General Gardening Discussion

When my dad gave me first refusal to buy my land, he had it valued. The surveyor told him it could be worth as little as £x or as much as 3 times that, depending entirely on whether or not anybody wanted it.18x18 is not a big parcel of land. Last time I checked, land without outline planning...

Thanks John :gnthb:. Of course, I wouldn't know what I was looking for, even if I looked. :hehe:

That is good news, JJ

love the concept of a Hebe hedge... Jenny

Thank you KFF for your reply & advice. I did wonder if it was too early so I appreciate you confirming this.

That all sounds very similar to how contractors constructed the supports for a neighbour's decking, except they drove lengths of 150 x 150mm preserved softwood into the clay subsoil (so perhaps piles rather posts?) then screwed the joists level all as above.

Thanks everyone! It's warming up nicely down here in Devon but maybe I'll leave it for a couple of weeks to be completely sure. It's next to the house so it never catches frost (I pull it under the canopy of the roof for the winter to save it being waterlogged and frost-bitten, and keep it...

Well I am most grateful to all who replied to my post. I have decided I will re-erect the existing fence myself in the correct area giving me time to sort out the strip of land. I'll have to attack it like Indiana Jones with a machete as it's so overgrown. But once it's dug up, weeded and...

Not forgetting the airosol hairspray can and ciggarette lighter Jack McH

Snap SNAP DITTO A pal along the road mint growing all over his back garden, I said I wish I had mint, so he gave me some with the warning to plant it surrounded as it will spread everywhere Errr no it did not So next time I got a lot from him dug up in a bucket and more or less...

Good points Fens!It is important that the leading buds are removed for each of the first few years otherwise you won't get a thick hedge.Also, if the hedge is just "plonked in" it will grow slowly and not throw out as many side branches, so that's another possible cause.Yes, it is...

Absolutely :thumb:

That was a lucky escape! One other problem you get when cutting large branches is that, although you may take the usual precautions of stepping well back before pulling on the rope to bring it down, it falls exactly where you wanted it to - and then splits into more than one piece and bounces...

Thanks Longk

We've put some gravel paths in - no idea of the size of stone - not tiny, not huge pebbles! Not comfy to walk on in bare feet! OH has put gravel paths between his raised veg beds.....we have heavy clay soil too and he gets heavy clay laden wellies - hopefully, with the paths, the wellies...

heres a few xmassy pics i took on my balcony, everything is still green and looking good for this time of year.i put this obelisk up and decorated it with christmas lights in front of my kitchen window out on my balcony

I'll add a bit more information, in case there are more suggestions. Currently I have two tall, unsightly conifers (two neighbours, both "experts", are certain that they are, respectively, either Juniper or Golden Leylandii. Anyway...). The branches and foliage come down to the ground, and I...

The same is said to be true of forget me nots.

What about Eleagnus and Pittosporum?

That's a good idea, and much easier to source than bits of giant pipe. Good thinkingThanks for that