cobbybrook wish I knew what the problem was with the pictures. This is the 2nd time this has happened. I check the preview the pics are there I...
Spent most of last week working on the pond. It is 11ft by 7ft at its longest points with 3 planting levels and a max deprth of just a few inches...
was a late spring this year so apparently many tadpoles are late in developing. I went to a springwatch event where one of the volunteers was...
dendrobium thats exactly it. Most is growing well with the rest doing a stick impersonation as you so well described it. As it is in it's 2nd year...
Thanks its a great site. Downloaded most of the pdf files there are some really great ones. Thanks again, John,
Not too concerned about the height. I actually topped it last year about 2mths after planting it. Just concerned that some plants are slow growing...
Thanks. Will keep an eye on it and hopefully it will recover.
thanks for the help. It is sited wher it will get a lot of wind. do I leave it and move next year or chance moving it now.
Hopefully by the end of this week I will have fiished the wildlife pond. Nothing too big just 10x6x2 well planted and no fish. Between it and the...
Poppy33 is right there is not need to drain the pond.Birds bathe in ponds and their droppings land in it all the time. They do contain parasites...
Thanks for the reassurance I was almost off to the garden centre to complain about the rotten tree they sold me (-:
Variagated Norway Maple, Bought this from the garden centre last week. It was slightly pot bound but I sat it in a bucket of water most of the day...
To keep the water from going green you need to cover at least 2 thirds of the water surface. Floating oxygenators and water lilies should do it....
Geometer Yes the Hawthorne hedge now in its 2nd year is along the fence line in the background. It stops about 15ft short of the R side of the...
Sure it�s a leak and not just evaporation ?. If a leak then you could allow it to continue until the water level stops dropping then go...
Just go to a suplier of soil / stones / pebbles etc. They will sell you graded topsoil so no stones etc to rake out afterwards. Most larger...
I planted 2 hedges last year. 1.Hawthorne along top of the garden. 2.Privet up side of the garden. I have managed to grow on about 95% of both...
After planting your trees (I have mainly the following varieties acer, birch, rowan, maple, hawthorn).I stake for the first year then remove the...
Thanks for the tips. Keep them coming. I have the 8x4x4 compost heap but made the mistake of filling it with grass and now have a black slime....
just testing
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