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Clay Soil
Has anyone had success growing anything in clay soil? If so what? We have large beds in our garden so was wanting a few different colourful plants for ground cover plus one or two larger evergreen shrubs that will grow big and won't die off in winter. Not roses though, we have those already!
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Vegetables that look after themselves
We have a static caravan in mid Wales that we visit every four or five weeks and I'm looking to (re)establish the vegetable garden. The problem is that we only visit every for or five weeks so I need plants that are tolerant of neglect. Any suggestions welcome. I'll add that I'm pretty clueless when it comes to growing veg…
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Fruit
Want to grow some kind of fruit but haven't much room at all. Any ideas? North facing garden at 300m. TY!
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From huge fallen tree into firewood
Hi guys, Just looking for some advice please on getting a huge fallen tree sawn into manageable sized chunks as economically as possible :D Backstory: the tree in question (a beech, approx 60' in length, 2.5' diameter) had fallen some years before we purchased our property a year ago. The branches/crown were already long…
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Setting up as a Commercial Mole Catcher
I've recently become quite adept at trapping moles around my own premises so im wondering if it might be a profitable side line for me to offer my services as a mole catcher. Does anyone here happen to know what formalities are required for me to do this? Although they are pests I guess there are animal welfare…
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Soft fruit
Want to get some soft fruit bushes/canes - gooseberry, raspberry, black/white/red currant. With the available space should be able to have one of each. I already have well established thornless blackberries. Am I best to get plants in pots or bare rooted? Can anyone recommend a good on-line supplier, or am I better with a…
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older tools worth paying extra for
are older iron gardening tools worth getting, and paying for as they do the same job as ones you get from b&q etc, I mean the ones which have been used for 50 years, but are made from strong metal.
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Shoveling lose soil into 100 heavy duty bags (to transport) How much time would it take?
when having a load of lose soil which is on land, and needs to be transported from a to b (permission has been granted to take it from the site) in a car, in bags, when using heavy duty rubble sacks (similar size to black bags) then when using a shovel to fill the bags up, so that they can be transported from place a to…
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What's that HAMMER garden tool?(long vertical to wack hammer,ground stone/pebbles?)
What is that tool that gardeners use, to compress and press pebbles/stones in a channel /trench in a garden? It is a vertical pole, with I think a plate at the bottom, you hold it from the top and you wack down, The plate Wacks and Hits the stones/pebbles to compress them so that they are tight. What is the tool called?…
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Greenhouse Heaters?
Any recommendations for greenhouse heaters please? It's a 16 x 10ft greenhouse. Not too sure what fuel to use either. Thanks
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RSPB bird watch 2019
https://www.rspb.org.uk/get-involved/activities/birdwatch/
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Increasing height of 18" strawberry cage
I have an agriframes strawberry cage which is only 18" high. https://www.agriframes.co.uk/strawberry-vegetable-cages It was a £15 bargain in a charity shop a few years ago which I erect over the strawberry bed each year. However as I get older I am finding it harder to crawl around under the net picking the strawberries. I…
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waterproofing bird box?
I've tried to renovate my old wooden bird box, my son made it about 10 years ago so would love to keep it in use. have given it a good clean and sand down,what would be the best thing to paint it with to weatherproof it please?
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How to organise seeds
Hi all, I am sorting out my seed packets, trying to organise them into some sort of order. Previously I have bundled similar types together, so all of the nightshades banded up, lettuce / spinach banded, herbs banded, and so on. It works well for keeping track of the different packets I have. The trouble I have found is…
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Sweet potatoes
I'm thinking about growing sweet potatoes this year. I am aware that it grows quite aggressively. Do you have any preference for container, raised bed or ground planting? When the crop is harvested, what do you do with the Vines and leaves ?
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Sharpening Lawnmower Blade
I decided to try sharpening the blade of my rotary mower. I saw it being done with a file on TV but I thought a powertool would be less laborious and I bought a set like these: https://www.toolstation.com/shop/p12181 and used them in a drill. It worked OK but not really man enough to take much metal off. The mower is…
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Garden footwear
I find wellies constricting and not very good at gripping. Trainers get wet and slippy in mud. Are there any comfortable gardening shoes (rather than boots) for men that others here would recommend?
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Slug/snail success stories?
In anticipation of getting into the spring and we start seeing more of our slithery friends, I wanted to ask if anyone has had success with getting rid of slugs and snails? Every year we have major problems with them. Plants have literally been devoured overnight. I tried beer traps which seemed to work well but we have…
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Retaining wall- garden
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Super Columnar apple trees
This can be bought from Chris Bower has anyone bought them? Any advice? Or similar recomendations for a very small space https://www.chrisbowers.co.uk/supercolumns.php
