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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…
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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…
