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Garden edging
Hi The grass area of my garden has a flat brick boarder which ground level so lower than the grass. Beyond that, there is soil where I have a tree, a couple plants and mostly unwanted weeds. Left untreated, the weeds go beyond the brick boarder onto my (artificial) grass. If I put edging between the brick and the soil area…
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Hanging basket question!
This is the first time I’ve done a hanging basket so excuse my naïveté! The basket is made of canes – it did have a plastic liner in but no longer. I lined the basket with some plastic bags in which I’d cut some holes, put the compost in, then planted my plants – but now whenever I water the basket, all soily water drips…
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Will a privacy screen stop my privet from growing?
The privet at the bottom of my garden has ‘bare legs’ (few leaves at the bottom) and is not pulling its weight in terms of providing privacy. I’m going to cut a good few feet off the top in the hope of making it burst into life but in the meantime I’ve bought some canvas privacy screen from Lidl (obviously along with…
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Flea Beetles
Hi all! I was hoping to try growing some veg in our garden this summer, but I’m needing some advice. We’d be planting mostly in containers, but the garden has 2 beds built into the patio. I wanted to use these to plant potatoes and swede, but after clearing out a lot of the weeds from one of them, I found that the soil…
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Closed garden centres
I hope you are all practising your propogation skills as even if garden centres can open there is a fair chance that fresh plants will not be available.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-52098436We have had to cancel orders but some have been delivered so we can only hope that the lockdown easies.
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Sphagnum moss in a hanging basket
I bought a hanging basket a few weeks ago, lined with sphagnum moss.Some of it was a bit yellow, now a bit more of it is. Is it possible to green it up again?
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Burning waste
Weve got a few branches, and 2 broken chests of drawers we'd usually take to the local tip, but its closed indefinately for obvious reasons. Was going to burn it all, but reading reviews the galvanised bins people use seems to fall apart ofter 4 or 5 burns - any other way of getting rid of this waste please?
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Help with plants for border
Hi, I want to use the lockdown as an opportunity to get on top of the garden. One thing that really needs doing is sorting out one of the beds I have (photo below). I have tried and failed with this before and could really do with some good advice on what to plant so I can do it properly. The garden runs is north-facing…
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Hanging baskets
Hi all, Am I too late to grow annuals from seed for hanging baskets please? Where do you get your seeds? I'm trying to avoid going to the supermarket as much as possible. Thanks
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Young nectarine tree fruiting - remove?
I have this: https://www.thompson-morgan.com/p/fruit-mereg-necta-me-mini-patio-tree/kb0559TM which is coming up to a year old. It flowered in January/February, and is now growing nectarines which was totally unexpected this year. It, and my equivalent peach tree, have been living in the conservatory over winter, but the…
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Multipurpose compost and where to get some/any?
Although I have some compost for sowing seeds it will soon run out as seedlings need potting on. A quick look online shows that neither B&Q or Homebase have compost available for collection or delivery and garden centers are all closed. I am worried about ordering a bulk delivery without being sure of what I am getting.…
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Don't mow lawn to help bees?
I have loads of bees admiring small wild flowers on my front lawn and so i have decided instead of keeping up with the neighbours by mowing as soon as a daisy appears i'm going to mow less often. Has anybody else tried this and can you offer any tips please in terms of frequency etc?
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Moving camillia from north facing garden to front of house south facing
Hello, I have a lovely camilla (Big bush) in my north facing garden. want to move it to a flower bed in the Front garden. Just worried that the front is south facing and will that be ok for the camillia? Thanks, Matt
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Can I compost evergreen bugloss
New to gardening and composting after a house move. Lots of evergreen bugloss all over the garden. Can I put it in my compost bin?
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Fat finches in the garden today
had a couple of hours bird watching from the kitchen today, first bit of time to do so this year and really pleased to see so many varieties including a robin, lots of goldfinches, sparrows, greenfinch, bullfinches and jackdaws etc one of the greenfinches was huge (as was one of the goldfinches), I mean the size of a…
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Levelling the Lawn
My garden has always been a bit bumpy in sections but never really bothered me. We’ve recently had an extension and a den built at the end of the garden and nearly all the grass has been ruined so I’m thinking of levelling it all before relaying grass. I was after some advice please? From what I’ve looked at online, I’ll…
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Advice Needed on Taming our Jungle
Hi All, We have a small (16mx12m/50ftx40ft) hillside garden at our property we bought a few years back. As we've been focusing on internal renovations we've not had chance to tackle the garden up until this point. When we initially moved into the property it was already very overgrown, having been neglected for ~5 years,…
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Cordless lawn mowers?
Pretty much decided to get one now after the last "incident" with a cord, now in several pieces, now the Q is, which brand? So many to choose from. My current bosch rotak (corded) has been generally good, so thats a possibility, also looking at gtech, which is a bit pricey. Especially if i need to get a second battery. But…
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Nice New Plant - Free
Got this in an email from some other freebie site https://willowwands.co.uk/product/free-gift-mini-wand/ Mine arrived on Friday - it was already budding in the post and since I planted it the leaves have started developing - willow really does grow fast!!
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Trimming Into Brown (Leyllandii)?
I love trimming my Leyllandii each spring but a few years ago i made the mistake of going into the brown and it didn't recover, is it true that once you do that their really is no way back similar to when a man goes bald.
