Do my best!!! (in between barrows, cups of tea etc...)
I've got arthritis in my knees so I need 'em high to reach over. I've left a wide enough pathway for a chair and the wood is wide enough to...
This is going to be a MILITARY OPERATION! The teenagers have been bribed and I've borrowed 3 wheelbarrows. I shall shovel.The husband has oil on...
Hi! 3 beds, 8'x4', 10'x3', and an"L" shape 14'x4' +6'x4' all 18" deep Don't worry...I've done the maths right for the volume!!!
I've gone for a 3:2 mix of soil and conditioner. Now it's the hard slog barrowing it from the front to the back garden. Estimated number of 150...
I'm doing deep (18") raised beds for veg and was planning on using cardboard, piles of leaf litter (not all rotted down yet) and semi-rotted...
I didn't know that, Loofah. How does that work? Why does the BBC recommend lots of unrotted plant stuff in the bottom of trenches/raised...
As long as there's no moss,weed seeds or root bits that might grow. Good for the soil....the worms will love it. I've heard shredded holly can...
:scratch:Hi all you busy gardeners! :scratch::scratch: The raised beds are finally made, the seeds and strawberry plants are ordered but I have a...
Freddie!!!! You are wonderful!!!! I went on that site and found a club literally round the corner and the secretary lives 2 doors up the road!!!!!...
Hi all! I'd love to join a local club to swap seeds, cuttings, info and ideas and even go on trips to gardens. I can't seem to be able to access...
It's amazing how few people recognise the quince! My friend gave away all her fruit because she thought it was poisonous and her neighbour made...
Plants are amazing! You can move them, split them. take cuttings and seeds to propagate. A garden is a continuous experiment; what will grow well...
With the mild wet weather we're having you could divide now. Give them plenty of muck. Mine grow like weeds once established and seem pretty...
Good fixing tips, Paul. Looks brilliant! Vietta
Oh my! How am I going to keep off the cats/pigeons/squirrels?
I am knocked out with all your valuable info! Bob....my roofers have offered me some FREE waterproof black thick plastic left over and there's...
Thanks Bob. Thought about that but I am planning three 9' x 4' x 20" (in old money) beds. Won't the plastic cost an arm and a leg? Have to weigh...
Hi everybody! I'm a new member and desperately need some feed-back on whether old hardwood railway sleepers (originally treated with creosote)...
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