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So what happened?? No drawbridges being pulled up here! You'd be most welcome to potter round the garden if you make it down near Bordeaux

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@Curly Sue I am sure you will find what you are looking for here, plenty of knowledgeable people here so look forward to seeing you around the forums..

Welcome to GC. I think you're quite right there. A pH of 4 is highly unlikely and even acid loving plants wouldn't like that. I would guess you caught a small spot where the builders might have dumped something but suggest that you test around that particular spot to try and isolate it. ...

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I'm an exception but my whole family are bikers. My older brother would love a discussion with you. He has spent decades restoring old bikes from boxes of bits.

Welcome back Simon and good to hear you have recovered from your accident.

It really depends on how much time and effort you can or want to put into a new lawn.As @Verdun says you can dig the whole plot over, adding any new soil you need, then you need to let it settle, even roller or heal down and rake until flat and even; a lot of hard work, though the results...

So, this is the back garden, that has had nothing done to it since late summer. It needs a tidy up first and foremost, i know that. The swing chair is old, rusted and ready to go to the skips, we are going to replace it with some rattan chairs, but I need some more plum slate gravel to level it...

Hello Claire and welcome to GC, you can ask anything about gardening or anything else.

So if the above scenario is the cause of your problems, in my opininion it goes beyond a gardening problem and becomes a Legal/Housebuilder dispute, that will have neighbour implications.If your neighbours's rainfall is draining into your garden and causing problems, they are liable, and...

Hello and welcome Evans8773 For me a lawn is an essential feature of the garden. Some good advice already but two things I would add are to raise the height of the mower....most people seem to cut too low....and to mow regularly, at least once a week. This will do a lot to establish and...

Even at this early stage the leaves look the wrong shape for S.macrophylla. Could they actually be S.microphylla? If you are certain that they are definitely S.macrophylla let them grow a fair bit more before pinching some out and leave others. Either way, macro or micro, you're going to need a...

Welcome to gardeners corner @Carly C

Exactly Graham! I have problems with arthritis too and there are quite a few members here with health issues, but the garden keeps us all going. It gives us all a good dose of fresh air, in most cases a chance to relax, and a sense of achievement when something pops it's head above ground,...

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Hello @wiseowl & @KFF thank you for your messages, such a warm welcome from you all to this forum. I feel like I have been given the key to the gardening kingdom!

@PercyFlinger Welcome to the forum ! You'll get lots of great advice here and good fun to go with it