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Roots from neighbours tree coming under fence.
I am not sure if this is the correct forum for this subject. My neighbours who rent the property behind me have a tree that is close to my fence. Some large tree branches are resting on the fence causing it to break and some roots have come under my fence which are shooting up. How can I get rid of the roots and what are…
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Plant/weed ID
I appreciate that liking/keeping plants is subjective, but I'm not sure if I have ID'd these correctly and whether to keep them in the border. The plants generally are either crammed in or the soil (if you can call it that!) is bare so I could do with tidying it up. All thoughts welcome. I've used https://plant.id/ to get…
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Ex ? Antsnest in lawn
We have an ex Antsnest in our lawn - I say ex - because there are no ants visible nowIt is raised and about a metre squared - the earth is hard as concrete What is the best thing to do with it ?Try to dig it out or use some chemical on it to ensure no more ants ?If we dig it out - how deep ?
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Gardening Express online scam
Ordered £300 of plants on 12th April Company promoted themselves as “trying to support the garden centres and nurseries forced to close” they had thousands of plants ready for immediate despatch, expectorder in 2-3 days. After 3 weeks I started contacting company, they then removed phone number and online chat facility i…
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Using electric scarifier
Hi all. I had a new lawn laid last summer - all nicely bedded in now. I’ve given it a first cut this year recently and noticed quite a bit of thatch build up, although grass generally looks healthy. It’s quite a large lawn so I’d like to use an electric scarifier. However, I did use it on a previous lawn and ended up with…
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Repaint a garden planter..... what. With? w
Have 2 lovely contemporary planters. need to rejuvenate them. they are made of a plastic like material. Not metal nor clay. However don’t feel like cheap plastic. Maybe a resin type substance. anyway, any experience with painting these? my worry is paint flaking off and making them look awful.
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Anyone know what these are?
Me again. Still trying to work out what we've inherited in our garden from the previous owner. What are these, and are they just different colours of the same plant?
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Greenhouse gutter ID?
As the long wet winter from hell turns into the breakdown of civilisation as we know it, our thoughts have turned to self-sufficiency... Yes, OK, maybe I'm exaggerating slightly, but we've been thinking about the greenhouse anyway. No idea who manufactured it originally, but it's been in place for decades rather than…
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Matting
The previous owner of my house had the garden landscaped and put down matting to prevent weeds coming through. Unfortunately our garden is pretty dry because of two big trees, and I think the matting (although it's permeable) exacerbates the problem. I've started ripping the stuff out when I'm planting, but is this worth…
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Anybody know what this is?
Got this coming up in several places and I sense it's not good news
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First fruit tree blooms
I now have photos of the first blooms from each of my fruit trees. Can you tell what tasty treat each will become? 1) 2) 3) 4)
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I turned my flat into a jungle on the cheap – how to do it yourself
I just read this but there was no option for commenting and I will not be silenced!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thoroughly enjoyed reading this and I agree I have purchased seeds from eBay that have not grown. Also, 3 pathos varieties from different sellers and one didn't survive, just in case you don't know its REALLY hard to kill…
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Diverter pipes for rainwater butts
I've got 3 rainwater butts in my garden, each connected to white square plastic down pipes with plastic diverter kits. The connecting corrugated flexible pipes between the diverter and butt just aren't robust enough, and constantly split after quickly becoming brittle. I tape them in multiple places when they do, but still…
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Protecting pots interior?
Hi, I have bought several very large ceramic pots I intend to plant some things that will be low maintenance and can stay out year round. (low maintenance) The pots have a gloss glaze on the outside (labels describe it as frost proof glaze) but the inside is bare clay and I am concerned it will absorb water and may cause…
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Killing the weeds
Hi all, My front garden is about 6' × 12' and just full of weeds. I'm looking for a way to get rid of them so I can actually have flower borders and a lawn. I don't want to put weed killer down for a couple of reasons, both neighbours to each side have lovely gardens and I'd worry anything in the soil may kill their plants…
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Trying to identify flower
Trying to learn a bit about some of the flowers in my garden. I'm a complete novice. Any idea what this low lying plant is please? It tend to spread around the soil. Any of you learned gardeners help please? Somebody is going to tell me it's a weed lol
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Slatted screen fence advice
Hi all! I was hoping someone might be able to offer any recommendations / advice on slatted screen fences. The dream (if budget was infinite) would be a clean western red cedar set up like in the below, but we just can't afford cedar :( A fairly open question but has anyone had any experience getting a similar look without…
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Spoons/ post hole diggers - single vs double hinged
I have a few poles I want to install, these will require holes of 900-1000mm. I am going to buy a set of post hole diggers to use in conjunction with a heavy digging bar I could either get traditional straight handled https://www.toolstation.com/roughneck-post-hole-digger/p55706 or for about £20 more double…
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Right name for heavy-duty weeding tool?
When I first took on an allotment, I had a lot of weeds/brush/undergrowth to clear, but I also had a fantastic little hand-tool called a Kirpi which made short work of slashing stuff down, but could also be used as a hand-held hoe for more specific weeding; the outside of the blade was sharpened, with a little hook, so you…
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RHS Rosemoor 20% discount off garden admissions booked by 30th April online
This offer was included in the details about a competition offering prizes of family admissions to RHS Rosemoor which is between Exmoor and Dartmoor, MSE'ers might be heading that way on hols soon. Here's a link to the comp in case you want to see if you can win a ticket https://www.checklists.co.uk/win/rhs/ Plus, Rosemoor…
