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How to best preserve the wooden planters for ornamental plants
Hi everyone, I have been improving our garden since moving in our first home 2 years ago. With the space also started growing some fruits and vegetables. For these I got some good quality, almost new clean palettes (heat treated and used to supply research lab equipment). Ok with them to rot but dont want to use any wood…
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Planter at entrance to village
Morning all. I recently moved to a small village and as a contribution to village life have adopted a planter. It's about 3 ft high and 4 ft across maybe a tad more. Stone. At the moment it's a bit weedy but I can see some bits coming through but not sure what yet. Cold part of the country and it's very exposed to all…
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Old garden chemical identification - help!
I have a very old bottle of pesticide and the label has more or less come off so I cannot identify exactly what it was. I am trying to dispose of it safely via the hazardous waste collection operated by the City of London but I am not sure if they will take it without knowing what it is. I am sending them an email too but…
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Asparagus!
Yesterday I popped down the allotment and whilst weeding the asparagus bed by hand I saw a number of little asparagus heads peaking through. It'll be the first year I can really crop as I've been leaving the bed to establish, but to my mind this seems very early? The cardboard and seaweed mulch seems to have really helped,…
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Home-made anti-bug stuff for trees?
Does anyone have a recipe for making some kind of insect deterrent which can be painted/sprayed on the trunks of fruit trees?
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Composting shredded till receipts
I have been shredding my till receipts and putting them in my composters. Recently, I have read that some contain BPA and should not be composted. Do you compost yours?
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Rodents in the garden.
I could have sworn I posted a question about my finding little holes dug in the garden last year - about 4 inches in diameter and about 6 inches deep, many going diagonally down to plant roots - sometimes in plants I'd put in only a few days before. Anyway, yesterday I discovered one or two little friends. They are bigger…
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Garden has become a cat litter
Hi all, We've been living in our house for 4 and a half years. We have a pretty small 50 sq.ft. rear garden, which we've left to itself pretty much... I cut the grass every couple weeks from May to September, but that's pretty much the extent of the maintenance. Our two cats started ignoring the indoor cat litter about two…
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Front Garden Ideas
Hi everyone, We bought this house a year ago and we're finally getting round to tackling the outside. At previous rented properties with gardens in disrepair I've very much enjoyed growing a lawn from scratch. However, we're not too sure what direction to go in with our front garden. As you can see it's previously just had…
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Using Kärcher 2 pressure washer
Just had the patio repointed and it looks messy. The chap said to wait three weeks before pressure washed. Am a bit concerned whether by pressure washing the patio the pointings will be disturbed. I also want to clean paving block but read after pressure washer I will need to fill the joints with sand again and sealed. The…
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Which heat mat in indoor tropical greenhouse
Appologises olin advance for how much I wrote. I'm hoping you'll please help give advice.I would like an indoor cabinet greenhouse (IKEA Rudsta short) with high humidity to grow tropical plants. I have been looking at heat mats with thermostats attached, for reptiles and seedlings. I'm looking for a large plain black one…
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Anyone else spend their annual salary each year on lawn edging shears and have you found a cheaper e
We buy about 748392743289 lawn edging shears per week during the summer or around £7483437 per year Thats why you wont be able to buy any edging shears after this week in any gardening shop in the country Despite watching Monty Don, its not possible to resharpen these in under 3 weeks, so cheaper to buy another half dozen…
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How to remove plants within bushes?
I've moved into a house where the previous owner seems to have liked putting plants-within-plants for some reason. As a result, I have a couple of hydrangea bushes with tall holly growing out of the top of them or honeysuckle running riot from within them, which all looks a bit odd. I'd like to remove the holly and…
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Moving a greenhouse
I have a 8 x 8ft greenhouse, only a few years old and now I'm moving, 30 mins drive away. Anybody got any idea of how much it will cost to dismantle, move and re erect it?
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Using karcher pressure washer 2
Please for how long I can use it without a break. It says 30 mins on the internet and then have a break but does not say how long is the break? Also after use do I just unplug and put away. Not sure whether there will be some water in the tank. Thanks
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Ultrasonic Cat Deterrents
Hello, I was wondering if anyone has any recommendations on Ultrasonic Cat Deterrents. We have searched on line and you get quite a lot of choices. We like cats and mean no harm, just that it isn't pleasant gardening and finding poo. These are two cats from the house next door. We have tried household pepper sprinkled,…
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thick ivy roots
This ivy went right to the top of my garage. I planted it years ago and liked it, but then it started to get unmanageable. I've cut it down as far as I can with a small garden saw, secateurs-- and pulling it away from the wall. How do I get rid of the rest of it? Or have I reached the stage where I need to call in a…
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Can anyone identify this shrub please?
So neighbour has a neat evergreen shrub that blooms a lot.She's no gardener but thought it was myrtle. Just doesn't look like the myrtle I know.
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Unwanted Rockery Rocks!
What can i do with rocks from a rockery in the garden, they are nice looking grey and yellow but i am concerned that they are too tempting for someone to smash the back window if they were trying to get in and i have quite a few of them which i have hid in the shed out of sight rather than leaving them in a pile.
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DIY Netting frame
I'm looking for ideas or suggestions for building a frame over a few raised beds and ground-planted ones. I looked at a few sold but would instead make one myself. I was thinking To make them walk in(we are not tall!)6ft angle irons, preferably galvanized ones, and bury them 1ft deep; size - 25mm x 25 mm and 3mm…
