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Diaries of some garden!
New year new garden, eh! 🤥 Not sure how it got to this state despite the effort last year :/ .. I realise that the passage to the shed is very old and needs rework… a job for March. I've been negotiating with self to get on with it since end of March, but... here to hold myself accountable. Starting with the patio... my…
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Webs on apple tree.
These are a couple of pictures of what look like webs covering many branches on my apple tree. I have done a search but wasn't sure what to do with them in the UK. Could anybody help please
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Is my Euonymus Japonicus Himalaya healthy?
I'm looking for some advice on my Euonymus Japonicus Himalaya. It is planted outdoors in a large pot, and the soil surface is covered with pebbles. I've noticed a few dry leaves, and some leaves have irregular holes/notches that look as if they may have been eaten by an insect. The plant otherwise seems to be growing, but…
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What can I plant in these small pots next to Brick Wall
Hi all. We had an extension built but the pattern imprinted concrete was damaged when digging footings. We filled the concrete in and tried to make it look like the original but it stands out a bit. Therefore, we are going to put some planters with flowers in over the concrete. You can see from the picture that the…
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Bindweed
Hi all, We have bindweed in our garden and I was wondering how to get rid of it Kind regards mark
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Growing in my grass
Does anybody know what this is growing in my grass and how to get rid of it please?
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Is this Leylandii hedge likely to recover?
Parts of this hedge are still green, but not sure if hedge will recover. I think it has spider mites as I can see webs.
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My Fence- come/Neighbours
My back garden fence backs onto a Council run allotment, my fence is not in the best of health but is covered with ivy and such like, that in a way, they are a support for each other, A few weeks back, without me being informed ( which i feel i should have done) they cut off all the overhang growth on their side, thus…
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Red Robins
Hi Can anyone advise how to bring these 2 red Robins back to life? I have been watering them daily and fed them fish blood, bones. They are supposed to be shaped as bay trees but have lost a lot of leaves. Any advice would be great. Thanks
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Rear Landscape
Hi all, looking to pick brains on the garden! Main isuses with the current setup and new toddler in the house, is the sharp drops, slippy slate and no garden segretaion. Playing with online design tools - we quite like the idea of replacing the slate central area with a closed off play area - with glass balustrades and…
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Another 'what is this '
Seems to be a year of unusual things. This is a strawberry plant which has produced these The variety is Pegasus. Planted last year and fine. It does have a lot of tiny white fly infestation sort of thing.
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Used coffee grounds!!!????!?!
Ok so I met a friend for a coffee in a place that's a bit artisan. Coffee was ok, cake too. But at the till there was a big bag of used coffee grounds - free to take away with the note that it's "good for your garden". Being very MSE I of course nabbed my free bag. Yes but good for what? And how does one use it?? Do I mix…
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What is this, these do you think
So I planted some salad seeds in my own homemade compost. Should be Rocket and Spinach in a cut and come again form. What has popped up is Spinach but maybe one rocket. It looks to me like I have 16 tomato plants come up 🙄 quite possibly from my compost heap. The irony being that I've struggled to get them growing from…
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can I still plant spring/summer bulbs???
Ever the optimist I bought a few packs of bulbs last autumn in anticipation of my gardener being able to get them in so I'd have a great display this spring/summer. Gardener didn't show, made excuses, suggested inconvenient times to come and then didn't show and so on. So no bulbs were planted and my lawn hasn't been mowed…
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Aldi cordless lawnmower
Did anyone buy the new Ferrex cordless lawnmower from Aldi last week? I got one and apart from the fact that it's actually quite poor at cutting grass, I have an issue where the motor seems to dip down into a low power mode after only 5 mins of use, even though the battery is fully charged. It's supposed to be able to…
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Japanese Knotweed
Hi all, I’m hoping for some advice regarding the treatment of Japanese Knotweed. Last year, we discovered Japanese Knotweed in our garden (a single stem, only a few inches tall). Our arborist treated it for us at the time, but he has since stopped doing garden work. He also pointed out that it appeared to be spreading from…
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Compost woes
Spring is hopefully around the corner and it's time to think about buying compost. It is now pretty much impossible to buy decent peat based compost unless you are a commercial grower. Instead domestic gardeners have to make do with peat free. There are no quality standards when it comes to compost. You can't trust a…
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Water timer/Irrigation sprinkler system?
Hello everyone! Summer is approaching and I am thinking about watering. Does anyone here use something like https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0D7HM2V9L?aref=herpVOaaCi&th=1 or even https://www.amazon.co.uk/Insoma-Sprinkler-Control-automatic-Watering/dp/B0G6D1XNV4/ with an app? I was thinking about setting this up along with…
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Weeds and Moss in lawn
We have way too many weeds and moss in our lawn - with ropey grass The wife bought a large box of grass "improver" granules and plans to cover the lawn with it today - I had said 3 in one (ie Moss killer / fertiliser and weed killer) but she is adamant that the grass will be killed off by the weedkiller and we need to feed…
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Something up with Suttons?
I ordered a Ribes odoratum from Suttons. They sent me a Buxus sempervirens, labelled Ribes odoratum. I rang up to complain and they apologised and said they would send a replacement. They sent another Buxus sempervirens, also labelled Ribes odoratum. I've complained by email and got an autoreply saying they're having a…
