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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…
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Getting rid of red ants in garden
Hi All,So we have red ants all over the garden, we initially dug out the affected areas to remove the nests etc, filled them in with new compost and started growing new grass. But we've discovered that they're all over the garden. I've started digging up the garden as we're going to put new grass down etc and keep finding…
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Ugly fence help
hi! So this fence is between me (landowner) and next door (private renters). It is 4ft high The bottom of the fence is attached to their house, the pebbledashed one. The bottom section goes fence post fence post like standard, but then they've carried on and just gone fence fence and dug up my ground and put their posts…
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Problem communicating with Thompson and Morgan
I ordered some plugs but they arrived in very poor condition. I have tried complaining twice to their customer care email adress but have not received even an acknowledgement in two weeks. Their website says their phone lines are closed. Does anyone know the direct email address of their CEO/Managing Director please?
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Can I sow out of season seeds now?
I want an Oregano plant but I can't find one, however I do have some seeds. Whilst it's not the season for sowing them according to the packet, if I could germinate and grow the seedlings up inside, would it be feasible or am I wasting my time?
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Recommend Me Some Long Handled Edging Shears
Can somebody recommend me some long handled edging shears. My elderly parents bought some to replace their shears from the 60's and these replacements were next to useless. Since the loss of my dad I have been doing their garden and bought some Spear & Jackson, (£59.99) which also turned out to be rubbish. After first use…
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Concrete garden challenge - ideas please
Hello all. I'm probably going to be moving in late August/Early Sept and the house has a concrete garden. It isn't all one piece, it was originally part of a farmyard so is patched with concrete, tarmac, gravel stuff (loose stones) and presumably whatever else the farmer could lay his hands on for the cows to walk on. The…
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Rotavator and clay soil
Hi all. We're digging out a large section of garden to extend the patio. The section is higher than the patio will be and so needs digging down. We've done half of it. And that's now compacted. But we need to dig down deeper. We'll be hiring a skip in a month to get it all finished. But I wondered if it would be worth…
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What is this plant taking over my garden
Hi guys please help me identify this plant its taking over my garden, and whats the best way to get rid of it permanently please. Big thanks in advance.
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Night scented phlox
I have 4 of these lovely plants this year and so far have been smelling great on a night, they are currently not looking too good and have gone to looking worse for wear. I have them in containers with other plants and they are watered / fed regularly. I was expecting them to last throughtout the Summer, should i be doing…
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Plant ID wanted please
Can anyone identify this plant please as its overrunning my friends allotment. Many thanks WBW
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How do I repot and care for a bamboo plant
I bought a fargesia rufa bamboo plant and the stems looks yellow and the roots are coming out the bottom of the 9cm pot so I want to repot it to a larger pot but what size pot should I use and should I remove all the old soil from the roots before repotting and should I mix fertiliser in with the new soil.
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Ants!
Hi all, after some advice about an ant problem We've got a tree in our garden which is covered in ants - I'm talking hundreds of them running up and down it. When the kids toys brush past they'll instantly be covered in them. They've now also started coming into the house in 2 different places. What's the best way to deal…
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What is this weed that is taking over my drive?
Hi, There is a new weed that is sprouting all over my drive, what is it and what is the best way to deal with it? I've tried to pull them out but it just snaps leaving the root behind. Thanks in advance.
