Newbie - Help pls!!

a bit crunchy to put in your alpen tho lol

 

my gran used to give me Delrosa sorse hip syrup when I was a kid - that's an easier way to take it! (I loved it then, but tried it once as an adult, and it was awful!)

 

sore??? - I mean rose hip of course!

 

hi, my mum used to make a really lovely rose hip syrup which we ate on [homemade] vanilla ice cream. It can also be used in jams and jellies and there is a recipe somewhere for rosehip and elderflower cordial. The syrup was used instead of sugar for sweetening, I think.
The actual seeds have anirritant hairy coating, so shouldn't be tried raw! The red skins are nice.

[ 05. March 2006, 11:16 AM: Message edited by: Liz ]

 

Well you certainly learn something new everyday!
I followed the tips on the BBC website (thanks for the link Liz) and have pruned it back a bit so that it won't catch the children as we leave the house anymore! I also took a closer look at everything in the frount, and found lots I didn't spot first time around. The far fence is actually covered in more climbing roses, but several of them are showing no signs of life, but I'll wait a while and see.
The pond is real need of some marginal plants or something to hide the horrible black liner. It's a rigid one so the stones they have put around don't disguise anything. Anyone know of a plant that will do well trailing into the water?

 

try this link, and follow "marginal plants" - (that means ones that go at the edges!) - a lot of them are trailing. I haven't actually ordered anything from this site - I've always gone to a garden cenbtre / nursery - but it's worth a look, I think.

 

oops, donme it again - always forget CTRL V! http://www.wetlandplants.co.uk/

 

There are some lovely looking ones there, i like the look of the forget-me-nots. Now I know I'm going to sound incredibly stupid and you're gonna get fed up with all my questions, but would I plant a marginal plant on the edge of the pond and let it trail into the water or put it just in the pond and let it trail out?

 

marginals are usually planted in the water, but on a sill on the edge of the pond. Most plants form garden centres, etc, will show the sort of depth to plant it - usually in a special pot with holes in the sides. Feel free to email me direct if you have any specific q's you want to ask rather than put on open forum - I won't mind! I've done my back in doing some double digging, so I'm open to q's at the moment! (when not undergoing v painful therapy, that is! - Gardening is easy??? You're kidding!)

 

Thanks so much, i'm sooo excited about all the work I have to do! Yeah, i know! Either I've caught the bug or I'm just plain bonkers!

 

plain bonkers, imo!

 

Take no notice :D - you've caught the bug - gardening is a highly addictive past time, and very good for the health, if you exclude, strained backs, blisters, fork injuries, mower injuries, stings, thorn tears, eye injuries from stakes, - the list is endless :D

 

One plant which should do well trailing into and around pond is Lysimachia Nummularia Aurea [creeping jenny], has pretty yellow flowers in summer and grows really easily in most places. It can grow rather too much but it's so pretty you won't mind.
It's good in hanging baskets too.

 

Well I can certainly begin my injuries list - i have so many holes in my hands from the various thorns on my shrubs and climbers! I don't know what half of them are, but 70% of the plants out the frount have thorns of some description and those ladies gardening gloves aren't much protection!!

 

Don't forget to keep your tetanus up to date! there's a thread about that somewhere ... http://www.gardenerscorner.co.uk/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=12;t=000140#000005