General Gardening Discussion

What a good idea ... meanwhile, I'll go and climb Everest!

Stores such as Wickes will be open tomorrow, for sharp sand etc.

Know what you mean about the leaflet droppers, I've lost one of the plants between our house and next door, it's obviously been stamped on as the stem has broken off. I'll give some thought about the two lines of wire, it does seem a good idea.I don't think there's a problem with hedges as...

Thankyou, @Plantminded, @Liriodendron, @Thevictorian, very helpful comments.Re the honey fungus, I do have woody shrubs that seem fine (sorbus, buddleia, ceanothus, salix). However, after recent rain, I saw yesterday, a clump of 20 light brown coloured toadstools in a potted rose shrub (not in...

My lily of the valley seem to have a close and loving relationship with snowdrops. They are everywhere. Here is an example of them, growing in less than 6” of “soil” against the foundations of a large, dry, west facing wall. Just coming into bud.

Thank you all for the suggestions. I've tried most of them already. That's why I went for ferns. I was going to put them at the front of my house for someone to take but I want to keep the large pots. I'll see how it goes but I've given up the slug battle. There's more interesting things to do...

Good secure place for a slug pub !

Looking forward to an update, if only to see whether I was right or not .

ThanksI read they used to use that ferns roots crown to pot up orchids .. as I said before I never thought it was hardly until I saw some huge ones at Wisley and then double checked on here . My new Zealand fern has started to send out its 1st frond of the year

Thanks Michael. I'll be starting another project soon and hopefully the last of the garden re-design. I'm getting too old for the heavy work.

An interesting thread as I hadn't come across the possibilities of Cinammon before ( other than in the kitchen !! ) so thanks to all for the info.

Thank you @ViewAhead !! I don't water them all at once, I water each day only the ones that need it. I usually do this before going to bed, in about 5-10 minutes. On weekends, I add fertilizer to the water, and it takes a little longer.

I did hesitate but thought possibly if it had munched yellow petals it would poo yellow . It might be worth having a look tonight by torchlight if it's practical.

I keep a water butt inside the greenhouse - that's where I need the water, it helps with greenhouse temp regulation, and (probably makes no difference whatsoever) the water temp isn't a shock to the greenhouse plants

Despite my concerns around bark chippings and chiggers, I think I will use it again after all. I do think it looks good and it works.The only other option I was considering was well rotted manure (even though I wasn't sure it would be as effective).It turns out that one of the dogs, who is...

I have tried the yeast sugar and water too with some success. I have two cats so can't encourage birds. Last year was the year of the mollusc I think. I regularly collected half a beach bucket of snails and slugs but this year is drier. I have seen more snails than slugs. It is due to rain down...

@Michael Hewett I've kept quite a few of those shelves and they do come in handy

Hmm...check that variety elsewhere! I wouldn't trust Parkers as far as I could throw them, and they don't state that it's prostrate? Pointe de Raz is a beautiful deep blue if you can find one.

It certainly does. A number of my staff are autistic, which is the very reason they are so good at our particular job, so I understand possibly better than most folks. Your attention to detail is certainly paying off as your garden is impressive.

That looks like the one! Thank you @noisette47