We have a green lidded wheelie bin for garden waste, a black lidded wheelie bin for general rubbish (collected fortnightly). Easy to remember -...
We have several lilac trees, and all did well last year. None of ours have buds yet this year, so yours are doing well @Greenfield81
I don't know what is better - to pull them up before they flower (and miss the splashes of colour) or wait until they have flowered, and risk them...
When we viewed this house, there was no sign of the dreaded Spanish bluebells in the garden. Okay, so it WAS September. Last year there were the...
My fortnightly collection is going up to £70. Plus another amount to "purchase" a bin if the house doesn't already have one.I moved from an area...
Planted three rows of garlic cloves, that were sprouting in the kitchen. Here's to more garlic :blue thumb:
Sunny here. Been out for a stroll, and now got to find somewhere to plant garlic bulbs, as our entire edible stock has sprouted in the cupboard....
My employer pays for private health for me and my wife, but in all the years I've had the benefit, it's only been used once - by my wife.My own...
I put my head into hedge, only to be confronted with a pair of robins flying back and forth along the length of it. Scary at close range. So the...
Anenome Blanda, one of dozens showing their faces. [ATTACH]
My thanks to you all. I'm hoping to have time to make a start on reducing the height and thickness of the hedge tomorrow.
I got the lawnmower out for its first use of the year. I even used it to cut the grass (can't call it a lawn - but there again, not much is...
Thank you for your suggestions @infradig I did go out and buy some screw-in eyes, and another roll of garden string today. If I don't use it to...
Thank you.
@infradig (and anyone else who may like to contribute), here's photos of different sections of hedge. The first is laurel - or at least, I think...
@infradig I'll get some photos tomorrow (if I remember) and post them up. Thank you.
@Butterfly6 Thank you. I've spoken to both neighbours, who are amiable about the idea. I aim to do it in six-foot lengths, thus reducing the...
In our new garden we have a lovely mixed hedge down one side, between a 6-foot wooden fence belonging to the owners abutting us (2), and a...
We have raised (on bricks) concrete planters, and we STILL get woodlice. The plus side is that even after 30 years, the planters remain intact...
Hedge trimming again.
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