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Garden vacuum for leaves
Can you recommend a decent garden vac? I'd like one that shreds the leaves, and preferably one that is cordless.
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Cheap Water Butts?
Anyone know of where I can get a cheap-ish water butt? Ours has two leaks and I've tried to seal them but no go. Tried special tape, silicone, even some special paint but the splits just won't seal. One is underneath, which is quite large, the other is near the tap, which I did melt back together with a soldering iron. The…
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Bug hotel. Advice?
Wanting something for the bumblebees and hopeful helpful insects. But a big bumble has set up home in the compost heap and it's darn inconvenient. I also need some preditors for the overwhelming aphids on the fruit trees. I like the scruffy one from the rspb as it will be out of sight. Hoping to make it big enough for a…
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Can I still post Christmas Amaryllis Bulb abroad post Brexit?
Every year going back decades, I have sent my auntie in Norway an Amarylis bulb (usually from M&S) for Christmas. Does anyone know if I can still do this post-Brexit or is it no longer allowed?
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Bare Root Hedging (Quick-thorn)?
I am hoping to get some quick thorn hawthorn to grow on the perimeter of the back garden, are bare-root plants any good and what should i do upon receiving them, i heard you need too put them in water first but i'm not sure.
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Gardening courses.
Are there any courses available for lawn mowing gardening etc. Next year I intend to start a part time business, lawn mowing, hedge trimming, fence and shed painting and shed re-roofing. I already have a van and have done costings for lawn mowers, hedge trimers and safety gear. Waste disposal and insurance.
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How to find someone to check on the safety of a tree
I need to have a tree in my garden inspected by a competent person. Anyone have advice about how I should do this.
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How many star Jasmine do I need to cover this space?
See pic. I have one star jasmine planted in spring behind the overgrown Acer (Acer to be pruned back). Trying to cover the area in red circle. Do you think I will need a second star jasmine to get the bushyness and coverage.? I don't want to wait several years for it to grow and then realise I should have planted another.…
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Is it normal for plants to have scale when you buy them?
Quite a while ago I bought a plant from a garden centre, the first plant I ever bought. I found that it was suffering from scale. I removed all the scale manually with my fingernail, and checked it regularly, and eventually it seemed to stop coming back. Recently I bought 6 plants to put in my garden, and when I looked at…
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Multitool - hedge trimmer, chainsaw, bush cutter and strimmer
I'm looking at buying one of these to keep the bushes and small trees in check in an area of garden. I'm currently considering a Draper petrol model (around £200). Does anybody have experience and advice regarding these machines? I know a Stihl machine would probably be much better but I don't want to spend that type of…
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Recommendations for garden hose
I need a new garden hose. What are the expanding ones like? Or should I stick to a traditional one?
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Tiny onions question
My father gave us some red onion babies he grew from seed for our Allotment. We planted them, and then promptly forgot they were there. It's been a heavy year for various reasons and the Allotment hasn't had the love it usually would. Last time we were there I spotted a pile of half buried tiny red onions, maybe just…
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Lettuce growing advice, just can't figure what i'm doing wrong.
I've tried growing lettuce this year (after having grown it last year) with the same seeds but i can't get the seeds to put out the true leaves. I've tried various months, various things, varying moisture, covering it with cling film, no cover. I can get the seeds to germinate but even when i germinate them in the fridge…
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Sucession planting of bulbs in a pot
Can anyone give me instructions on how to do this please?I saw it on Gardeners World at least last autumn but can't remember. Presumably depth has something to do with it but do I need varieties as well or will depth just make the difference?I have a box of random daff and bog standard tulip bulbs that I dug up as I'm…
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Blueberry plants cuttings
Hi All I bought 2 blueberry plants last autumn. I would like 2 more,. Should I take cuttings from the ones I have already or buy 2 more?
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Type of Hydrangea
I am concerned that I may wrongly pruned one of my hydrangea plants as it appears different to all the mophead varieties I have. Can someone view the attached image and advise me as to the variety. All my mopheads have flowered vigorously this year, however this odd plant has only had two flowers on it and I suspect…
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Advice about incorrect pruning of greengage or plum tree
I wish I had checked this before but as they say hindsight is a wonderful thing. Our new home has a wonderful tree in the front garden, the owner said a greengage. Wanting to make sure I look after everything properly I checked with a qualified arborist about maintaining the trees. He seems very professional and only…
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Garlic propagation
Growing garlic for the first time this month and thinking ahead. Expecting a bumper crop next summer!! (hopefully) would I use one of the bulbs grown to be used for another crop next year or is it best to buy new bulb?
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Lawn
Hi All, see below pics. Firstly my son plays football on the grass and we own a dog so I am not expecting perfect grass. But you can see in the pics below its gone very patchy. It was a newly laid lawn about 8 years ago, the drainage is superb (maybe too good). What do you recommend I can do to revive it next year. The…
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Jet spray/hose? Muddy path.
Hi. Not only is my old hose more than a bit battered it also doesn´t fit on the taps in a new house. Has anyone got any recommendations for a hose that I can attach to different kinds of taps? A requirement would be that is has to be really long (or is there one where you can actually attach mid section to make it longer…
