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Green roof substrate
I've built a gazebo to act as a barbeque shelter - believe it or not, it's been known to rain when I grill - and am going to put a green roof on top. I'd rather not pay for the specialist firms' own blend, as I'm hoping it's just a question of mixing some aggregate with compost - but can anyone share a recipe for the…
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What to do with unwanted turf
I’m looking to create a flower bed by lifting the existing grass. It’ll be around 9m2 so too much for the brown bin but not worth getting a skip. Do I just do loads of tip runs? Or is there a way to dry it out to be lighter? I don’t fancy the smothering method as would like to plant in the autumn. Any ideas?
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Long handled shears
Back problems make it difficult to bend down to trim the lawn edges so I'm looking at long handled shears. Most cut either vertically or horizontally. I need to cut both ways and wonder if there are any that can be swapped between the two. Alternatively a fixed 45 degree setting would be a suitable compromise. Am I looking…
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Removing large gravel and making a lawn area on a budget, advice wanted please!
I recently moved into a new house, and my garden consists of a slabbed area, along with an area of large gravel (not sure of the proper name!) What I'd like to do is remove the gravel and get rid, and replace with some turf to make a lawn area with a border, and grow some non-specific flowers/plants that would be fairly…
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Unusual soft fruit plants
Hi everyone We went to our local garden centre yesterday. Utterly gorgeous but expensive. They had some unusual soft fruit such as Jostaberry, Wineberry and Honeyberry as well as Tayberry and Loganberry. Has anyone tried growing these? Our raspberries and blackcurrants are grown in giant pots as we have no suitable bits of…
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Fuchsia Delta Sara.
Hello, my sister received this Fuchsia Delta Sara last year from a friend. It was in a 3L pot, but unfortunately, this year it's not performing as well as it did last year with the lovely blue flowers. I've told her to bring it around to my house so I can try and save it for her. Can you give me any advice, please?
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Geraniums 99p for 15
Geranium 'Best Red' F1 Hybrid plug plants | Thompson & Morgan (thompson-morgan.com) Won't last long at that price
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Globe artichokes
Have I left it too late to harvest these? Thank you.
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Best place to get compost and plants from online?
I used to get from Wilkos but with that gone I need to order a few bags of compost, grobags and some plants (mainly geraniums and tomatoes to cheer the place up). Where's the best place online that can deliver (am within M25 in London) - I don't drive. I've heard not good things about the B&Q compost so would rather not…
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Malus Red Jade: Greenfly problem on the new green shoots
I have a 20 year old Malus Red Jade. I have pruned it over the years to stop the weeping effect. I do this because the long trailing weeping branches stop the sunlight getting to my peonies in early spring. So I have ended up with a more horizontal branch structure coming out of the top of the tree. My question is…
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What plants for a gothic garden
Hi, I'm planning on making a gothic garden so looking for recommendation of plants (preferably perennials). I want something that's either got dark leaves or black, very dark purple/blue/red flowers. The garden gets sun from midday to about 5pm at this time of the year. At the moment my ideas are: hollyhock jet black…
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Researchers please. Mysteryish plum
So part of my garden is a badger run with trees from the neighbouring club hanging over it. One of the trees Prunus Nigra of some variety produces real plums and I've researched but it keeps giving me 'cherry plum' and nothing like the size of these. That's more what I've seen before and on my own Prunus Nigra. I'm getting…
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What can I grow in planter up this shed wall?
Hi all Dead simple this… here’s my ugly shed wall. I’m going to put a planter at the bottom. I want to grow something (low maintenance) up that wall… preferably edible. Any ideas? Suggestions? Please. TIA
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Pale Blue Clematis
Where have all the pale blue Clematis gone? A few years ago they were everywhere and now it seems to be all white and pale pink/ lilac colours. I intended buying one this year but haven,t managed to find the pale blue (bit like a pale Wedgwood Blue). Has anyone seen any this year?
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Name of shrub/Bush.
Can anyone tell me the name of this bush it's only now started to flower. Thank you
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Please help me identify these
Thank you for reading. I have had these in my garden and wonder if they are edible? What are they?
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Weeds in garden grass
So by no means do I want a perfect garden lawn but I have had a little spare time and I do have 2 dogs so it’s never going to be perfect lol. so just some advice on I’m I doing the right thing I’m cutting regular and pretty short and I’m going round every now and then cutting out weeds as far down as the root with a knife…
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Oleaster Limelight Infestation
We moved into our new build house a few years ago now. Planted around the front of the house is an Oleaster Limelight hedge. It has been growing really well for the last couple of years and filled out nicely. This spring it has developed an infestation of tiny winged insects. There are loads of them. They look to be…
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White vinegar as weedkiller
Our garden has quite a lit of weed build up as gardening is difficult for us. I've bought some 20% white vinegar as I don't want to use roundup. Is there an amount of time the vinegar needs to be on the weeds before it gets rained on in order to work. We've been leaving it to get some rain free days in a row, but that…
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Best way to empty 3 very large pots?
We have 3 pots with Bamboo in the garden.The pots are 1.2 m across and 80cm deep. The Bamboo has been there for 5 years and is now mostly root.We were both out there yesterday almost all day and only managed to empty about two thirds of one pot! (And filled around 30 rubble sacks.) In the end we had to saw bits off to get…
