General Gardening Discussion

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...

Too true, BM!

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

: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...

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...

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

I cut just the flowers off as they finish flowering as Peter says and they keep re-flowering. The last ones finished in October, I still haven't cut them back properly and there is new growth already appearing at the base.

or a statue? I had a large stump something similar. I cut the top level and set a metal lantern on top. It looked fine

Not sure but i think i may have purchased seeds from you on Ebay . Im playing with the idea of listing some of my seeds (taken from my plants). Im also taking cuttings and growing on excess plants when i tried to sell plants before on Ebay they didnt sell. Luckly for me my aunt runs a florest...

Geoff, the link hasn't come through, thankfully as I wouldn't like to see that! I will stop using pellets now - the ones I have don't seem to make any difference anyway. I will just keep removing them from plants/walls etc, perhaps I'll build up the courage to squash them!

Ok then, I'll settle for 29

Something like this

wow, thanks for all the replies and advice. I've got a much better idea of what needs doing now. I also know where to come with any more questions! thanks everyone. x

I know some areas are deeper than other and I'm taking averages, but those amounts would mean approx. 75mm of sand/shingle with only 75mm of topsoil over and I wonder what a lawn planted/sown on top of that would look like in a hot, dry summer - we often get those in case anybody's forgotten...

Sounds good - As it happens I will be fencing off said bed anyway - final straw this morning, the dog (or Anti-Christ as I am calling him today) has just destroyed a Magnolia tree I planted there last spring, there is now just one sorry branch left :(He had only been out there 5 minutes!...

:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D They've now got my bonfires listed as known phenomena.

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...