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Have you seen any good deals on compost or soil ?
I was told that this is a good time of year to buy soil, compost and wood chips, etc. Has anyone seen any significant discounts either online or instore on these things. I am more interested in top soil ericaceous compost I dont drive so its very difficult for me to go to stores to collect these 25/50L bags but im…
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Ornamental cherry advice
I had a mature cherry given a well needed trim a year ago with regards to the new shoots this year if I want to keep the size down how much of the new shoots should I trim in spring? All of the new growth or leave a couple of buds or inches on each new shoot?
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Pruning time or is it?
We have been away and I am now considering if pruning or at least tidy up is worth doing now as they are all a bit overgrown (and overlapping the lawn!): - 2 types of hebe - 1 hot lips - Mexican Orange I thought we could prune only if they had stopped flowering but they are still flowering! Is it too risky to prune now?…
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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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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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Retaining wall for patio
Hello, am building some two retaining walls for a patio next to the house (see very rough sketch attached!). The garden slopes away from the back of the house, so a patio needs retaining walls to support it (the retaining walls are green in the sketch). The aim is for 4 courses of brick on top of a concrete footing. One…
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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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What size of water butt do I buy?
Am going to replace two apex sheds, with two pent sheds, one is 10 x 8 and the other is 16 x 8. Am planning on putting guttering on them do I can collect water in a butt. Having never had one before I have no idea what size I need? Given the size of the sheds, are 100 litre and 210 litre water butts too small in proportion…
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What flowering tree is this?
No not a quiz but this tree was flowering on a soil/sand plot right near the sea.It caught my eye because of the colour so late in the season and that seemed useful as a small tree. Bracts and 'fruit' but what of? Photo coming soon :# When the photos will upload to the site
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Lifting up synthetic grass?
Hello all One of the swing poles has become loose in the postcrete. Problem is that theres synthetic grass around it. You can see that there's a square patch around the leg bottom. Ive spoken to a couple of handymen who said they can give it a go but have no idea how to lift up and refit the synthetic grass. I spoke to the…
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Are These
Hi, Could someone advise on what is a weed in this flowerbed, please? It's very overrun in a property that I have recently purchased. Thanks in advance.
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What tree is this pt 2
Small. bracts appear late September looking colourful at a time when there is little colour.Really shows up. So from a photo on my tablet Whoohooo!
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Recommendations for pre-made wormery
Hi, I am interested in starting up a wormery to use eg vegetable peelings to create nutrition for growing various vegetables. I have watched quite a few YouTube videos about various ways you can make your own and I think I have a reasonable grasp of the way you use them. However, I am not at all handy when it comes to…
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What fragrant climbers???
Today we've decluttered 2 failing wooden arches in the garden. Woodworking chap has installed 2 new ones, made to order and nicely painted a pale green. Just need to get stuff growing up them now. (well, not now, likely in the spring I guess) OH tutted repeatedly every time I talked about doing this. And now that it's done…
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Planning permission required for sloped garden terrace?
The retaining wall (pictured, currently propped up by scaffolding poles) is failing and needs to be replaced. I plan to bring the wall out by another metre to create a larger, flat lawn area with balustrade for safety. Do I need planning permission for this? The only thing I can find online regarding permitted development…
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What to do with lawn borders?
Hi all My smallish garden is a work in progress. After moving in, I've grown a decent lawn on clay soil from seed, and sown wildflowers along my bottom border. The left border is empty and covered up with a tarp, the right border needs weeding. I have a handful of plants and some bulbs to put in, but apart from that I…
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Harvesting rain water ideas
We’re currently boiling tap water for our indoor plants, which isn’t very energy efficient or environmentally friendly. The boiled water sits in jugs until it’s cool, usually used the next day. I’d like to switch to rainwater, but it needs to be completely free from insects and debris. Ideally, I’d like a ready made…
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Garden mushrooms
The estate agent couldn't understand why I was so excited about the fluffy brown lumps when I viewed the place back in February. Unfortunately I didn't spot these until I'd already made tea this evening!
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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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Water butt to sprinkler pump
Suggestions for a reasonably priced pump to do this.
