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Have I Just Grown a Weed?
Hi, I planted a rose seed on the first day of lockdown. 100 days later, I have this: I didn't think a rose would grow that quickly. Now, today, I see these sprouting on a couple of stems:reminiscent of a dandelion. Have I spent 4 months watering and repotting a weed?
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Killing Nettles
Hi There is a large area of waste ground to the rear of my house which is over run with nettles which encroach into my garden. The waste area is owned by a local builder who went bust and refuses to respond to me. Is there a cheap and effective way to kill nettles? Thanks
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Oak tree foam
Just a quick question. Whilst tidying round the oak tree in my garden I noticed a small strip of foam rising up from the base. There were a couple of wasps mooching about by the foam and a very strong smell of cider. The ground by the base was also wet and strong smelling I'm pretty sure that nothing has l lodged by the…
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Builders rubble - Can I dig it in to my soil or do I have to remove it?
Hi All round the edge of a new patio is builders rubble, I think it may be called crusher run but am not sure. There is quite a lot of it but the soil is quite clay so wonders if I could just till it in rather than removing it. link to photos Thanks
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Green Stuff :)
What in the way of green stuff can I plant now, for winter yield? Like chard or kale - anything that can be flung into a soup or stew.
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Bugs on Cherry Plants
HiOur two cherry plants about 4 metres apart has this black ant like bugs on the leaves making them curled and shrivelled.Happened same time last year too. Pictures attached.Any ideas what they are and how best to get rid of them?Many Thanks
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Best online retailer of potted hedging plants in Northern Ireland
Hi everyone, I am planning to buy 35 contain-grown laurels for my hedging. Does anyone recommend good nurseries?
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New lawnmower problems
I mowed through the cable of my lawnmower recently so I had to buy a new one. I was initially going to buy another Flymo one but after reading reviews, I decided to buy a Spear&Jackson one because everyone was saying how light it was and easy to push. It’s not! I can barely push it and it’s exhausting. Mowing the lawn now…
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Climbers on fence
hello We have a couple of climbers that I want to plant (two honeysuckles and a jasmine). We want them to climb the fence dividing the back garden from our neighbours. They have a slightly raised garden and they own the fence. It's way too low (1.5m probably or less), and we need privacy. Its south facing so they don't…
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Improved Heavy Clay Soil 'Flower Bed' - Now Grass and Weeds Growing
When I moved into my property, there was a section of my garden (which I will call a flower bed area) that was very heavy clay soil. It was the type of soil that is rock hard, grey and has cracks in the summer, and looks like a pond in the winter. When I moved in, I managed to turn the soil and didn't see any living…
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What can I add to compost to help drainage
I bought Bulrush Professional John Innes No.3 compost to repot a bamboo plant and a gooseberry plant but the soil doesn't drain water so what can I use to help drainage.
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Hand pollinated courgettes still not setting fruit
Hi all, Is there a reason why my courgette wont set fruit? Yesterday morning, I picked up some pollen from a male flower with an artist's paintbrush and put it on the female flower really carefully, making sure I got it into all the little grooves. Checked this morning. Nothing! I am assuming that courgettes grow quite…
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Rattan Corner Sofa Custom Cover
My rattan gardan sofa did not come with a cover and I am struggling to find a standard one which will fit it. Does anyone have any experience or recommendations for companies who will make a custom cover? I would like a good quality which will last. Thanks for any advice.
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Landscaping soil for garden.
Hi, Question is in bold if you want to skip over my story/situation. Thanks.. Story/Situation: I have just bought a new build home with a garden that is approx 14m x 6.4m. 60% of it is a ditch. The ditch is just soil, mainly clay based, no weeds, flowers, or grass. The rest of the garden, the other 40%, is a flat strip of…
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Wildflower or Weed?
Hi, I wonder if you could help, does anyone know what the serrated leaf plant is? It came from a pack of wildflower seeds and the plant app I have isn't helping, thanks in advance :)
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Management of a watercourse (drainage ditch)
We have moved and inherited a watercourse aka a drainage
ditch. It’s 70-80m long and our boundary
is at/slightly beyond its far bank. It’s a slope of about 10%. Apparently in times of heavy rain water does
flow but I think mostly it’s dry. It’s
been neglected and is populated with mostly ivy, brambles and nettles as…
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Help- Is this Cherry? Edible?
Hello, a friend said this is a cherry tree. Is it? Are the fruit edible? Would you know what type of cherry tree is called?
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Holly tree turning into a skeleton!
Can anyone help with my holly tree which is not a happy tree at the moment. Whole branches seem to be losing the leaves and all the branches look as if they have large wet patches on them. I initially thought maybe the tree was lacking water and have been watering it in the dry weather but the branches which dropped their…
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Buying a greenhouse
Dear Green fingered money savers, I'm seeking advice regarding purchasing my first greenhouse. As it is for a family garden we are looking at getting a 6x8 polycarbonate greenhouse but don't know anyone who owns one and wondered what they were like. Any advice on where to buy one from would be most helpful. Thanks in…
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Gardening express and money saving expert offers
So naively, I saw an offer on the weekly email for gardening express and clicked through and completed an order for over £200 worth of plants. Assuming the money saving expert would only have reputable companies in their email offers. After a week they said they were picking the plants and after 3 weeks I got the automated…
