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Moved a ceanothus bush, how do I rescue it?
Last month I decided to move a ceanothus bush that was fighting for light. I know it was not the right season and I was too impulsive. Since the move I have watered it everyday, but it looks to be dying. The leaves have shriveled up and the blue flowers dried up and are falling off. Any tips on rescuing it?
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Ladybirds love Japanese Anemones
I have been clearing out the old growth on plants ready for the winter. I have noticed that there are lots of ladybirds on my Japanese Anemones. I am going to leave a few standing for them. Also another thing I have noticed. I love the white varieties. I accidently purchased a Whirlwind three years ago. This has been the…
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Any slug proof Winter Bedding plants?
I use geraniums in my tubs all summer and the slugs seem to leave them alone, i am tempted by a bit of winter colour with something like violas but i worry about slugs and snails, anyone experienced this?
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Shrub bulb and plant advice for north facing boundary……novice gardener
As stated in title, I know almost nothing about plants etc. I’m trying to smarten up my very large garden but having to do it in stages. At the moment I’m tackling the ‘yard’ area (in between drive and carport) I want to put in a raised bed, as the ground there is very clay and flinty, along a north facing fence but have…
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sunflower hearts cheapest
Hi, I was looking for the cheapest sunflower hearts for wild birds. in my efforts I came up with this as being the cheapest at £27, or £1.35 per kilo now sold out. Sunflower Hearts 20kg Bag | Low Prices | My Pets Supply But they had nothing I wanted for £3.01 to get free delivery. I was going to get cat food but their cat…
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Secret Gardening Club (log provider)
I’m trying to find who provides the kiln dried logs for Secret Gardening Club aka Lavender world I pre-ordered in June for delivery early September. Well, almost mid October and still no delivery. I’ve emailed them but keep getting fobbed off with them saying their provider have had issues. I’m trying to source the…
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mini cordless chain saw
I'm getting a little old to be climbing up the apple trees for long periods to prune with secateurs, so ........ I wondered if a cordless mini chain saw, or similar, would make the job easier. Branches will be less than 5cms in, most just this year's growth. My thoughts are that the job will be quicker, so less time up the…
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Bamboo advice please
Hello I was hoping to get some advice about some bamboo in a property I am buying. Can anyone identify what type it is and how difficult it would be to remove myself or ?need to get in the professionals? It spans approx 5 metres along the garden x 45 cms deep to fence and 6 feet tall in places. thank you for any advice :)
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Fox digging up front Lawn?
Any ideas to stop a large fox from searching for grubs in my front lawn, my lawn is the only one in the whole street that gets attacked and this is the first year it has happened. It started with a couple of holes and progressed the other day to my front lawn looking like a small digger was digging a building foundation…
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Freda has had her Halloween makeover on the allotment
All ready for spooky season 🤣🤣🕷️🕸️
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Small gardening club requires Public Liability insurance (Northern Ireland). Who? Where?
Getting a bit stuck on getting quotes for a small gardening group who'll be doing some fruit and veg growing on school property (with permission). For personal use only. But need insurance. We are based in County Down, Northern Ireland. I'm fed up looking. Anyone got any pointers please?
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Final Tomato crop numbers, might be a help in selection?
I've just harvested the final tomato fruits for this year. I grew five different variety's all in similar pots and all had the same feed and watering etc. Tumbler - 290 Totem -123 Gardiners delight - 192 'A Yellow small variety' - 226 Shirly - 64 Tumbler started fruiting earlier than all the others and was by far the best.…
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Rhubarb again.
First year growing Rhubarb and its grown enormously from seeds to the point now that the leaves are so big and heavy that they are snapping the stalks, what do i do? Do i harvest them as i thought you were not supposed to do that in the first year, remove the leaves?
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Fixing this lawn
Hi all, I'm a tenant and am looking for a cost effective way to fix this lawn. Would love to just have a nice flat lawn that the family (young kids) can run around on, have a picnic on etc. I'm really terrible at gardening so really need a step by step. There is so much weed, I tried digging it all up and have made a right…
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£6k for garden Reno.. too much?
I have moved into my first home about 2 months ago. Thankfully the inside of the house is modern and not much needs doing in terms of DIY at all. The garden however is a tiny courtyard measuring 4x5 M at largest part and is paved and fenced in with no other additions or greenery. I have been quoted £6,100 to take down the…
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Berries on our Bay Tree
Our bay tree, growing in a pot has a magnificent array of berries this year, first time ever in years of owning it. It’s also looking the best it has ever looked. Any explanations, please as to what we might have done to make it so lovely? Do berries indicate anything? It was given to us years ago by a relative, and…
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Ultrasound repellents to keep dogs/cats away from garden ?
Hi all, Anyone tried them and had good results ? any models recommended ? Thanks
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Snowberry
I’ve been cutting out the dead laurel from our hedge. I suspect the bushes will need digging out but (a) that’s beyond me and (b) I’m hoping the roots are still alive and will throw up new shoots. however in the process of removing the dead stuff I have discovered that what I think is a snowberry is amazingly leggy -…
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A garden restoration project (nothing fancy)
A long building project has just been completed but left its mark on my garden. Having cleared much of it away yesterday after the last of the rubble was removed, I can finally see what I am dealing with: It looks like I need to pick out any remaining building debris and stones before using the lawn mower, but what next?…
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Hydrangea no flowers
Bought an Hydrangea plant last year with big white flowers. After winter it withered to nothing , just a few dried sticks sticking up from pot. Come springtime it sprouted fresh leaves from bottom and after watering well it is now back to a healthy looking bushy plant. No flowers though. I know that some Hydrangeas only…
