Er I'm new to this..

Hello everyone.

I have a garden that's out of control. Hope to get lots of advice from all you experts...!

So how does it work?!!

 

Just explain what is in your garden and what you want from it and there should be someone who could give you advice.

 

If you have a look at the different sections, you can post your questions in the most obvious ones, which makes it easier for you to find the question again, as well as for the rest of us to answer them!

Hope you enjoy being here! :D

 

Hello there Rufus and welcome. We all have to start somewhere and this forum is a good place for advice and ideas

 

HELLO EVERYONE IM NEW TO GARDENING AND THIS SITE LOOKING FORWARD TO CHATTING. THINK I POSTED MY FIRST MESSAGE ON THE WRONG BOARD. HOPEFULLY WILL GET BETTER BUT MY KNOWLEDGE OF COMPUTERS IS 0. I HAVE A ALLOTMENT WHICH IS WORKABLE IN EARLY SPRING BUT AS HARD AS BLUE CIRCLE CEMENT IN SUMMER.

 

Good Morning levoire and welcome to GC.
A lot of us were very new to forums when we started - but we are a friendly bunch on here and I am sure you will find advice and information as you go along.

As you see we even have a computer section if you have any pc queries!

Let us know what you are especially interested in and I am sure somebody will answer any questions.

Enjoy GC!

 

Hi levoire, don't worry about posting on here, everybody struggles a bit to start with, unless you are used to forums!

I would suggest that you don't type in capital letters only, because that indicates that you are shouting which you obviously are not.

I see that you are also from Essex, yes essex clay as you say is like concrete in the summer, others can answer this better as I don't have an allotment but I would dig in plenty of well rotted horse manure, seems to work wonders for clay here.

If you are any where near Rayleigh/Hockley area there is a place that has huge quantities of well rotted manure free, but you have to bag it up yourself.

There will be others that will answer more fully later I am sure.

 

hello jjordie and Dag, thank you both for replying . I shall try your suggestion of digging in plenty of manure. Rayleigh isnt to far away. again thank you both for your help. Levoire.

 

Welcome Rufus

 

Hi Rufus and welcome hope we can all give you some help.

Give us some clues as what you like to grow and what you would like end product to look like.

How about before garden and after photos.

 

Will take a few photos.

I have questions about lawns and filling in a pond - will have a look at the site and see where I should post my questions. Feel better already - no longer alone with my garden dilemna!

 

hi rufus, welcome to gc. see you around the forum.

 

hi greenwizard i ned help with my grass ther is a lot of moss in it

 

Just noticed your question, Highkype - sorry it's taken so long for anyone to answer you. Guess you know now where best to post questions so they get seen!

MAin thing with moss is to scarify the grass, which you can do now if it hasn't been too frosty, or you can leave it until spring. If you have a spring-tine rake, or springbok, or even a normal rake, it's hard work. Basically you have to scratch the surface of the soil, and that removes some of the moss, and thatch (dead bits of grass) and then you can resow any bare bits.

The reason you get moss is that the ground is damp and needs better drainiage. If your grass area isn't too big, use a fork, and use the prongs to make holes in the ground, by standing on, pushing it in, then moving on, and making lots and lots of these holes all over the area. Then you can brush in either a prepared top-dressing mixture (which you can get at garden centres or B+Q type shops), or make it yourself, or just use sharp sand.