General Gardening Discussion

No way mate, :D :D

hi Royster, I'm in Co.Down, a wee bit away from Antrim. I we took my mother to Bushmills and she enjoyed the wee half at the end! We're scots too! I'm from Argyll, where are you from?

Hi Dave, You have a super selection there. Good climate there though... Love the way you have them fixed to your trees & shrubs!! Think I am a bit too chilly here... My friend has allot too, some inside & a few outside, (but she is in Cornwall),,, which is what interested me in...

thank you ill wait till the spring because theres loads of blackbirds..pecking in my soil...

Thanks Liz, my Hostas from crocus are lovely, really big and healthy.They arrived really well packaged (the next day), i also bought an acer as a gift, and it was huge and only 15.00, i bought mine from homebase and it's not half as big, so i would def recommend crocus, i've called one of my...

Well done BM, nice to know its doing well

Hi Windy and Fancy, I wish I had room for some edulis!I terms of invasion I do get sneaky run aways which get the wrath of my spade but as long as you keep an eye on them and plant them sensibly, they should be fine. Where ever possible I have created sections where they cannot escape easily....

Nice work Fancy and the Lady of Portuguese Leisure!Kind regards Roy

Thanks for that hornbeam. I also read that parsley planted around the carrots also deters carrot fly, which is what I have done this year.. no sign of carrot fly either.

There's nothing I'd like more than to own a few (hundred) acres, and have somebody come and offer me money for my land... I'd point my rifle at them and give them 10 seconds to leg it back to their company car!

Excellent gentlemen! Thanks for your advice! Kind regards Roy

jay..yes probably too late unless the weather is kind and the frosts hold off maybe you will just get small ones..i had a poppy appear this week so anything is possible,,

thanks Rich, how do I know when they're ripe? Do they go brown? Sorry to sound to stupid but I'm new to all this.

Yeah its worth growing Rich for that deep blue colour

that could be it badsal72. I have them in a pot at the front door and they get a daily watering. Don't know what ate the leaves tho. thanks

I posted this somewhere - dont know where - cant find it, so here goes again. When I went to dead head my calla lillies yesterday I noticed that they had little grean pea-like things inside the head. Are these seeds and can I plant them up? If so, when should I do it? Thanks

I picked one red one to have a look see and practice washing off the flesh. I might put some thing round it to deter the already over fed birdies.ThankyouBM

Here's a good site ...http://www.littleshopofhorrors.co.uk/customer/home.php?cat=284

Fiona. Your tickets arrived this morning - just three minutes ago. Again, many thanks. Peter

Aaw thanks Palustris! That is sooo clever!!! I admit to not doing technical!!!....but as my computer whiz brother said to me..'yes, but you can garden!' So all is fair!!