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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 MSE update March 2022 Please note that some of these links are now out of date.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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The ups, the downs and the insides out of growing your own in 2026!
Welcome to the new ups and downs of growing your own! Everyone is welcome. Come and tell us about your growing shenanigans Maybe tell us a bit about yourself; 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…
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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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Advice on laying turf
Hello, we had our garden landscaped when we moved here about 5 years ago. Part of the process involved raising the level of the lawn area and laying new turf - this all went well. In subsequent years we have noticed an area (small 'L' shape) where the grass always turns brown in periods of low rainfall.We believe that this…
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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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Done a silly thing
Can anyone beat this? Rushing out this morning I picked up the lemonade bottle I fill with tepid tap water waiting for the water to cool down to drinking temperature. Chucked it on my cherry toms, then realised I'd just emptied mr Middlewife's ginger beer 😧 so added more water. It's diet so won't have any sugar to feed…
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Where are all the bees?
What's going on? Is it the horrible wet spring? We've got a lot of lavender and verbena in flower in the garden. Previous years the garden would be teeming with bees, and this year there's almost none. A small bumble-type bee earlier, and some very small honey bee-like types. Not many butterflies, and we're not exactly…
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Mini irrigation piping/fittings suppliers?
Hi all, does anyone use a mini-irrigation system for your garden and if so, could you please recommend a good place to get the piping and fittings? We have 1 large and 1 small greenhouses and several raised beds, plus few pots too, all growing veggies and herbs. It takes about 2hrs to water everything by hand and sometimes…
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GARDENING EXPRESS
I have just received my order from Gardening express and have to say they are a waste of money - when I tried to send them back they have refused to send a label. This happened last year and most of the plants have died. I have cancelled my account and realise that you get what you pay for. If you go for this CHEAP DEAL on…
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Tyre exploded!
I need a new wheelbarrow tyre/wheel - I was on a work call earlier and heard a bang and couldn't think what it was until I went out in the garden just now…
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flexible border recommendations
A very good morning all I am looking for flexible (maybe) border edging. I have a robo mower, so need (budget) lawn edging, but the lawn is not a straight edge, some is, some isn't. I am thinking plastic as it would last longer and be more flexible than wood, but robust enough to survive the strimmer. I think it would need…
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Bare Root Roses - delivered today do you think they will survive?
Hi. I got a delivery today of 7 roses and i think they might actually be dead already? can anyone help with advice (they are currently soaking in buckets of rainwater as they were dry as a bone, I took them out for a few seconds to take the photo). Any advice on the best thing to do to give them the best chance of life. As…
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Will my plants survive while I’m away on holiday?
l’m a novice gardener, just trying a few new plants in containers every year. This year I have strawberries, which seem to be ripening one fruit at a time, and dahlias which are growing happily in their pots but not flowering yet. I’m going on holiday on Saturday for 2 weeks. There’s someone coming in daily to look after…
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MSE mentioned in advertisement for Jet Wash
Came across an advert for a hand held water spray gun advertised as Jetterix stating MSE 'endorsed' this "Amazing washer" as powerful as the usual etc., etc., Is this again unscrupulous companies/people using the good name 'in vain'??!! One potato two potato three potato four….
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Neglected Lincolnshire garden - one year on
I'm going to start a "progress" thread on my garden as well. I've been here three weeks and planted a few of the things I brought with me because they desperately needed to be in the ground, but it's a bit of a drop in the ocean of grass! It's about 20m from the house to the back fence, and about 35m along the back fence,…
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Aphids and Caterpillars
I’m having problems with my trees and shrubs. My apple tree has Apple Ermin caterpillars, which is worse than it was last year. Researching the problem, I used winter tree wash in the winter as instructed, but the caterpillars are back with a vengeance this year. My weeping flowering cherry tree has Wooly Aphid, as has one…
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Perennials suitable for permanent shade
South west corner beneath a large holly tree. Looking for something 3-4 ft high to go against the fence and something lower to cover the rest of the ground, preferably both as bright as possible
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My experience with Gardening Express
This is my experience with Gardening Express (GE), following a BBC programme I watched sometime in October last year. I believe it was either Rip Off Britain or Watchdog. In that programme, Gardening Express stated that they had “promised to review their systems”. Unfortunately, my experience strongly suggests that they…
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Growing grass
Hi all, I put down some miracle go complete 4 in 1 lawn treatment about a month ago but what I didn't realise is that I have to wait about 7 weeks until I can put down the grass seed but with that date being 9th June how do I make sure that the grass grows properly given it's in summer time and the warmer weather Kind…
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Can this be saved?
Have been watering every evening for a few months but no sign of improvement. Am I wasting my time (and Kent's scarce water)
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Flowerbed Improvement
Hi All, This is the flowerbed at the entrance to my house. I've recently bought the house so I've inherited what the previous owner has planted. Does anyone have any recommendations on how to bring this to life? Thanks in advance.
