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Removal of concrete and sub base
Hello. Grateful for comments on my project. I've just had a lot of concrete taken out from my garden. I now have a fairly thick layer of clayey sub-base left and not sure how much of that to excavate and remove. It's a bit hard to figure out how thick the soil layer is on the adjacent lawn. Am I right to think that I…
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What Worx strimmer do I have?
I have a strimmer that is around 10 - 15 years old and the spool / line is finished. Problem is I can't see a model number on it and the orange replacement spool I tried doesn't fit. Does anyone know what model this is or what spool I should get?
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Removal of trees on property boundaries in a Conservation Area
Hello All, Hope you all had a great weekend. I am having an issue with spruce trees which are growing in my neigbours property which borders the fence. The trees are about 80 feet tall and on the extreme end of my garden(my garden is 100 ft long). They are probably 50-60 years old. My issue right now is that the trees have…
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What is going on with my Rose
We have been living at our current home for 3 years and have a Pink rose Bush that looks like this... Last year i was abit lazy and forgot to cut it back in autumn so it's gone abit mad this year. It's never looked any different.... This year for the first time we appear to be getting a different sort of flower (As well as…
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Bees taking over one bush - advice?
Hi All, Over the past couple of days I've had a large amount of bees suddenly appear on a bush outside my back door. I've only just moved into this house so have no idea if this is a regualr thing or a random one off. The bush is very close to my only back door and I can't now keep it open for more than a few seconds as…
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Edging a sloping border of varying gradient
We have a sloping back garden with a planted border down one side. I'm in the process of digging up the entire border and will replant with low flowering shrubs, and covering the soil with woodchip. I'd like to add some sort of raised edging between the lawn and border. The problem I have is the slope isn't constant, the…
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Raspberry patch but are these still raspberry shoots?
Hi All,I've got a raspberry patch that I've been trying to look after more, and this year I'm noticing some new growths. Earlier in the year (a few months back) I could see some little shoots of what seem to match existing raspberry canes which was encouraging to see. But now, there's a few growths that have really shot…
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What is it?
My daughter got this plant at Xmas. Unfortunately it had no label and she had no idea what it was either! It's grown several inches upwards in a straight line and shows no sign of flower buds. I,ve
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Help needed with a new allotment allocation
Hi, looking for some advice. I got into growing fruit and veg last year and it absolutely saved my sanity I loved it and dare I say, I was pretty good at it. I tried for a local allotment but was told the waiting list was upwards of 10 years. Then we moved to a house with a small courtyard garden that gets no sun at all,…
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Bamboo
HiCan anyone please help me identify what type of bamboo are there? * Specifically are these the shooting / running ones? * And what care does this need? * Is it easy to remove these completely? Thanks
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Weed/Flower Identification
Hello all. I have this growing in my garden and have no idea what it is. I had a foxglove just to the right of there last year, so at first I thought it might’ve self seeded, but now I’m not sure! I also had an unlabelled, reduced 10p plant from Morrisons in the pot behind it last year (now also full of weeds!) that was…
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Flower or weed?
What's this orange flower please? A couple have appeared in my garden this year, not seen them before. One's in the middle of my strawberries!
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Double Cropping autumn fruiting raspberries
Because I had fruits right into November and then the weather was so wet I couldn't get to them I haven't pruned Autumn Bliss.Thought I'd get to it this dry week but the old canes they are producing leaves and perfectly healthy while I have some new mostly weedy looking canes growing.Just looking this up I came across…
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Pressure Washer Connector
Hi, I recently purchased a Titan Pressure Washer from Screwfix and have a front drive in dire need of a clean after some recent work. I have one of the 100ft extendable hoses but I am missing the part that connects the hose to the water inlet of the pressure washer. I've looked at dozens of items online (and purchased a…
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Grow your own offers
My Grow Your own magazine came today and the main offer is 6 Sungold supersweet tomato plants 'free' (+ 6.99 p&p). I have found a code online which works, I have just ordered some, to get 12 free plants plus the p&p. The company is You Garden and the code is FREETOMS. From what I can gather they appear to be a bush tomato…
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Instant sweet smelling plant ideas please
My neighbour has 2 big dogs and she isn't so quick at cleaning up after them as I might like. (but then I do follow mine round the garden with a poo bag and a watering can!!). She is out all day and if they poo at night or early morning, it might not get cleared up for a day or so. I was sitting out first thing today and…
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The Dead Forest - Deployed to deter pooping cats
The Dead Forest. Deployed to protect the seedlings from the local cats pooping and raking until the plants are big enough to defend themselves. The only solution that seems to be working for me at the moment. I had to keep tightening the defensive grid until there is no room for a cat's bottom. I watched one carefully wind…
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Can you identify?
I have a small tree growing in a large tub close to where I sit out in the sun. I have been known to eat the odd peach or plum and discard the stone into said tub. Now there is a small tree and I am struggling to identify it. I wondered if it could be a plum or peach with leaf curl ( see 2nd image) What are your thoughts?…
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Grass improver and weed killer
With the feel of autumn already and the garden sort of made, soon I can work on the lawn.Can anyone recommend a weed and feed for it? It's 90% Selfheal/dandylion/clover and grass with a bit of various others. I don't want it perfect but I would like to have more green grass. I've tried weeding by hand but it's not working.…
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Cut and come again salad plants?
I've thought about it but pre covid the supermarket did organic salad leaves that were delicious so didn't bother battling slugs in the garden.This year and last these aren't stocked just masses of tasteless and an aray of wilting bagged stuff. Even the whole lettuce lacks flavour. Can you recommend some that I could grow…
