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Will Roundup Weedkiller work at this time of year?
I have just got an allotment which is covered with weeds. My first job will be to dig over the soil and remove as many weeds as possible. Is it worth my while spraying on Weedkiller first, then waiting a couple of weeks before doing the digging. Even if I start digging next weekend, I know it will be a few weeks until…
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Tree Preservation Order
Hi, I'm just looking for some advice really. We bought our house 2 years ago. There's a tree on our property which we believe is subject to a tree preservation order. However, when I rang the council to check this out, they couldn't specifically say which tree it was. They just said "any tree on your property which was…
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Has anyone mowed their lawn yet?
With all this unusually mild weather, I'm itching to go and mow my lawn. It's starting to grow and looks untidy. I can't think of a reason why I shouldn't, but wondered if it would come to harm if the really cold weather (ice, snow etc) returned?
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Nature Friendly Garden
Hi, I want to make my garden as nature friendly as possible this year. Me and my son are collecting things to put in an insect hotel that we are going to build next weekend. I've started buying some bird feeders to hang around the garden Brought a birdbath and a few other bits like that. I have a metre or so square patch…
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Gravel garden
I have an area in my garden which has been gravelled but it's difficult to walk on. The gravel is really more like small stones. Is there anything I can do, apart from removing the stones, to make less 'bumpy'?
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Grow your own(in a flat)
So I’ve started thinking I would like to grow my own stuff. I’m not sure if it would be economical to grow indoors, or what I could do. But on looking out my kitchen window, some people have hanging baskets to grow outside or plant pots on the windowsill. I’m not sure if the plant pots on the window sill would be a good…
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What oil to use for mower engine
I have an 24 year old Hayter autodrive mower with a Briggs and Stratton Quantum engine. As it is getting more and more expensive to service each year I want to give it a miss this year. I have checked the oil level and the dip stick tells me to add more oil. I have no oil specifically for mowers but I have oil given to me…
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Weeds coming up through stones
Hi all my front garden is just a raised area cordoned off with little wooden stakes and filled with small stones/gravel and I get a lot of weeds coming through it. There are liners under the stones, but are very old (ive been there 10 years and who knows how long they were down before I moved in) and have obviously…
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How to fix bird box to concrete fence post or wood panel
We've 2 or 3 bird boxes to put up and im wondering how best to fit them to either a concrete fence post, or to a wooden fence panel? (Its all we have surrounding our garden to fix them to sadly) How are people fixing bird boxes to concrete posts or wooden panels? (or am i being stupid...) The fence/posts we want to fix…
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Can I have mealworms out with a pet dog?
Might be a strange question, is it safe to have mealworms in the garden with our pet dog? Should I worry in case some drop on the floor and she eats one? Or nothing to worry about?
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Soil Improver
Hi All I've bought some soil improver to improve the quality of our clay soil. Just wondering how long you need to leave it down until planting? thanks
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Leatherjackets in compost
The compost is being made in a recycled wooden crate, slatted wood, measuring about 5 feet x 4 feet. Compost is dropping out of the base on to the ground. Lovely stuff, except that it has small leatherjackets in it - crane fly larvae. They are about half an inch long, and about 20 of them in a bucketful. Should I try to…
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Lawn
My lawn suffered bauld patches in the heat last summer. Just looked and all the weeds have come through and some patches are still bauld im having it scarified next month. Should I then reseed it after its been scarified. If so, how should I do it please
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Robot lawn mowers
Has anyone got one, used one or have any advice? Although it's not a large lawn I'm finding it increasingly difficult to mow it and wondered whether it made economic sense to buy one as opposed to getting someone in to mow it. My mower has just died so I need to buy a new one anyway.
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Can I save 3 small Dicksonia Antartica?
stupidly left out our 3 small ferns over winter, totally forgot they were at thr ottom of the garden, and now they look a real sorry state. Is there anyting I can do (other than be a better tree parent) to rescue them? They're only about a foot tall each, but im hoping they live or can be nursed back to health?
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Looking for Inspiration!
Hi all, I'm looking for some ideas and inspiration for a small bed that we currently have (more or less) empty in the front of our property. The bed was cleared last year as it was full of Ground Elder which I've painstakingly cleared and left empty for a full growing season to catch any bits of roots that I had missed.…
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Looking for Inspiration!
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Wanted a small easy shrub
I'm looking for ideas for a replacement shrub I had a buddlia, which is dying, I think I may have Roundup drifted it:o:( Not to worry, it was a monster in the wrong place as it turned out I'm looking for an easy care, neglect and never touch it shrub to take it's place The main purpose of this plant is to obscure /…
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Raised bed sowing
I've built some raised beds this year for the 1st time ever, having used traditional beds before and want to grow the same crops. Noting that crops can be sown closer together in raised beds, I have placed onion sets in a grid system but wondered how I should sow seeds such as carrots that are traditionally sowed in rows?…
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Buying and planting Tulips "in the green"
hi there was looking at Tulips in B and Q as we never got round to planting bulbs. If I plant them now will they flower this spring generally? I had assumed so but was looking online and it said probably not until next year. Plus should I plant them deeper than usual? This would be in a border. thanks
