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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…
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UK Garden/Plants advice website/group ?
Anyone recommend a really good website/forum etc for garden/plant advice and inspiration I've tried a few and most dont have any designers or experienced gardeners/experts to answer any of my questions Thanks
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Alkanet
I have a long running war of attrition with alkanet. I just can’t get rid of the stuff. To make matters worse it has now taken over a patch of wasteland bordering the garden. I also have several litres of liquid feed from my wormery. It’s nitrogen rich to the extent that it needs to be diluted, 10 parts water to one part…
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Weed burner - any recommendations please?
Hi all, I am considering buying one of these - can anyone recommend one please? This is primarily for use on our drive - it looks to be old tarmac (ish) with weeds & moss growing through in places. I don't want to use chemicals.
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Hello from hippy chick :)
Good day today ( although I may pay for it later) 12 days post hip replacement, had 24 clips removed ( I think she was exaggerating), and can walk so much better, did 300 yards. Beautiful day here , so hubby carried my seed trays outside and I spent a lovely hour or so pricking out beetroot, kale, tomato, chard and…
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Modern hedging
I’d like to make a new hedge. One that’s modern looking but ideally good for nature etc. keen for advice!
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Can you get bespoke plants?
Hi there. I'm no gardener but my dad loves gardening. He's got a big birthday coming up and I want to get him something special and I'm wondering if there's any way you can get some kind of hybrid plant - a rose or something - that can be named after him and is unique? I've had a Google but it's a bit of a minefield so any…
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Weed supressing membrane
I've just got an allotment. While it's not too bad, condition wise, it has a lot of nettles and I'm not going to be able to use it all this year as it's quite large. I've been told to put membrane on a lot of it to kill the weeds for this year, but which would people recommend? Or is there another (cheaper?) way of doing…
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120mm Fence Post Caps
I need to replace some 120mm fence post caps but I cannot find any locally. Any suggestions where I can get some from?
