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FREE VEGETABLES FROM ROOTS AND TOPS
I saw this brilliant idea on YouTube where you can grow free veg from the parts you normally chop off and discard. So celery, lettuce cabbage bases, onion, parsnip, carrot etc tops, parts of a potato with an eye, cut out an inch chunk around it and plant underground with the sprout pointing up. Tomato plants from the seeds…
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Discuss the 'Gardening on a budget' guide
We've written a guide to gardening on the cheap and would appreciate your feedback. How did you find the info? Was it useful? Do you have any other tips you'd add? Thanks for your help! MSE Jenny H
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Solar Charged Water Pump For Hose
Good morning all, Hope this is ok to ask here, as it kind of relates to gardening in the money saving sense. So, I have a few water butts in the garden, which i've never really utilised as the filling of watering cans and walking round the garden is time consuming and also starts to get a bit heavy with the water in the…
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Putting grass seed down and getting of weeds
Hi all, We have a garden that is bare in places and needs grass seed put down. I've bought the grass seed and have taken advice from 2 different people. 1 person said to leave it until September as the conditions are better suites for grass growing and the other person said you can put it down but if there's no rain for 2…
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'Sunny' alternative to Camellia Japonica Brushfield Yellow.
Mil has one of these growing on the north side of her house. I'm very much taken by the colour and shape of the lucious evergreen leaves, and even the white/yellow flowers are pretty. I was all set to buy a couple for the south-facing front of our own house, when I read that it prefers dappled shade, and certainly not full…
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Lawn rescue
Hi gardening gurus, any advice on how to rescue our inherited 'lawn'? It was long when we moved in and has probably been neglected for a couple of years. It looked more like a cow field than a garden. As well as being brown/patchy now, it's also very lumpy. I can see green shoots appearing but I think it needs some help.…
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Soil Prep
I have rotavated without first lifting existing lawn (long story) subsequently removed visible grass and then raked and sieved multiple times to remove all visible grass/weed fragments. Can I now add compost and topsoil and proceed with laying new turf or do I need to wait several weeks and then spray with glyphosphate..?…
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Any idea what this is? Tomato plants
I bought 2 plants of a variety I hadn't heard of but they were sturdy enough. Almost at once something that looked like a leaf miner affected the two proper leaves. I checked regularly but couldn't see anything. Growing apace it is making a real dogs breakfast of the next leaves. Still nothing visible crawler wise, Stood…
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Fence paint.
My garden fences were painted last year but already in some places it's washed off. Is there an additive that can be used in water based paint to make it more hardy?
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Compost bay suggestions which keep out rodents
I will start by noting this is an open field of a couple of acres to trying to manage the population does not seem feasible nor would I want to kill them. I only just came on the scene here so it is their territory. I just want to learn to get along with them side by side without them being too disruptive. So far I had…
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Shrub stub/trunk fungus advice please
I I have this growing in my border, about 3 feet away from where I am growing runner beans. Need I get rid of this fungus? I cannot remove the stump. Thank you.
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Tracing electricity cable in garden
I have a mains cable running underground from house to garden shed whose route I need to trace. There is a plethora of devices on Amazon that will do this (like the NOYAFA 818L) but wondered whether anyone has any experience of using one.
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Poorly Plum?
Hi, I planted 2 x Victoria Plums in March, one from a Garden Centre & one from Morrisons. The one from Morrisons (which was bone dry) when I lifted it out after soaking came out as a bare root. Anyway the one from Morrisons hasn't done anything, not a leaf on it and Im worried it is dead but when I scratched a little bark…
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Planters on balcony
I’m going to buy 3 x 50cm cube zinc planters for my balcony - one will have a climbing rose and the others perennials. To reduce the weight and amount of compost I was thinking of putting some empty plastic water bottles at the bottom - is this a good/bad idea? What type of compost should I put in the planters?
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Hyundai vs. Honda Self-Propelled Petrol Lawnmowers - Need Your Wisdom!
Hi, I'm in the market for a new self-propelled lawnmower and have narrowed it down to two brands: Hyundai and Honda. I'm looking for something reliable and durable. I've been doing some initial research, but I'd really value the real-world experiences and opinions of people who have actually owned or used lawnmowers from…
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Photonic Red Robin leaves
My Photinia is about 3 years old and has finally started growing a bit and had produced lots of new red leaves. However, I have just noticed that a few of the new leaves have dried and curled up almost like they have been scorched. The weather has hardly been warm enough to cause that so am wondering if bugs have got to it…
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How To Get Rid Of A Mystery Bush
I've taken over management of my Dads house, and he's allowed 2 of these random plants to grow in places where there should be no plants. We live not far from the countryside, but we've never had actual bushes pop up in the garden. Can anyone recommend the best way to remove them or what they are? If they have deep roots,…
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Fuchsia 'Anthea' - Anyone seen any this year yet?
As the title says I'm looking for some of these to plant some baskets for my OH Anthea. It's the one variety that I never seem to be able to overwinter successfully. If anyone spots any in the Devon/Somerset area please let me know. Its in the Buds of May range. TIA
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Dig trench lower or leave
1935 semi-detached Yorkshire. I had raised ground levels and obstructed air bricks which caused damp (image 1). Created a trench but I now found an old brick below new one (image 4) I dug down to get all air bricks to at least ground level. I've removed big stones to just have soil. There's 2 drainage gulleys for my house…
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Pond liner
I have a pond with a butyl liner which is too big. I am going to make it smaller. Can I reuse the liner to make a smaller pond?
