General Gardening Discussion

That looks a good, healthy, green meadow Wiseowl. I hope it performs well for you next year.

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.

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

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...

First Tricyrtis of 2013 - "Taipei Silk"...........................It's a hybrid of an unknown T.formosana variety and T.lasiocarpa. It's a really nice variety that seems to prefer a little more sun than most (it's leaning out seeking the light in this spot) and is reliably early.

Not hardy.. can't remember what it's called. Kept in a porch, have been watering very little and it's not too warm in there, max about 12c. What's happening? It has hardly any leaves but lots of flower buds?!This is the other one I'm over wintering. Lots of leaves no buds.. which is what I...

Too true, BM!

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...

Shady shouldn't be a problem. Too much sun and heat can be a problem.

WRT to your electric saw. Make sure you don't let it try to cut where there are any nails / screws. Personally I would never use a chain saw on a shed for the very reason that nails etc. are hard to spot, and they have a dramatic effect on the blade :( and can make the saw kick - with...

I had forgotten to add in my post this morning that the grower of C. graecum in the US gardens in Michigan.Palustris, I don't know if you have got the wrong end of the stick here... nobody, or at least not me, is having a go at what you've said. All we can do on a site like this is post our...

Sorry Kristen,I know I'm a pest but would also love to see how your Knot garden is coming on

:thumb: I have a south facing privet hedged border - I agree with all the replies too - you can have a lovely border eventually. Do not give up yet! However every year I have to put barrowloads of compost on there as the hedge does leech out all the goodness. Mine is a herbaceous border, and I...

Agree - ive only just read thru this thread all 29 pages so apologies to any of the GC members ...many of whom i had no idea of, BTW it's been nice meeting up with you ....who are getting lots of late thread "LERT'S" from me ...Its been lovely reading thru lots of fun and banter and of course...