General Gardening Discussion

Yes that is what I would ask if I was you... Best of all make a drawing with sizes and show it to them.

You all seem to be concentrating on the fittings. Do you use the "cheapo" green hose with braiding? Don't, it's rubbish and not thick enough for the fittings. Use the heavy duty "Yellow" hose which is thicker, tougher, does not kink and makes a better joint with the fittings. If you search...

Hi Kevin,What you need now is some positive thinking. After a couple of dodgy years, fingers crossed that your luck changes for the better.

Perhaps more folk should try leaving their dahlias in the ground! Prob more damage ....rotting, etc....caused by digging up tubers and exposing them to the elements!

I use a flame gun, quick and easy and its fun.

Silly Mr Sveden. No it wouldn't have gone 'full term' because there's no sunlight in your lungs, and the Jolly Green Giant does sweetcorn, not peas.

Some really good advise on slippery decking mine is the same, inherited.During the summer it's fine but very slippy when wet. It's a great place to eat out in the summer months and I like its position. I have just purchased anti slip Cuprinol so hoping it will work after a good clean

I bought one Pennisetum burgundy giant a couple of years ago from a garden centre. It had burgundy red leaves and long rosy / maroon plumes. A most handsome plant indeed. I knew it was tender, but still by October it died . I think some of them probably need tropical conditions . Unfortunately...

If you are not in too much of a hurry then I would spray the weeds with a Glyphosate based weedkiller first. ONLY use it when you are SURE there will be 6 hours of dry afterwards. It will take 2 weeks before the weeds go yellow and die, after that you can rotavate (and much less risk that you...

tirednewdad99 Brilliant! Thanks again So, I wait a couple of months and then begin taking cuttings. Zigs - no wonder mine have continued to flower throughout this wretched weather ... they've got chicken poo surrounding them

There could well be a load of rubbish under the concrete.Thankfully, a lot of people concrete just to avoid cutting grass, so there's 50 / 50 chance of just a slab of concrete.

@TaraMaiden we are Your new garden sounds lovely and I bet once you have the jasmine planted they will love their new place. I completely understand what you mean by having a attachment to them. It sounds crazy but it's so true. I first smelt a jasmine whilst on holiday in Greece many moons...

What this chap at the flower show also said - is that you don't want to overfeed. He explained that if you have too much of some chemicals in the compost it prevents the plant taking up some others. Which is exactly Hex's point. Essentially he was saying follow the instructions. He winced when I...

messypup,Love that idea of the manhole mosaic especially if you collect the pebbles yourself, how cheap! Or like you say smashing up old tiles would be a cool feature too.TO

I would not leave in water for more than 10 - 20 minutes. Do that a couple of times a day if you cannot plant them immediately, and leave them in a dark / cool place - back of the garage for example. Do not include any fertiliser in the water - but putting some bonemeal in the bottom of the...

Pictures of the back lawn before and after . Scarifying , spiking (hard work ! ) ,patches reseeded and top dressed with a mix of top soil , sharp sand and MPC ( all sieved - hard work again ! ) The new seed is just starting to show after 2 weeks . I am using the sprinkler but hopefully we will...

I re-roofed my tea-house a few weeks ago, using the proper adhesive and a polymer non-tear 40g felt. £40 quid a roll! One side has an un-mineralised edge and this should be positioned at the top and the underside of the sheet that goes above it glued then nailed to the lower sheet. (youngest...