General Gardening Discussion

Good morning Pink Pixie the inspiration was already there we just brought it to the surface my friend,please keep us all up to date with your progress

Nice one Loof Been to Tangiers a long time ago, loved it

Yes Kandy..Sorry for not acknowledging that info before Thank you .

My ex neigbour used to put his in the oven at 240 for an hour then a UV light overnight (thirty years ago) I as a non gardener at the time could not understand when he said it was to sterilise it for his seedlings (neigbour as he used to "live next door" NOT the scottish neighbour who are...

I'm lucky, I never seem to have a bug problem here, but my enemy are slugs and snails, even they seem to be lacking this year. I've probably just tempted fate.

Hello yes I remember 1963 really well the river Medway frozen over and could be walked across,as I was working on the ship pictured below at Strood pier "The Finmaster" frozen bales of wood pulp using the ships steam winches which at least kept us warm a little

You a bit hard up after your holiday?

Same stone we use for our patio last year nicer than normal slabs. And of course nice containers too.

He is beautiful when you look close, thats why I prefer to catch them and release them elsewhere rather than use nasty beer traps or slug pellets - its not a nice way to kill anything. I put them in the dustbin sometimes in the hope they have a better time at the landfill site.

Landimad this may give rise to the saying , not often heard these days , " He/she can platt fog " . Meaning they can complete difficult tasks .

Just lovely Capney and thank you for letting us see them. I couldn't believe it when I heard one of those famous for being famous people on TV saying they hated the Britain in Bloom displays and they just made the place look vulgar.

Geoff, it is stunning and a real eye-catcher! Hope you will post another pic when the other two start blooming so we'll see all three together.

Pro, Which would you say works the best? Where is the best place to buy these from?Is this the stuff you mention and if so, is it a good price?

Any one care to identify them for me?

I asked as there are lots of Hellebores around the Yew and I did not want to damage them with more needles.

My Hedge is going ok partes but others are not doing so well. can people tell me what to do for it over atumn and winter please.

I'm going to contact both companies on Monday and find out more about it. I collect around 2-3 tonnes of Yew clippings alone between July and September so seems a waste to take them to the tip or compost them in my yard when they can be put to better use.

:DDidn't know that about cupressus sempervirens! Mental note to self.... :rolleyes:Have now googled on this, and come up with a lovely pciture! http://sphakia.classics.ox.ac.uk/FMPro?-DB=WebSphakiaPhotoLink&-Format=showphoto.html&OverallPhotoID==09.034&-Find [ 29. October 2006,...

Have you heard about this? http://www.friendshipestates.co.uk/yew-collection/yew-collection.html

You should try having cats, and living in the country. We *never* walk about in the middle of the night without putting a light on, and looking where we place our feet... Cheers Richard