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Getting Rid of Awkward Weeds
Hi All, I have a small section of patio littered with weeds, particularly at the edges. The weeds are too difficult to pull out as they are so embedded within the concrete and indeed broken tar, is there any homemade solution I can make to remedy the problem? Thanks in advance
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Is growing your own food like printing money?
I saw online someone say that “growing your own food is like printing money”. Is that true? My husband says that not correct due to cost involved to in growing them. “It’s cheaper to buy your food than grown it”. Do you have any advice or useful links regarding what type of food to grow. Basically resources regarding…
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Patio weeding tool with telescopic pole
Hi I'm about to buy a Patio weeding tool (shaped like an L shape) for weeding between patio stones, and I noticed that you can get a telescopic pole with some of them. This would allow you to stand up whilst weeding the patio. Does anyone have any experience with the telescopic pole version? I have a load of tools that…
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Leather Jackets
We moved into a new build property last year with a new lawn. It has never looked overly healthy and has always been a little on the yellow side. We have discovered today that we have what we strongly suspect is a leather jacket infestation in the front and rear lawns. My question is will the lawn recover from this with…
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Wilting succulents
Hi all, All my houseplants are looking a bit sorry for themselves. Ive also taken some cuttings which I have in water. Ive just seen this from IKEA: https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/vaexer-led-cultivation-light-silver-colour-40333455/ . Does anyone have any experience with indoor lighting? Does it work? Do some work better…
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Help in identifying this plant
This plant has been there since we moved into our house 8 years ago.It flowered for the first time this year-that too 2 flowers!It is about 2 metres tall with spindly stems. I have attached pics of the plant and flower.Could anyone identify this plant?Many Thanks
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Border Plants - Advice needed!
Hi everyone, I am a complete gardening beginner and am looking for some
advice on what to plant in the border at the front of my house. The only plants
in there are tulips (I didn't plant them lol) but when they die off the border
looks empty. While the tulips are out is the perfect time to plant around them
but I have no…
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arkonite_babe's very useful Gardening Index
Nearly all the links in the sticky arkonite_babe's very useful Gardening Index are broken on the new forum. Clicked a few to test - decking, mushroms, potatoes. The thread is closed for comments so hopefully she or another board guide can update it (or worst case remove) as it looks to be a very useful resource.
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Wooden planters
Can anybody tell me how they have overcome the problem of wooden planters rotting away from the moisture in the soil/ compost ? I know you can buy expensive ones which have a plastic box /insert but a lot of the ones I have looked at do not have these fitted. I bought a lovely raised planter from Aldi three years ago and…
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Tulips...
Hi I planted my first ever lot of tulips which look amazing!! Slightly proud of myself haha They didnt last very long and now the petals have all dropped off. Is there anything i can do next time round to make them last longer? Do i need to dig them up or will they grow back again? Not very green fingered here so please…
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Using block pavers for lawn edging?
I'm trying to spruce up my lawn a bit and a while ago I got some block pavers free from a neighbour (bricks with no indent so they're flat on all sides). I want to use them to make a border between my lawn, which is a rectangle, and the flowerbeds, as some of the flowers are trying to creep into the grass, and it's also…
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Growing Potatoes in Pots, Advice Please
I've planted some Charlotte seed potatoes in a large plastic trug, and they seem to have started well. One or two were barely showing above the compost, but the rest had a flourishing little green growth going on, a few inches high. Today I poured more compost in the trug so now I can't see any more growth (I carefully…
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TOMATO OR FRUIT POLLINATION SPRAY
HiMost of our fruit trees have loads of flower but hardly produce fruits.I hardly see bees pollinating too.I am told there are sprays which could trick these flowers to produce the fruits or increase production of fruits.What are they called and where can we get it in UK?Many Thanks
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Seedlings
This year is my 1st attempt at growing Radish and Spring Onion. I have sown indoors in old takeaway containers and the seedlings are about 1/2 tall. Can they be transferred outside into their growing pot or do I transfer into a deeper tub but keep indoors for a few more weeks?
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What is this amazing tree?
I see this beauty during my daily stroll and it resembles a big fluffy cat, and it's incredibly soft to the touch. I ran it through PlantNet which says CRYPTOMERIA Japonica, and while it does look like other pictures, it's not identical.
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Using builders’ bags in the garden
I have three or four cubic metre builders’ bags which I’d like to use for planting vegetables, or possibly fruit bushes/trees, but the metre height is a bit too high (except for prize-winning parsnips :D ). Does anyone use them? I could cut the sides down, but would lose structural integrity, or turn the sides down inside…
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Evergreen no rake moss remover lawn food
Does "EVERGREEN no rake moss Remover Lawn Food" work ? It seems too good to be true ... We have a lot of moss in our lawn and this appears to be an easy solution....
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Planting out tomato plants
I have a few tomato plants in the house which i started from seed in early March. Plants are now 30cm high. I intend to plant out in polytunnel. Have been tempted to plant out recently with all the warm weather we're having, but also weary about a late frost in May! Night time temp for this region, north UK, showing 4-6…
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Garden shed re roofing
Hi, I have an old(15 yr plus) wooden garden shed. Its felt roof it came with has split exposing the wood underneath. Its needs re-roofing and the cheapest quote of 5 has been £210....So it looks like I may be taking my first foray into refelting the roof. Its quite small(each panel is 180 x 80cm). I've bought felt, clout…
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Westwood Lawn Tractor having electrical problems.
Hello everyone and I hope you are all safe and well in these bizarre era. I wonder if one of you can help me. A few weeks ago the ignition barrel failed on my otherwise reliable and faithful 2001 model Westwood T1600 Tractor. I could start it with the key, but the key would either fall out and the tractor would stop or i…
