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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…
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Ideas please
The alternating heat and heavy rain means that the bramble in our communal garden has gone crazy. It inhabits a patch of about 4 sq metres between a yew tree at one end and a holly and a huge ash at the other end. The holly seems to have either suckered or layered itself - I can’t tell which until I can clear a bit more)…
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Gardening advice planting some bushes
Hello! I wonder if someone could help me. My house does not have a garden, however it does have a flowerbed at the very front, which is 300cm x 40cm. It previously had a manner of random out of control bushes in, some of which were very thorny, so I removed the whole lot and my plan was to put a nice row of plants in. I…
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Cordless (battery powered) lawnmowers
Anyone got any experience with these they can share?
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New Allotment - Help on number of plants to grow
Hello All. Sorry for the long post. So after a wait of 2 and a half years I've finally got my hands on an allotment. I've had it now for about 7 weeks, during which time I've been clearing the weeds, spreading manure, and covering with black plastic sheets to be ready for next year. I've a small veg garden at home which…
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Overgrown Buddleia outside my windows of flat and managing agents..
Hello I hope that someone could advise regarding the above . The top 2 pics are downloaded from the internet showing the flat prior to me moving in sometime later . It's my first time uploading pics on mse so I may dig out more recent ones shortly. Anyway, the issue I have is that there is massive overgrown Buddleia…
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Tulip bulb supplier recommendations
Can anyone recommend a supplier of tulip bulbs please?
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Rats from neighbours garden
At the fence at the bottom of my garden is a house which stands about 50 metres below us. They have done nothing with it for 2 years, (they used have a company in twice a year to strim it, but no longer bother even with this).I am fighting a losing battle with weeds coming through and an infestation of rats - they have at…
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West Facing Garden
Hi all, I am looking to buy the house as shown on the attached google maps image (shown in the middle of image marked red). Am I right in thinking the garden is west facing and if so what time of day could I expect to get sun in the garden. Any help much appreciated. Mark
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Ideas Please for plants for a green roof for a shed
I am creating a green roof for my shed - I would like suggestions for plants , from anyone who has tried it . Thank you
