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Plastic greenhouse - when to open door?
Hi there. A keen but very much an amateur gardener, here. I have bought myself a 5-tier plastic greenhouse and have been using it to grow chilli and tomato plants for the last month or so. Up to now, I have always left the door closed, with a tray of water at the bottom, for humidity purposes. The only time I ever open the…
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Garden hose spray lance
For years we have been using a spray lance with our hose with no issues, until last year when a storm broke it beyond repair. So we bought a replacement. The hose is Hozelock and the lance was also Hozelock. However we saw the reviews were not good saying it wasnt as good as previously. We gambled and went ahead and bought…
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Netting and PVC coated mesh
Because they are plastic, may they contain BPA? Am I overthinking when choosing some to protect my fruit crops?
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Garden Privacy ideas required.
Hi, Next door neighbours changed their kitchen layout so they added a new window opposite where our garden door opens. The wall you see is about 4 foot high. Can anyone suggest how I can block that area, ideally something 6ft high and 4-5ft wide? I know absolutely zero about gardens and as little about DIY so I'm looking…
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Roses - help with blackspot
We have had six different coloured miniature rose bushes in our garden for about 20 years. For the past four or five years we have been plagued with blackspot. We went on holiday for three weeks a couple of years ago and returned to twigs rather than bushes! I have tried to do what I think is right by removing any infected…
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Clematis killer
Hi all, In 2020 I purchased and planted 3 x different Clematis plants - actually this collection Spring Clematis Collection - JParkers in different beds - one on a different side of the garden. They grew really well for the last 2 years and are all pretty big - more than 2m across. They are now, all 3, dead. Deceased.…
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Ivy - best way to control it?
The garden is full of ivy which is now spreading faster than ever - up the trees, on the wall of the building, over the fences and in the flower beds. What is the best way to control it? Do I really have to dig the stuff up? Is it just a war of attrition? I already have one of those with the pesky alkanet.
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What is this plant ?
Hi hoping someone can help me identify this plant? It’s a long thick stem with these leaves on as per picture I’ve tried various identify apps but not much use thanks
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Slug pellets
What are everyone's opinions on these? I'm fed up with using beer traps.
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Perenial Broccoli?
I used to grow this. Lovely addition as it would come summer first year of planting and then reliably in spring.Meant that you could have broccoli for a longer season with annual sowing plus those left in. Then the seed wasn't available, virus of somesuch.Now I see its available again and am keen to grow it again.Anyone…
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Landrace gardening
I might be very late to the party here. I already practice no dig gardening, I don't use pesticides, I do make compost and thanks to the hotbin, have leachate to use for feed, I grow bocking comfrey for feeding, I let weeds mostly have their say apart from ragwort. My front garden style is a mix of edibles and a lot of…
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How to save dying trees
Hello, I have these trees in my garden which are dying/dead. I didn’t plant them and know next to nothing about gardening. Last summer, I watered them relentlessly and quite a lot of green has started reappearing. How do I bring them back to life again? Should I pull all the dead brown parts off? Thanks
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Time to Find Out Where your Local Plant Swap Events are!
Here in Nottingham, we've had about 4 swaps so far by different groups and the next on is a biggie by the Nott'm Organic Gardeners' Group. It's always a scram to this one as there's loads of plants of all kinds (mainly veg and flowers) and it brings a lot of interest. If you want to save money on going to exhorbitant…
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Rhubarb seedlings
Well i planted about 25 to 30 seeds (2 or 3 per hole) and some have now started to show through and sprout tiny leaves after about a week. How long before i can put them in the garden?
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Oak Barrel Planter
On a whim, I purchased two Oak barrel planters - Half (65cm wide and 45cm tall), which were used Whisky barrels. Not filled such a large volume planter before - how should I fill it?
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Self mulching mower
How do these mowers work. My mower is meant to be self mulching, but it gets very noisy when I blank off the hole and it seems like the cut grass has no where to go. I do sometimes prefer not to collect the grass, so I take the bag off and leave the back open, by propping it open with a stick.
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Tiny supermarket acers?
Anyone know how big they grow please? Are they dwarf or just a very young cutting that will get lots bigger? I bought one for autumn colour and it's survived drought and frost and is looking very pretty. Id like another
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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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Help identifying tree
Rescued this from a building site! Anyone able to identify for me?
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They want to take my allotment away from me.
I've had my allotment since 2012. I practice a sort of semi-no-dig permaculture approach. I harvest potatoes, blackcurrants, rhubarb, broad beans, artichokes, asparagus, runner beans, squashes and courgettes, salads, broccoli and kale, radishes, chard and all the other little things. Occasionally things get a but weedy but…
