General Gardening Discussion

As with a lot of plants, they are susceptible to windburn, too dry and too wet conditions. Take your pick

Thanks all, I shall have a go. I shalll also look out for small plants next year - she has loads!

I love aquilegias; I grew dozens of varieties in my old garden from the common ones to more choice ones like longissima and skinneri. All though self seeded prolifically and some interesting hybrids popped up too, they grew in pots, between flags, in gravel, all over the place. I used to pull...

Rich - I do hope Poppy replies to you. She is a veterinary nurse and knows all about poisoned hedgehogs.

Thankyou kindly everyone.

Thanks for that,its interesting to see what happens when they come up.I'm always asuming its me thats not green fingered but I'm getting quit impressed with what I have learnt up to now with a little help from my friends of course this web site is great. Off to the garden festival now at Ness.

The first photo I put on (white and purple) is Adelaide Addison which is a short plant and the flowers look upwards. Can't remember what the second one is. When I get a chance I shall take photos of some of the others. Mrs shiney says that we also have some varieties that bloom later. The...

Thread from last Spring:

Yesterday reached 70F but we had a frost last night. The sun has burned that off now.

Thanks ladybird, been to the greenhouse and measured my peas, 4ins, i planted them in toilet rolls insides can i leave them in these untill they go in the ground

This month I am mostly pricking out seedlings into pots, moving stuff from the greenhouse to the coldframe, moving stuff from the coldframe to the beds, planning where the dahlias will go, thinking of starting off the annuals, weeding weeding weeding, watering.............aaaaaaaaagh

This one is a bit different and easy if you have a damp shadey garden. Oh and I HATE those white daffs! anyone want a load?

Wallflowers

Hi, someone has given me a load of fresh apricots, last year I tried to make jam with them, but it would not set, ended up with a load of apricot pulp in the freezer!! lovely though! has any one please got a good recipe for jam that will set, I did put lemons with it too ,but...

If it`s Bleeding Canker, then yes, it can be passed to other trees, but as Cajary says, it needs to be cut down and burnt, PDQ.

Hello I have got my seeds, Lemon Orange and Apricot, and i will be planting today Thank you for all the info, i can't work out how to put photo's on this part of the site (Job for Caz later- daughter) should be fun, just got to keep them away from the Cats and the Dog then Have a good day bye...

Come on down! The Priiiice iiiiis Riiiiiiiiiigght!

you can't do better than Butterworth's nurseries - great organic nursery, and they really know what they're talking about. Ring them - phone number on the website.

Thank you Zigs,"M",Scrungee and PeteBramleys and some eaters for apple crumble and for the birds in winter

Sorry been a while getting back to this.I've got one Fiesta, one Arthur Turner a Bramley and one unknown, (Acquired from East Malling Research station in the early 60s). The best and juiciest apple I've ever tasted direct from the tree.I know for sure none are ready yet, still getting...