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New to the Gardening board? Start here
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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 MSE update March 2022 Please note that some of these links are now out of date.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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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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Can i cut my beech hedge back now, or should I wait for the leaves to actually turn brown?
Hi. This is about what was a sizeable front hedge that I'm taking back to a manageable level. Back in Spring I cut its height down dramatically to around 2', and this required cutting through some sizeable stems, often a good 2-4" diameter. I also trimmed back the house side to a manageable degree, but left the roadside…
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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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Greenhouse drainage
My greenhouse floods with heavy rain. I have been told that I need to remove the two rows of bricks that are positioned against the greenhouse base , dig a trench and fill with gravel. I'm looking for guidance on how deep the trench should be and should I use 10 mm or 20 mm gravel. Any advice would be gratefully received.…
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When to pick green toms/ cold weather
Wannabe gardening newbie here! Day temps have dropped and not helped by raining most days. I've lots of green tomatoes on the vine still - has it got too cold to the point of needing to take them off to ripen indoors or is it too late? I heard they shouldn't be in the cold too much and the overnight temps acc to the…
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What's this?
I think I had primroses here earlier in the year, is this primrose with no leaves on yet? I've got others elsewhere that have leaves on still. Or is it something else? The hostas nearby have been attacked by snails so they could have eaten whatever this is.
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Advice Pruning Opal Plum Tree
Hello - I belive this is an Opal plum tree in my garden ? This years Ive had a very good crop of good fruit, been able to make plum wine, chutney , fresh plum juice feach day and also frozen around 150 plums , cropping is just about ending now. Problems are that many of the fruit are bad and each day many bad ones drop off…
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Pink Flamingo
Bought a Pink Flamingo standard tree from local supermarket about a month ago. The branches were only about 12 inches long but have since gone mad to over double that. Problem is, it looks a bit sparse in the middle. Should I prune it back to where the shoots branch out which would take it back to nearly the 12 inch length…
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Recommend a leaf mulcher
Hi I'm after an easy to use leaf mucher for the garden with a sturdy bag that doesn't split. Or something where the bags are cheap and easy to change. I've currently got a Hyundai but I've been through 2 bags where the Zip seam has split. Up to about £50.
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Summer house/garden room
Good morning all. I have been looking for a garden room/summer house for a few months and decided I would like one. I have been looking at a few companies who sell them and manufacture but I'm now baffled. I have come across the different types of thickness of the T&G to different roof covers. I live in Greater Manchester…
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Advice on water butt
We would like to install a water butt on the roof terrace at the back of the house, but are unsure how the routing of the hose to the diverter would work. The proposed location for the water butt is marked by the red rectangle in the picture. The gutter above it drains to a downpipe which is around the corner of the…
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Water butt to sprinkler?
Just wondering if I could make use of a pressure washer to do this.
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General purpose Potting compost August 2025
Hi. Looking for opinions and experiences please. I need some potting compost and knowing how rubbish a lot has been reported to be I need an update. I have a choice at the moment, on offer, of Leavingtons multi purpose, Miracle Gro multi purpose Miracle grow moisture control - which is really for hanging baskets. I need to…
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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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Leaf Vacuum/Blower
I have a leaf vacuum (see below). Every time or every other time I use it the bag splits where the zip is sewn in and I need to buy a new bag. Surely this isn't normal. Hyundai aren't interested. Are there better makes, or can you get disposable bags (like you do with hoovers) that you can dispose of after each clear up.…
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Rainwater diverter - how?
When the water butt is stood on its stand, the level of the inlet hose is exactly where the collar on the downpipe is. The butt will be stood on a paving slab on concrete - without the slab the level is still where the collar/bracket is. I can't work out what to do. Do I sacrifice a couple of gallons of water and drill the…
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Gardening in a drought
So this is a part of the forum I don't visit often! I'm much more at home talking about ISAs :) There are threats of drought and hosepipe bans given the recent dry spell. I collect rainwater but my barrell is already almost empty, which I have never known this early in the year.The forecast said we were due some rain…
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Are these bluebell bulbs?
Dug these out whilst planting some new plants today. I seem to recall there were bluebells in this area in the spring.
