alone untill its time to harden off?My next question is about...

Ahh, yellow sulphur, 'spose I could just get the mother in law to breathe on them! . Thanks for the tip.

Yeah, what Pete said. In a greenhouse is probably best.

If you find an adult vine weevil wearing a sombreo then it probably has been eating chillis Mrs Cloudy.

Snake get such bad press! The three that live in the British Isles really are harmless, honestly,a wasp or bee is more likely to sting and more venomous than our little adder.