General Gardening Discussion

That's pretty Spruce.

Thank you for the reply! The concrete blocks at the back are coming out tomorrow, so there will be no plants coming in from there. They're on our side of the fence.I've been hoeing the surface soil about 2-3 inches. With the fork I have been attacking the big clumps. Sometimes up to 5-6 inches...

True, and we had a problem with that. Unfortunately it is rarely possible to determine the boundary line unless the original markers are still in place. Land Registry told me that the thickness of the drawn lines on Land Registry documents/maps can easily cover 18" of land. I don't know if...

NB. When the leaves on potato plants die down like that it means the potatoes are ready to dig up. Not necessarily immediately but ready. All perfectly normal and healthy

Thanks @pete , Miracle Grow it is then once a week for the next 6 weeks, keep it simple.

Can anyone recommend a good 2 prong hand weeder for getting the weeds out of the lawn all the ones I try seem to bend when I use them, could really do with a cast iron one!

Hi,Thanks in advance for any help.Forgive me for my ignorance on this, I'm a total beginner, I had a gardener booked to look at the ten year old crab apple tree in my back Garden but obviously he's not coming now and is unlikely to for a long while yet.My Mum bought and planted it, for...

Noooo ! Not this already. Will check today, I have a new weapon this year; Grazers G4:

PS we burn turf. as it is called over here. I buy it from my neighbour the ferryman who has two fields he cuts from. The money thus stays on the island and helps him feed his family. The alternative is Polish coal. So go figure the carbon footprint for that, and ESB costs a small fortune. ...

Brilliant thanks @pete

Your zone is much more temperate than mine... zone envy for me!If you want low maintenance and beginner plants there's a boat load of never let you down shade plants. Things like hostas that come back every year and if you change your mind later, don't mind being moved.I still love my...

The secret with dressing is not to cover the grass completely. It will take a number of dressings over a few seasons maybe to bring it up and level rather than in one or two goes but that’s fine.the books great for learning the basics of lawn care. Part of the fun is learning through...

@ricky101 we normally buy basket compost with added granules and crystals and line the basket with plastic as you say, probably just a duff bag of compost I suppose it happens from time to time.

I pinch out after 4 sets of leaves, in fact just did it a couple of days ago. I actually plant my SPs out in early April, so maybe in a week or so.

I definitely get where you're coming from on not being able to see the walls and fence. At the end of the day it's about what you like. I agree with Macraignil that ivy is pretty good for wildlife - just that it has downsides too.Fan trained fruit trees are the other option on a fence - a...

Great post Janet. I’m going to look up the wild about gardens campaign now.

My guess is overwatering.Does water build up in that outer pot?Think it might have root rot, let it dry out between waterings, I find they don't actually need lots of water.

The first flower on the Petchoa ! The colour is called Cinnamon, quite nice, but possibly not for a mass basket planting. I think I'll mix it with the other colours yellow and white.Petchoa - Cinnamon

Plant breeders rights loop holes. A breeder can register a no propergation rights that last for 25 years only in UK law, this is why some of the originals from this Japanese breeder have had a name change a few years back, for example, Surfinia Hot pink, became Crazy pink. The originals like...

Hi Perki, Thanks so much for getting back to me. It does look like the Clycinum is growing from the root which really threw me. I won't cut through that huge root though now! I might dig out the Calycinum and try and re-cover some of the pine root system. At least there's time with lockdown....