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New to the Gardening board? Start here
💬 Some other boards on the Forum with a similar ethos * Green & ethical MoneySaving * Crafting * Old-style MoneySaving ℹ️ Some relevant guides elsewhere on MoneySavingExpert.com * Gardening on a budget * Home, garden & pets deals 💡 If there's a link you think we should include here, please send me a message!
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arkonite_babe's very useful Gardening Index
MSE update August 2014 Check for any offers, discounts etc on our Home & Garden and Gardening pages. If you have updates to add please PM either arkonite_babe or Pink.. MSE update March 2022 Please note that some of these links are now out of date. Back to the original post... Below is a list of useful links for gardening…
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Awful weather - typical Brits talk
Well it's been downright awful here in Somerset for the last couple of days with non-stop rain! Just wondering how committed you lovely peeps are... have you been put off by gardening when it's raining? Are you a shrinking violet or a hardy perennial? Just a light hearted thread ☔🌧️
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Retaining wall for patio
Hello, am building some two retaining walls for a patio next to the house (see very rough sketch attached!). The garden slopes away from the back of the house, so a patio needs retaining walls to support it (the retaining walls are green in the sketch). The aim is for 4 courses of brick on top of a concrete footing. One…
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The ups, the downs and the insides out of growing your own in 2025!
Welcome to the new ups and downs of growing your own! Everyone is welcome. Come and tell us about your growing shenanigans What do you like to grow? Are you going to try anything different this year? Did you try anything different last year? Did you like it? Would you grow it again? Do you have any tips for growing? Do you…
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Cedar shed or something cheaper?
I need to replace a shed that is now falling down, rotten and beyond repair. Have been looking online and I like the look of cedar wood sheds, but not the price! Before I invest a lot of time investigating and picking one, does anyone have experience of having one? Would you get another one? Thanks
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Blank Canvass Garden - Design Inspiration Needed
Hello everyone, I am an avid reader of this thread and am in need of the collective advice. I moved house last year - downsized to a lovely 1930's semi. I had a large leafy garden in my old home but it is fair to say this new garden is rather bereft of any charisma. I attach a pic of the garden - now this is from the…
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What size of water butt do I buy?
Am going to replace two apex sheds, with two pent sheds, one is 10 x 8 and the other is 16 x 8. Am planning on putting guttering on them do I can collect water in a butt. Having never had one before I have no idea what size I need? Given the size of the sheds, are 100 litre and 210 litre water butts too small in proportion…
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GreenFly - A 'flylady style' gardening thread with weekly tasks to tame your garden
What do we mean by GreenFly? Over on old style there is a long running and supportive community who focus on getting the house clean and tidy in smaller steps. A group of us thought that something similar for taming the garden would be very useful so here it is. The idea is that by doing little and often we can get on top…
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This a false widow?
Keep seeing this type of spider in my flat and about, is it a false widow
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What flowering tree is this?
No not a quiz but this tree was flowering on a soil/sand plot right near the sea. It caught my eye because of the colour so late in the season and that seemed useful as a small tree. Bracts and 'fruit' but what of? Photo coming soon :# When the photos will upload to the site
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Lifting up synthetic grass?
Hello all One of the swing poles has become loose in the postcrete. Problem is that theres synthetic grass around it. You can see that there's a square patch around the leg bottom. Ive spoken to a couple of handymen who said they can give it a go but have no idea how to lift up and refit the synthetic grass. I spoke to the…
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Are These
Hi, Could someone advise on what is a weed in this flowerbed, please? It's very overrun in a property that I have recently purchased. Thanks in advance.
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What tree is this pt 2
Small. bracts appear late September looking colourful at a time when there is little colour. Really shows up. So from a photo on my tablet Whoohooo!
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Recommendations for pre-made wormery
Hi, I am interested in starting up a wormery to use eg vegetable peelings to create nutrition for growing various vegetables. I have watched quite a few YouTube videos about various ways you can make your own and I think I have a reasonable grasp of the way you use them. However, I am not at all handy when it comes to…
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What fragrant climbers???
Today we've decluttered 2 failing wooden arches in the garden. Woodworking chap has installed 2 new ones, made to order and nicely painted a pale green. Just need to get stuff growing up them now. (well, not now, likely in the spring I guess) OH tutted repeatedly every time I talked about doing this. And now that it's done…
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Planning permission required for sloped garden terrace?
The retaining wall (pictured, currently propped up by scaffolding poles) is failing and needs to be replaced. I plan to bring the wall out by another metre to create a larger, flat lawn area with balustrade for safety. Do I need planning permission for this? The only thing I can find online regarding permitted development…
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What to do with lawn borders?
Hi all My smallish garden is a work in progress. After moving in, I've grown a decent lawn on clay soil from seed, and sown wildflowers along my bottom border. The left border is empty and covered up with a tarp, the right border needs weeding. I have a handful of plants and some bulbs to put in, but apart from that I…
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Harvesting rain water ideas
We’re currently boiling tap water for our indoor plants, which isn’t very energy efficient or environmentally friendly. The boiled water sits in jugs until it’s cool, usually used the next day. I’d like to switch to rainwater, but it needs to be completely free from insects and debris. Ideally, I’d like a ready made…
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Garden mushrooms
The estate agent couldn't understand why I was so excited about the fluffy brown lumps when I viewed the place back in February. Unfortunately I didn't spot these until I'd already made tea this evening!
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Help with Caterpillar Identify.. Brown Tail Moth Catterpillar?
Hi All, I was wondering if anyone can help us identify the Caterpillar we found in the garden yesterday? Our small dog was quite unwell for 2 weeks prior to finding this and we found what we think was a digested caterpillar in her stool at the start of her being unwell. To me it looks like a Brown Tail Moth Caterpillar? I…
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Water butt to sprinkler pump
Suggestions for a reasonably priced pump to do this.
