General Gardening Discussion

You're so right Sheal ... I do love my outdoor space and derive a huge amount of pleasure from it!

Thanks everyone. I think I'll give spider's web a go, once the weather is more appropriate!

Thank you for your advice all, I will take them out of the heated propagator pronto and leave out on the bench until all this rain passes, then put them out side (out of labradors reach) during the day until the spring arrives.

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I would also give it a feed and top dressing at the same time. Rusty

That' great, ty. I had heard that before but wanted to check with the experts. aka you lot. TY!

I have done this, usually at my local supermarket, where the plants are lovely when they first come in but aren't well looked after, so deteriorate if they're not quickly sold. Some have recovered well, others have sadly proved too far gone and ended up in the compost heap!My best ever...

Thanks for clarifying that!

Ah, you double posted - we replied here , in case you missed it.Tree Lily bulbs - in a box for too long? Help please!

I will sort out my seeds.I'm sorry after finding out how the seed swap is worked I realise that it is a bit more than I thought and at this moment in time it isn't just a case of popping the enveloped packaged seed in a post box. While I can agree lilianas way is safer it wouldn't work for...

Think most of us oldies will be the same feeling very sore after the first few outings of the new year, the old saying, a little and often is the way to go ..??Possibly doing some gentle exercise movements daily might ease your condtion enough to allow you to do some gardening, though worth...

@Sandy Ground Thank you for raising awareness regarding paper. Most modern paper shouldn't be in the compost. They are treated and printed upon. And composting them will accumulate all that stuff over the years. Just don't do it.

Thanks @pete,Think we will grow some of these Asters and see what they are like, but still keep our dwarf Dahlias in that bed this year, they seem hard to beat.

Soil Science is perhaps what this question relates to. NO. I'm not going to bog you down with facts and figures.Top Soil basically refers to about the top 12-18 inches of soil. As gardeners. We usually dig and cultivate in general. The top spit. The average depth of a spade or fork. ...

It's not just the mint .in my experience once you have a bit of snow in summer. You have a lot in no time!

Ok so I don’t want to kill the conifers, they’re 25’ high in one side, my side is trimmed to 15’. They are our trees , I just would like to give our lawn a chance.

thank you all for your replies I will leave these mushrooms in peace, at least for now

Thanks @pete this has been really helpful. I'll give it a go

Thanks for all the inputs. I'll wait as usual until I can see some real growth around mid-March before I give the lawns their first crop of the season.

I tried to keep a record of how my garden here developed over the last few years by posting videos on youtube. This playlist tracks the development of the area just outside the living room window which was the first part of the garden I started planting. The site was just a field used for...