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Container Gardening - pH soil testing
Morning, hoping to start preparing the soil in my containers today for planting seeds at the end of this month / early March. Have got a pH testing kit to check how the soil is. Looking to use the same soil type this year compared to last year. Is that a good thing? Or do seeds grow better in soil which hasn't been used…
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Clay soil and raised beds
Sorry guys. More help if possible! So all my patios areas are done but given we were working in rain and my lawn was already waterlogged, I’ve lost pretty much all my grass. I am not going to relawn (yet!) my 10x3m patch as this will be given over to 6 raised beds for vegetables growing. I need to improve my clay patch for…
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Mixing Cuprinol Garden shades?
Has anyone mixed these paints please?They are water based so it seems reasonable. I've seen posts about 'I'm going to mix them' but no one comes back to say that it was sucessful. I want to mix Country Cream which is quite yellow with Daisy White to get a very pale version. The house is magnolia which looks almost off…
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Netting for raised bed
Hi all, After being on an allotment waiting list for 5+ years and barely moving up it, my mum has kindly offered a chunk of her garden that was previously unused. I've built some raised beds and, as a novice, intend to follow the guidance in the "Veg in One Bed" book by Huw Richards. Other areas of the garden get a lot of…
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Any ideas for 'decorating' this fence?
OK so I have the usual bungalow windy alley down the side. The fence is my neighbours who kindly painted it in her favourite orange preservative which goes around the back too. It's not my favourite or even my all right but it's cheap panels, possibily the original 20yr built ones with bends and gaps.She is 86 but a sharp…
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Grass and Sweet Peas
Two things I've not had to consider before and searching the net brings up conflicting answers so I'd appreciate some experience and know how. Sweet Peas I usually end up buying as I have friend, a competition grower, who sells of his surplus & someone who does wonderful plants at a car boot. Obviously neither will happen…
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Growing (annuals?) next to neighbour’s house wall
Before our time here, the previous owners created a block driveway, leaving a narrow trench filled with gravel between our drive and next door’s Victorian terrace. The house is rented on a regular, ever changing basis so I can’t consult the owner. I’d like to soften the look a bit and maybe plant some low, pretty summer…
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Gardening
What is the best source of pesticide containing nematodes?
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Rat
Have chickens and a pond. Other weeks early hours noise in the wall. Thought nothing much. Few days pass cat gets a mouse inside. Then see a hole outside bottom of house wall. Throw some bait down-goes-repeat. Fill it up- hole goes bigger- some bait taken. Decided council time- just in case. He thinks rat. But as I baited…
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Sleeper lawn edging
I have a small raised area at the back of the garden that has some small trees growing. The previous owners used cut up tree trunks as lawn edging. I want to place them with untreated oak sleepers. I envisage a low retaining wall that’s 3 sleepers high. The soil is clay. I’ve looked at corner and straight brackets to…
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More Weeds than grass, What to do?
My Backyard has grown more weeds than the grass itself. Any expert advice please help? Thanks.
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How to design a front/side garden to grow fruit and veg but also look nice
Dear lovely fellow MSE's I love gardening and after 5 years in the big smoke I've finally got a garden again. The back garden is a Mediterranean split level affair mostly paved with big planters with grasses. Done by a professional and I all the drawings. Not an inch of soil however the front and back is where my garden…
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Is it too late to plant Allium bulbs?
Only this last week one of my friends has just bought and planted a load of Allium bulbs. Being completely honest I have to say that until she told me about them I had never heard of Allium.. So I googled and thought they look lovely so was about to order some bulbs online. Then I noticed that they all say they should be…
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Growing vegetables in front garden
Afternoon all My back garden is NE facing for the most part. I get a lovely amount of sun in the morning and down the left hand side of the house and some across the bottom of the garden. I will be growing vegetables down the left hand side but my front garden sits SW (more or less) and would be perfect for growing sun…
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New patio quotes
Hi guys Need a little sense check on quotes I’ve got to redo my back garden Here are the photoshttps://ibb.co/vYq4d3Qhttps://ibb.co/cNvCB28https://ibb.co/7CTc2tBhttps://ibb.co/pddqV6kquotes are for * Replace all patio slabs with new Textured Grey Paving slabs on both patios* Create new patio on the right hand side at…
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Do you grow miniature Sweetcorn?
How easy is it to grow, harvest, and prepare in the kitchen? If it is fiddly to prepare for cooking, have you found an easy way? I have already bought the seeds - Minipop.
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Good value vegetable and flower seeds
The Co-Op supermarket has vegetable and flower seeds at 3 packets for £1. They are close to the fruit and veg in the store. This is in the E Midlands.
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Bare root roses
Hi guys I have my back garden being landscaped on the 15th of February but my patio bush bare root roses have just turned up. I know normally I would soak them in water for 24 hours and then get planting them in the garden but that’s not an option right now. Would I be okay to plant them in pots until the renovation work…
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First time growing bedding plants from seed. Advice needed please.
During the last few years I must have spent a fortune on bedding plants to put in tubs. I have just moved house and inherited a greenhouse never having had one before. Ive decided to have a gow at doing my own this year and have been doing a lot of Googling! I need advice on 2 things please- Firstly can anyone recommend a…
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A couple a seed potatoes not 1kg
Hello, I am hoping someone can point me in the right direction, I’m wanting to grow potatoes this year but can only do it in containers as I don’t have a massive amount of space, maybe around 3. I’d love to do different potatoes in each but for the life of me cannot find anywhere that does just a couple of spuds. I don’t…
