Garden Projects and DIY

I've never tried it as I regard it as really hard to do well ... what little I know suggests that the ground needs to be as poor as possible - not fertilising the lawn and frequent mowing and removing the clippings or deliberately growing a hungry crop like Rape or Mustard the year before, and...

Kristen, that's my reason for planning to put in some decent footings. Lap joints at the corners should also tend to hold everything together, I hope, so the structure generally keeps itself together. We'll see whether it follows the theory!

Do you think Donald Trump would believe it if I posted it on Twitter?

Thanks for the advice.Here's how it's going so far.The old floor boards and some shelves (soft wood) have made a bed 35cm deep by 178cm long and 109cm wide. These measurements are only due to optimising the use of scrap wood rather than a design specification.Corner posts are from a ...

Oh, and whilst clearing 4" of topsoil to put down mulch was the right thing to do, I didn't think enough about just how much topsoil that amounted to. Oops. It was good exercise - don't need another workout tonight!

With respect OCD and plants are not a good combination, nature has it's own idea on how it wants to grow. Yes, you could prune most plants to keep them in the shape you would like but it's not a natural look. With any plants you will only get symmetry by the way you plant, an example is by...

It would depend on which ones you choose to go with. From the ones I mentioned the Pulmonaria and Brunnera I have are still just about 30cm by 30cm after a couple of years in the ground. The Ajuga stays small but spreads when it produces new plants so one small plant covering about 20cm by 20cm...

is it THAT bad then ????

Calculations with correct answers, but containing counterbalancing errors should always be corrected.

Shame it's not what they used as a flame retardant in the later versions of Sodium Chlorate weedkiller, it might have been a really nasty effective cocktail of chemicals.

The property is semi detached and the gutters all end on my neighbourd house that is the same for every house in the close,The property was built about 1990 i thinkMy bathroom is upstairs to the side and kitchen at the front

Hi,Think for such a long narrow garden we would look at doing something on the lines of the layouts below where you create several different but linked areas, each one being an area of you can enjoy on its own.Of course it all depends on what you want and if its more a family garden that...

I agree with Graham B - if it were me, I wouldn't go down the lawn route .I see that your neighbour has a small border at the back of their lawn - I'd tend to have the whole area as a border. I'm not a great fan of lawns in a garden - they do have their place - but IMHO flower beds are far...

I did a raised pond which backed on to a brick shed. so to stop any damp on the bricks I used a thick plastic sheet from the top of the pond well down passed the damp proof course.I used breeze blocks the heavy type to build the end wall and secured the pond liner under the coping stone, same...

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Oh wow that’s much clearer.. I thought you would have more rocks there. Now that it is clear I would seriously think about having those two stumps ground out.. Only an hr or sos work for an Arb’ man as they can get get the machine right up to them and very worth it.. You will be plagued by...

Looking good @Pushkin , love it!!

Hi all Sorry not been posting, Project X finished and just had bumper crop of veggies over last few months. Project Y (top of the garden) started back in February 2019 but couldn’t get my digger driver available until April so had time to put up a new fence, make new gates, plant Laurel...

Thank you folks. I like the Jasmine and Clematis idea. I already have 8 bamboos and 3 Wisteria. I had Trachelospermum in a previous property and really liked it. Had completely forgotten about it so it's looking like fav. Thanks again Verdun and Doghouse.

Hi,I've been diverted from the workshop mostly due to our gardens going ballistic but I've made good use of the time I have had in the workshop.I've been gathering all the kit I need for TIG welding; Torch tungstens; collets & collet holders etc. This morning I'm about to collect a new...