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Garden Clearance
I've just moved house and my back garden is a mess. There are dozens of stacked, chipped paving stones. The flower beds are overgrown with brambles. It's a mess and is sucking the enjoyment out of our new home. Is it possible to get a company to come round and clear my back garden of all this mess and just leave me with a…
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Trivia. How do you get clean tracksuit bottoms after mowing lawn
Hi . Never been in this section before but I've mowed the lawn and cut some bushes a bit in a pair of tracksuit bottoms and they are covered in the cuttings or seeds etc.. I have tried to clean them using brushes soft and hard before and after a wash in the washing machine. Still there. Can simply get another pair from…
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Harvesting - how's it going?
How's your harvesting this year? What are you growing? It's our first summer in our new house and we have managed to harvest parsley and sugar snaps! * pea sugar snaps in a big pot, harvested already and great! Planted more! * tumbling tomatoes in baskets, lots of flowering with 2-3 tiny tomatoes. Hope to harvest next…
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Recommendations - Non Branded Grass Feed & Grass Seed
Hi, wondering if anyone can recommend a a retailer that sells non branded bulk: * Grass Seed * Summer Lawn Feed * Autumn Lawn Feed I normally but grass seed in 5 - 10kg bags from Amazon but that's become quite expensive too. As for the feed, there are a lot of brand names out there but surely must be some retailers selling…
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Anyone know how to attach a Knotted wire brush to this Strimmer please?
SMILOVII 24V Cordless Strimmer, Telescopic Lightweight Grass Trimmer. i also bought this Miotlsy 150mm Cone Knotted Wire Grass Trimmer Cutter Head to go with it but it wont fit at all and i have no idea how to do this or what else i need to buy? if anyones got any info i would be very grateful please, thanks
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Tomorite growbag update
Grafted pepper plant failed to grow in Tomorite compost so last week I repotted in topsoil/farmyard soil improver mix. It has shot up with new branches and lots of flower buds. Probably too late in the season to fruit. I do wonder whether the Tomorite compost had a growth inhibitor chemical in it
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My clematis doesn't flower
Late last summer I planted 2 clematis (clematia?) and they are thriving. One is more vigorous than the other but they are doing well. But no flowers at all. Is this a thing with clematis that they don't flower the first year? Or am I missing doing something? For what it's worth they were both £1.99 specials from that L…
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Garden wall idea.
Looking for advice/criticism of our garden wall plan. I’m not imaginative or artistic (and himself just agrees with everything) so all input welcomed. It’s the middle section of our garden. Patio nearest the house, then the undecided bit, with the grass and flowers etc furthest away. The grass etc is a little lower than…
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What Is Eating My Roses?
Hi, I have half a dozen rose plants - all identical clones from a single parent. They are all getting nibbled to an extent, but it's manageable: Except for one plant which is being eaten bare: Every time it grows new leaves they are immediately eaten again. I have a number of questions: ⁜ Is it possible to identify the…
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Decent 5 litre pump action pressure sprayer
Hi all Any recommendations for a decent 5 lt pump action sprayer, mainly for weed killer thanks
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What's going wrong with my heuchera?
It's been fine up until a couple of weeks ago when it started going brown. So I started chucking watr on it, now I'm not sure if it's too wet or too dry? Any ideas please before I lose it?
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Rose ('Harnova') (F) Help please
I have this lovely rose bush which has given me so much pleasure for about seven or eight years outside my front door. It has been neglected by me but continues to flourish, and now it's flourished too much.I know it needs heaving pruning, some new soil and feeding. I'd love to give it some long needed care and attention.…
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Strawberries
I have propagated strawberries from runners. But I'm now wondering what I should do with these young plants over winter? Any suggestions? Thanks
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Tomatoes in cool UK conditions
I've read recently on another gardening group that tomatoes don't like temperatures below 10 degrees C, and, as my greenhouse often has overnight temps below 10C even in July and August (on a hill in mid Wales) I'm suspecting maybe this is one reason they've never been very successful... Can anyone suggest any varieties…
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Council House & Ivy Climbing Up Walls Liability.
Hello folks, Bit of a strange one here and i'm looking for some advise. The picture below is of my house, and neighbours houses. It's 4 in a block, with 2 up top and 2 on the bottom. Top left is bought & mines Top right is bought Bottom right is council rented. Bottom left is also council rented. These parts of the front…
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Suggestions for Easy Grow Flowers?
Hi - having ME and not being a gardener - I don't have many flowers in my garden - only what 'just grows', like some honey suckle and an old tub of lilies. However, I do like to take part in a local Show each August - but their Floral Art means you should use flowers you have grown - even though sometimes I get a few…
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Weeds
How come some weeds can grow 2 inches in less than 24 hours ?
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Has tomorite grow bag mixture changed?...
Has anyone noticed if tomorite grow bag mixture has changed. Seems to be more fibrous and strong smell of manure. Also, doesn't seem to absorb the water as well, just drains through?
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What can I plant here now? I want colour and interest.
I have had raised beds put around the sides of my garden and planted them out in spring, They looked great with the bedding plants and as on one side there is a fence behind them I have planted a Jasmine which is doing really well and trailing across the fence. I have now had another side of the garden done to match but…
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What to plant along this border?
We've just had our drive replaced, previously there was a strip of 'grass' along the side between the drive and the shrub border which has been difficult to mow and full of weeds. We want to take the last of the grass out and plant up with suitable plants to edge the drive and suppress the weeds, in particular we have…
