Gaz - they just keep moving don't they?! They're like the tropical witness protection programme! Should have checked the website a bit more...
Hi all,There is a place called Easy Tropicals that I love going to, the guy who runs it is really friendly. He has done some pdfs of care for...
Hi Bashy,I am not a big fan of edging products. Have tried some in the past, although not these ones, and have been a bit disappointed. I find...
Hi sharpesq - You can get damp proof membrane and things like that which might help, you can also get damp seal to paint onto the fence. However,...
Cheers Walnut - I have got to find a good spot for it now then! ;)
I got a cutting of this at the end of last year which I have overwintered inside. It is growing like wildfire now, so I will have to get planting...
Glad to hear it Clueless - I got a load of extra hawthorn last year to fill in some gaps and double hedge an area from Buckingham Nurseries...
Thanks, Weekend Gardener, for reminding me that I hadn't updated this post with my progress. We decided to knock everything out and start again....
Hi All,Hope you get your hedge probs sorted out, Clueless, but I was intrigued to read your comment that 30 years was the lifespan of a hawthorn...
Hi all,Just nipped into our local Morrisons at lunch and there are tons of new climbers in there this week - jasmine, clematis etc.Obviously...
Looking good bobj! My brother did sleepers for his which worked really well, but I have much larger garden than he does so it would cost me a...
Yes, I also like things that last! As I said I am more than willing to look at starting again completely so long as I am not repeating myself...
And they are all still present and correct I assume? Can you try a new avatar pic as a test?
Hi Scotkat, have you changed your links on your image hosting site (Photobucket, I assume?) or the name of the file you are using?
Hi all,Thanks for the support and advice - yes, Hel, it has been nightmare. I did (what I assumed) to be everything right, and weeks and weeks...
Hi all,Need some building advice on my garden wall! :confused:I built a small retaining wall last year to divide up two levels of the...
Hi Jean,Lots of people have used plants such as thyme and camomile as the "grass" for lawns so every step would produce a scent - it's a great...
Hi Dave (from another Dave),Chillis do cross polinate and I have done the same and started off with one colour and got an entirely difference...
Haha - and more, Newbie! My Great Uncle, whose garden it was before mine, was 96 when he died, and was still learning! At least, he used to teach...
Indeed - it is the ultimate question isn't it? (well, apart from my current "what went wrong with my tomatoes this year?" but never mind that.....
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