First year of any sort of vegetable growing, so lots of errors being made all over the place I have no doubt. I'm sure others will emerge over...
Wet cat food is good for small birds too - usually a bit easier on them size-wise. Plus any grubs/insects etc you can gather. Ideally feeding...
Back from holiday on the south coast of Devon. The house we stayed in was less than 20m from the sea, with a front lawn stretching towards the...
Spent today pottering about in the sunshine and realised I hadn't posted any pictures in a while.[ATTACH]The turf has taken brilliantly, and...
I came on here to reassure you re. roses not generally being toxic to dogs... @wiseowl will probably be far more helpful in answering your actual...
Doing the rounds this evening I notied several of my dahlias have hundreds of little hijackers. They're not on any other plant but several of the...
Bit of an odd one. It's my sister's birthday in a couple of months and I know she would really like a little herb garden. The caveat is she's a...
(Please ignore the empty can of Tesco own brand lager in the background. I was topping up the slug traps I swear...)
Guys. Guys![ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]It looks huge now it actually fills fully. We ended up laying a new liner, and took advantage of that...
New turf has taken and is growing like wildfire, hurrah :Wino: Attention now turns towards curtailing the growth...My original plan was to get a...
I don't think easing the bricks up would be an easy job, the wall itself is well built - I suspect the pond was added later, hence the stones...
I'm assuming at this point it's a tiny split or weakness that I'm just not seeing. It's currently laid out to dry overnight for one last hunt...
Hi @pete, yeah, the layout isn't ideal I know :sad: We rent the property so major construction work on the wall isn't really an option. It's...
Hello all,I've been doing battle with the existing pond liner in our rented garden pond for some weeks to no avail - despite draining,...
And the pond saga continues...followed @Sheal's excellent idea and lifted the whole liner out today. Discovered three slow worms and a newt...
Well the turf seems to have taken :) No yellow patches and it's already growing well, will need to invest in a mower soon.Starting to plant up...
Hello Joel and welcome! As a recent joiner myself I promise you the first responses will be (a) could you update your location, (b) what...
I bought mine very leggy last year - I waited (forgot) until the flowers faded and then cut them down by about half. They rallied and flowered...
Day off today was unexpectedly active. Browing facebook over lunch yesterday when an ad popped up from a guy selling 15m2 turf for £5, dug up on...
Thanks all, I agree with the rot consensus - since removing the wool I've had no more go down so hopefully avoided losing the whole lot.Slugs...
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