General Gardening Discussion

Looking good, John!!

Thanks @Jiffy and @NigelJ ,the more I learn about it the more I don't think I want it!!

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

Hi,As the other have said, you would save yourself a lot of messing around by getting rid of the grass.Instead of palnting between the flags you could grow herbs / flowers/bulbs in pots, easier to move around etc.On a more practical note, do the retaining walls have any drain holes / weep...

Blue hyacinth in a fairly damp shady patch of garden, been there for many years

I think you are right not to close off the view of the countryside to the back of your garden by planting a solid hedge. I can see an electric pylon to the left in one of the photos so a tree in front of this might be appropriate but I would go for something that might not get very tall like a...

Thank you, Pete. I now think this is likely.

Hi Jack ,I presume you mean true Daffodils ( that is having a large trumpet rather than a smaller cup ), these are the most common varieties..............All white ------Mount Hood * Empress of Ireland White Dream BroughshaneAll yellow -----Unsurpassable* Dutch master Bestseller King...

Thanks mazambo, I couldn't find that advice so will be sowing them in the next day or so.

Thanks, I just always feel so rude if I don't answer

I've got Excel OCD, keeping spreadsheets for all sorts of things especially to track what seeds I have, plot rotation, yields, taste, first cropping times. Been doing this since 2001, I find it useful to look back to previous years for when to sow, how long seeds take to germinate, light...

My Acers are just beginning to wake up with buds swelling as Sian said "be patient", also I wouldn't use any fertiliser until it is growing strongly, as the plant cannot use it and you are just wasting money. Mine are in ordinairy garden soil pH about 6-6.5 seldom get fed and grow well. The only...

I have found using a Dutch Hoe in the borders where I use the Hoe to cut the Celandine as it's in leaf. I did have a large patch of Celandines surrounding my Acer Brilliantissimum and found that using the Hoe worked well as it sliced through the Celandines and they haven't come back this year...

Weight of crop per seed sown?For me that's got to be Marrows with 100 lbs+ yield per plant.

This was mine from last summer. It's a lot bigger now but I don't have any recent photos. Your plant will need some kind of framework to tie it to.G.

Nice one Steve

I think the nasties were, tributyltin and gamma HCH, Lindane ,that is off the top of my head, I did do some COSHH assessments a long time ago for the workshop, but it all got beyond me.It was in a white spirit solution so was readily absorbed.

Hi,Usually get several seed and plant catalogues this time of year, but just received Suttons Summer Garden Planner and it really is something else.Its the largest one we have seen, 120 full colour well presented A4 pages with seeds, plants and hardware, many a lot different from most...

Thanks @ARMANDII I'll start tomorrow, I always find doing once a week things at the weekend much easier to remember.