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Growing in a sunny attic room?
Hello all, I’ve a sunny, warm attic room that’s probably big enough to grow some indoor food-type plants. I’m thinking of peppers & chillies perhaps, although I’d love to hear any other suggestions! (I may have room for things that climb) I’m wondering if I can use seeds straight from peppers bought from the shops…
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Is my pyracantha in trouble?
My Pyracantha Red Column hedge is suffering from some kind of problem. The leaves look like black spot which affects roses and they pull off with a gentle tug. I am dreading this might be fire blightIs there anything I can buy or do to help?
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Plastic or Clay
I have always grown my tomatoes in clay pots, but are these superior to plastic pots or the other way round. I need to add more pots so trying to decide whether plastic is OK as they are a lot cheaper.
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Cleaning greenhouse glass
How do you keep your greenhouse glass clean?
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Help Frogs or Leave Alone?
I have an old fish pond which i have left for the newts and wildlife for the last few years and there are so many newts that no frogspawn seems to make it to tadpole stage. Should i leave well alone as this is natures way or move the frogspawn into a tub planter give it a predator free place to hatch? I successfully…
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Seed compost
I wanted to get peat free seed compost but all the seed composts in the local big garden centre were peat based. I bought some peat free multi purpose and I’ve also got perlite/ vermiculite, silver sand and horticultural grit in the shed. Can anyone advise on which addition(s) to the multi purpose compost would be best to…
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Best time to buy pond plants?
I have my eye on some pond plants which i think will help the newts which are in my pond, i am ready to get them now but i wonder if i should wait until more into the spring however the prices could go up by then. If i get them now can i just put them straight into the pond, One is an oxygenator with weights attached and a…
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Cheap screening/fencing ideas
Hi all, hope you're doing well. I have a need to create an L shaped bit of screening in my garden, each prong of the L being around 6 to 8 foot long. I'd like to do it as cheaply and as easily as possible, and with the least 'ingredients'. It doesn't need to bear much of any weight (I may climb some plants up it, or I may…
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Accepted a quotation, now tradesman wants more money
I accepted a written quote from a landscaper to install a patio, base for a shed with a path all around, a path up the garden and 3 raised beds. We agreed a design. I drew the design with measurements and forwarded it to him. He agreed via email it was correct and then he sent me the written quote. I moved into a new build…
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mulching petrol lawnmower
am ffed up with emptying the lawn clippings so am thinking of getting a mulching lawn mower, have a budget of around £500, can anyone help with decision of which is best
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Non toxic / non plastic way of to line wooden planter for fruit/veg
Hi, I’m giving away all my plastic fruit/veg growing patio tubs and have replaced them with second hand wooden crates. I want to line them so they don’t rot so fast. What can I use to line the wooded crates that is non toxic and not plastic? Or is their a non toxic treatment I can use on the crates? I was thinking of Coop…
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Fruit trees
Hi would anyone have an idea when Al** or Li** have their fruit trees in.? Also is there a supplier of reasonably priced trees that anyone could recommend please.
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Does anybody recognise this plant?
We've lived in this house 2.5 years and as far as I'm aware, we've had no flowers on whatever this is. About to start building work in this area, don't know whether to try and save it or not. It's quite vigorous, pushing up between a couple of paving slabs.
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Wood chippings, free or very cheap?
I've just spent a merry couple of hours trying to find a source of free or very cheap wood chippings to make new paths on my allotment, and failed miserably. DD1's boyfriend, who lives 30 miles away, acquired a trailer-load delivered to his driveway for a mere £20 a couple of weeks ago; he brought me a couple of sacks,…
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Deeply weird...
A friend gave me one of her Rugosa del Friuli knobbly courgettes at the end of last season; it had gone too hard to eat but, she said, might be good for seed this spring. I popped it on top of my boiler - an excellent spot for drying herbs & seeds & starting seedlings - and kind of forgot about it. Until now, when I need…
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Mitox
Anyone got any experience of Mitox especially chain saws
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Rat(s) in the polytunnel - cleaning up
Hi all, posted about this in the In My Home section, but it probably makes more sense being here. I went out to check our polytunnel before the storm tomorrow, hadn't been in there for a few weeks, and discovered around 20 rat droppings over out rattan sofa which we're storing out there. I'm not going to clean it today,…
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Protecting Daffs From Wind?
The daffodils are coming into bloom again but the high winds are already taking their toll as you can see on the end, Any tips for protecting these with stormy conditions at the end of this week?
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Rats at allotments
Hi all i would love to have an allotment but terrified of rats and I know allotments are a common place for them to be found. I wondered how do you manage this/deter the rats. The fear is real and is preventing me doing something I really want to do - grow veg on an allotment. would really appreciate any tips/feedback.…
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Why aren't green energy deals cheaper, given that the energy price hike is down to gas prices?
Genuinely, I have no idea why those of us who invest in green energy aren't getting a better deal. That should be the incentive for people to move to green - you're no longer beholden to gas prices. I haven't seen any discussion about this on TV or online for some reason. Answers on a postcard.
