General Gardening Discussion

Get down, trace back the roots and dig it out.... It's cheap to do so.

Thanks for letting me know @JennyJB .

I sure am, katecat58!

I use them as rags for wiping things, but the Red Cross will take clothes that can't be worne again because they can get money for them.

No, no,no, that's a blue daisy - very rare and special, you could flog the seed on ebay........

I'd agree that it's best to just leave them for now @robbo, until you have some flowers. The general advice is - if it flowers before June, don't prune. That's simply because the early flowering types flower on old wood, and only need a general tidy up if they're getting too big for the space....

Our thoughts are with you both @BenCotto and our kindest wishes for your future together … however long it may be. xx

I have never had much luck keeping geums going, but I could be very tempted to try Maddy Prior or Etrixia from that website. Best look away before I get carried away!

Hi @Jocko - I'm also a 'new' ish member here. Hope your health continues to improve and you get some decent weather for your gardening exploits. Take it easy Looking at your pix, I also think rats are the most likely reason, as they can certainly get through samll gaps, and make the most of...

Thanks pd, I think I'll go with that

Thanks for the feedback everyone!

The bottom half of my raised vegetable bed was leylandii chippings - no problem at all.

I've just taken delivery of a 20 metre roll of copper tape to put round my pots. That, combined with a garlic spray, has certainly helped in the past.

Our airport from timesanddate is between Cheltenham and Oxford, and they have a completely different weather than we have. I can't use timesanddate for that reason. If we come from Glouc., Warw., Worc. and pass Cirencester, it's often sunny. As soon as we leave Thames valley and go up the...

Dryopteris filix-mas.Dryopteris erythrosora.

That's the method I use Tinkerton I very rarely wear gloves.

I should have said that Griselinia does flower, but the flowers are insignificant @TheMadHedger!

I watched a gardening programme many moons ago and they washed all the multipurpose compost off the roots from the alpine plants before planting as the compost was too soggy to the stems and the main roots and would cause rotting over the winter with holding too much water .... and the plants...

Love the Buachaille, @fairygirl, it was my first proper winter route.

I'll do that. What a relief, it's such a beautiful tree. Thank you!