Garden Projects and DIY

@Selleri you're a mind reader! I desperately want a water feature and a pond. A pond would probably be a mistake because of the falling leaves.... mountains of the little bleeders every Autumn. With a water feature I wanted a waterfall in the rockery... it would have to be solar as I can't do...

@Clare G has a good point, it might be worth considering to hire someone to do the boring and heavy bits and focus on the delights of designing and planting. It's a good investment and will support local economy- and to get it properly done will increase the house value and save a lot of fixing...

Hi,Thanks Sheal; I'm pleased the heavy work is finally behind me; still plenty of work but now routine maintenance like trimming and cutting grass so I can back off from the twelve hour days and start to do things I want to do in retirement; I've no intention of using age as an excuse to be...

The more I discover, the more I think all the drainage needs to be redone. The garage gutter drain is far too close to the surface (and funnily enough I don't want the top of a pipe sticking through my lawn), and the gutter drain at the back of the house runs a few meters into a...

I started by asking a jobbing builder who turned up on spec, if he could build a shed for a few tools, and maybe a nice place to sit and look at the view. He consulted me about every stage, often over a beer, and at every stage it grew more elaborate, more satisfying, (and more expensive) until...

A few years ago I rejigged my garden to lay a path across the lawn to reach the newly aquired shed at the far end. The slabs were not particularly level when I layed them and they have moved since. I have toyed with the idea of creating a proper pathway but I wasn't sure how to landscaping it...

I've just had another look at the mould area in the pictures and can see a clear line in it which looks like it had something leaning there. So it probably is just surface mould and not what I originally thought I was looking at.

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Hi I have painted our garden table and chairs with cuprinol paint I have given then 4 coats a very short time ago but now noticing pealing and like black spots tried wiping off no luck not sure what's wrong.. Thanks for the help and advice

I tried edging but found choosing what I thought was suitable was a problem. So decided against getting any. Instead I cut a new edge originally and then about once a year tidy it up. If done well, and consolidated into a firm edge, it lasts the year. 20m shouldn't take long.I posted a...

It's a very nice arch. I'd grow a 1 or 2 climbling rose or a rambling rose along with some clematis probably the viticella group they can be cut back hard so you can see the arch still over long periods. They aee also others like jasmine honeysuckle passionflower and lots of annual climbers and...

Thanks @JWK, I'm going to try and keep this thread updated as a bit of motivation!

Hi @Johnta,Well going to advocate a different way and thats not to make raised beds.Raised beds need a lot of work to set them up with either timber or bricks etc. and a Lot of soil and compost to go in them, not the lightest of tasks as we know !!With them being raised with the usual...

this is our pond now with filtration unit just got to sort out plants

Hello @ricky101Thanks for the information and the product details, much appreciated.Kevin

Ive done more…….arbor seating area and ive just finished cutting the timbers for the custom benchthen i killed off all the grass and reseeded the whole lawn

I hope we will be able to help with your project. 1) On average day how long do you spend in your greenhouse. Between 1/2 an hour and 5 hours. Much longer in the late Autumn and early Spring than at other times. 2) What type of Greenhouse do you own. Rhino 20ftx8ft 3) What is your greenhouse...

I've been trying to get an answer to this question ever since I puchased a Wagner sprayer - can I use normal Cuprinol instead of the sprayable version?The sheds had better look out now...

It's a long process my garden lol. I've dug it over, removed a lot of the old roots and rubble. Next I was thinking a few bags of old horse manure mixed in With horticultural sharp sand as it's like clay, mixing in sulphate of potash

Hello @ShealThanks, it is good to finally have been able to get it done, especially considering that I was looking to get someone in to do it for me.Kevin