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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…
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Cutting a tree down by a couple of feet?
We have tree called a Picea Breweriana at the bottom of our small garden which was here when we moved in, we love this tree and it is about the height of the house guttering however, i would like to make a bit more manageable for me to trim in the summer maybe closer to the height of the tree in front, i don't want it to…
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Splitting Logs
I am after a Log Splitter, Am I best to by a wooden handled Axe or a Splitting Maul which seem to have Fiberglass handles?
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Newbie allotmenteer
Hi everyone, Couldn't see anything, so am starting a new thread to ask some questions. :) I have grown before, on a small scale in my garden, and have 3 fruit trees in my garden. I got my first allotment this year, but have done very little. It was very overgrown, so I am basically starting from scratch in the new year.…
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Drainage help for my garden please (pictures)
HI all I moved into my house around 2 years ago and when it rains moderately it is a nightmare. We had a storm over the last couple of days and this is the remnants. As you can see the sides are covered in water. Where the dark brown boards are, I dug a hole about 1/2 metre down as I thought this may provide somewhere for…
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Greenhouse with no or little sun
I have just moved from a corner house that the sun started at the front and ended at the back. My Greenhouse was in the back garden. I have now moved house and have no idea at this time when I will get the sun. I believe it may only be at the top right hand corner of my garden. This is where I want a patio to be laid. I…
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Milk powder for birds?? 🐦🐤
I have some old milk powder found at back of cupboard and rather than just throw it out I thought I would feed it to the garden birds. How is the question? Do I just put it out as is or mix it with something?
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The all new good, bad and ugly of growing your own in 2020
Welcome to the new ups and downs of growing your own! Everyone is welcome. Come and tell us about your growing shenanigans What do you like to grow? Are you going to try anything different this year? Did you try anything different last year? Did you like it? Would you grow it again? Do you have any tips for growing? Do you…
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Creosote (the real thing!) for raised bed
Thank you for all your responses to my duck problem - had a good laugh! This is more serious, I have some men at present building some raised beds in the garden. They've done the flower one and are about to start on the veg one. I went out to have a look, it looks very smart but the garden stinks of creosote which is…
