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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 MSE update March 2022 Please note that some of these links are now out of date.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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Advice on Seriously neglected Neighbour Garden with Bamboo
Hello dear members, need some valuable advice from you all on a seriously neglected garden of the neighbour who also has some kind of bamboo in it. I recently bought the property slightly below market value and now need your valuable advice to deal with this and control measures I can take for my property to avoid problems…
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Advice to prepare very clayey sloped land for growing on?
I was reading a book on it and it advises to dig trenches to drain the land. It explained it simply enough - dig until you get to the water ingress and redirect it via the trenchs to the bottom of your land and then you will be left with well draining land. Sounded easy however when I started digging my experience was very…
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Getting rid of bamboo
Have a couple of clumps of bamboo that need to go. In the past, I've had a couple of fit young lads digging the stuff out using spades, forks, mattocks, and axes. Both of them gave up after a long day of hard graft.... Got me a reciprocating saw (needed one for another job last year). Hacking the root ball in to 6"…
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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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Do birds fully leave the nest
We were doing some repairs and sealing up gaps in our roof/soffits in Aug last year and had to leave part of it as there was an in use birds nest in the loft, right by the last tile before the gutter. We left it alone. got through the heavy rains OK with no leaks but now want to seal the last bit up, will the nest be empty…
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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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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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Compost bay suggestions which keep out rodents
I will start by noting this is an open field of a couple of acres to trying to manage the population does not seem feasible nor would I want to kill them. I only just came on the scene here so it is their territory. I just want to learn to get along with them side by side without them being too disruptive. So far I had…
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Is my Yucca beyond hope?
Hi - we have bought a Yucca back in November, and I think it is pretty much dead. It's our first indoor plant, so we have no idea if it is bad luck or if we have done something wrong. We haven't over watered it.....in fact we have only watered it once shortly after we bought it, as we have read that it needs very little…
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Couple of gardening related questions...
Firstly, I want to buy a shed still, if anyone had followed me other posts in the past months. A new requirement has arisen. As rodents are rife where I want to place it, and they have chewed through even thick plastic bottle lids, I wonder would a wooden shed still be secure from them gnawing through it? They seem…
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I was about to blame the local cats (digestive problems): but it's Nostoc Algae!
Afternoon everyone. After 2 days of torrential rain, I have a long row of this algae on the other side of my boundary wall. It is Council Land and very compacted clay, devoid of any grass. A few weeds grow there. I was inwardly swearing at the local cats, but then I thought..... hang on, the cats cannot produce such a lot…
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The ups, the downs and the insides out of growing your own in 2024!
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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A catalogue of trial, error and advice
Hi All, I recently purchased a property with a very neglected garden that will require a full renovation. I'm looking for some advice on if my plans are sensible. I'm going to be starting with essentially an empty rectangle (no patio/garden room etc) so please feel free to make any and all suggested layout changes.…
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Keeping hens and ducks chat.
As a hen and cockerel keeper myself I thought it would be interesting to ask what you name your hens and cockerels and also ask how many eggs you get per day. I know the egg laying changes when they moult but just thought it would be interesting to see how many you get. I have hens that are named Bluebell, Muesli,…
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Coffee grounds for the garden
The OH has gone back to using a cafetiere for the morning java fix. And I've heard that coffee grounds are good for the garden or bad for the slugs or something. So I'm wondering if anyone could advise how they manage getting the sludge to the garden or if there are any hints or anything of which I need to be aware.
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Looking into buying Land
Hello all, I am currently in the process of looking at buying some land. We've found a good plot near us up for sale about 3 acres. It's expensive but I think it will do everything we need it to. It's not been used for a very long time and whilst not super overgrown it does look like highland land with tufts if that makes…
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Removing gravel and what I can put over a septic tank…
Hello all! I’m new to the gardening section of the forum, but think this might be a new place for me to explore! We bought a bungalow a couple of years ago, and now need to start doing more in the garden - it’s about 0.2 acres, so not huge, but far larger than we’ve had before. The previous owners had laid slabs and gravel…
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Summer house blinds
I am looking at summer house blinds and want someone to fit the blinds at of build just white Venetian ones maybe no drill? What size would I need for the windows https://www.wayfair.co.uk/garden/pdp/powersheds-6-ft-w-x-4-ft-d-power-pent-shiplap-dip-treated-summerhouse-4x6-u003700084.html ?
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Fruit Trees for free - with conditions
This seems to be an annual event by the Somerset Cider makers Thatchers. If you run a community orchard or would like to start one, fruit for food cupboards and the like they give away 50 fruit trees a year. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdx9e7pdwnlo You need to read it more throughly to see what trees (I'm thinking…
