General Gardening Discussion

I've always fancied setting up cameras in the garden... It does sound like a fox and I had a poke around the depths, just in case it had drowned. All this savagery in the garden!

Nup, I checked. it's just a moosive fern

Found an old pic of the garden, before we planted the cherry in the middle (happy to move that if necessary)

If I leave my Red Star outdoors over winter it gets very scraggy and loses it's colour, it eventually recovers by about september, so I now bring it into the greenhouse during the cold months.

I splashed out on Nemaslug last year, and treated the veg patch. So far this year my veg are fairly slug free, although lots of snails around, whereas the flower border has lots of slugs as well as snails.

There's a bit of it going on Here Nate

Cheers guys. We have had a lot of rain the last 2 days - a helluvalot of rain Will take cuttings from none flowering shoots first thing tomorrow morning then. Cheers!

I use a product called Agritox from the local Farm shop It kills the Marestail but not grass, so is suitable for lawns. BUT it WILL kill plants so no good elsewhere Large areas can be covered in sheets of newspaper and covered in chipped bark for a very successful and quite long term solution

Something like this

Yes I think it would help.

There's a lovely assortment of flowers there sniffy, really pretty!

I have to agree with Kristen, I have a Sambucus racemosa aurea that is waiting to be planted, it is more robust than Sutherland's gold, which in my experience needs more moisture to thrive, its not the first one I've seen struggle in dry weather, sadly.As mentioned I would put the hose pipe on...

It was a lot easier in the old days. We just attached a hose to the old standing hand pump on the tank and pumped the excess liquids into the farmer's field (when he was muck spreading). Many years ago one of our neighbours, who owned an engineering company, fitted an electric pump and ran...

If they flower late, or are rather feeble from being planted late, I would snap off any flowers before they open to conserve energy for next year. Leave one to check they are the colour etc. you expect, but don't be greedy!Either way, deadhead immediately after flowering so the plant doesn't...

Thank you, I'm just so glad that people other than me like the garden and if it makes you smile then that's a bonus.

Well thanks Kristen been to have a look at the site and looking good so I guess it's now plan and get it done watch this space ....Carl

Make sure you upload some piccies when you do get it right, M! Will look forward to seeing them!

The reason that they're weeds is that their survival instinct is strongest. What weeds do you have?Weeds seeds that land on top will germinate. The lining should sort out most perennial weeds underneath, but not all.Where in the UK are you?

Build a bridge out of it.

This one is a real beauty I think..Campanula lactiflora is a pink one too..