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maintenance free fencing
Hi all, does anybody know where I can purchase plastic/upvc/ vinyl fence panels that are not just plain plastic boards ? have better things to do than maintain wooden fencing. ta in advance
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Any Ideas for Speeding up Leaf Compost
I've got a tonne of sycamore leaves I want to compost - in the past I've bagged them and left them but it took 2 years to completely break down - ideally I want the leaf compost ready for next spring - any ideas anyone? Thanks
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Fruit/Vegetable Trees
Hi I’ve recently removed all my conifers in my garden and looking to replace them with fruit and vegetable plants/trees. I’m a total beginner at gardening so any tips would be helpful It’s not a huge garden so probably fit two fruit trees at the most with a few vegetable plants darted aroud. So my question is, 1) which…
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Decking as a retaining wall
The house I'm buying has a bit of a sorry garden, but its a nice size and has potential to be a nice family space. I am planning to do the work on the garden myself having done the paving and decking in my current garden to a decent standard and really enjoyed it. The difference with the new house is that the garden is in…
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Is there a ‘standard size’ barbecue grille?
Hi all I’m starting from scratch building a brick barbecue in the garden. Before I start laying the bricks (well, the brick is... not me) i’d Like to know if there’s a standard size grille. I’m not sure if it’s called a grille. I mean the metal rack thing you put your chops/chicken etc on. Any other advice before I start…
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Starting garlic in pots
My recently acquired half plot is terribly weedy and I haven't managed to clear a space yet for my garlic. I would like to start them off in pots and move them to the plot once it has been cleared, in the late winter or early spring. One item I have seen online suggests 3" pots and another at least six inches deep. Could…
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Caring for a lawn over winter! Suggestions & Help please
My lawn has just started to get patchy and yellow in places :( really upset as it was so lush and green, is this normal for time of year? Is it worth me using lawn feed this time of year? What ones do people suggest? how often should i apply november, december, january, feb and spring and summer? Is there anything i can do…
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Suitable bird box location?
I’ve never put one before and would appreciate your advice as to whether you think this is suitable or not? ie On one of the branches of this cherry tree?
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Apache potatoes -- amazing!
I'm no gardener, but... in the past few years, when I've bought potatoes that have gone past being edible, I've planted them to see if anything grows. :) They were always "bog standard" white-skinned potatoes of different varieties. Some got half-eaten by slugs or tiny-worms, but I'd usually get a handful of decent…
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Grow house
I’m looking to buy a small aluminium grow house and have come across this website vivendi-direct.co.uk they seem very competitive. However, I’ve never heard of them and can’t find out much about them. Does anybody know if this is a genuine trustworthy company or a fraudulent site. Any alternative recommendations would also…
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Succulents arrived but not planted - help!!
Hi, Can anyone advise? My daughter decided to kindly order me some succulents (an aeonium and aloe) online after a conversation we had. However they have turned up today but are not planted ( she didn’t realise)just literally the plant and exposed roots. I am on 13 hour days now until Tuesday morning and have nothing to…
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Cost to remove leylandii
We have 3 large (about 40ft) leylandiis at the far end of the garden, can anyone give me a rough idea as to the price we'd expect to pay a tree surgeon to cut down and remove them? The only access to the garden is via a side passage.
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Sweet Potato cutting - will it survive?
A branch of my Sweet Potato plant has layered and is well rooted. I'm tempted to pot it up and keep it on the windowsill in the house for the winter. Has it a chance of surviving? I'm game to have a try. The main plant was bought from the Garden Centre last Spring and has been in a large deep pot in the (unheated)…
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Ground Source Heat Pump - anyone got one?
Hello Hope this is the right board for this question: I am currently refurbishing a victorian farmhouse and 3 cottages. We intend to let out the cottages, and live in the main farmhouse. No current "proper" heating systems in any of them, only open fires or plug in heaters. Going to be insulating as well as we can as part…
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Orchid
Hi. I don't seem to have much luck with these beautiful plants. My oldest one turned a bit poorly and someone suggested I cut the stems right back to stumps which I did. This must be a couple of years ago now. It hasn't grown back since although, surprising to me, the leaves are still nice and green (and I think they may…
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What kind of tree is this
Hi, I've only lived here 10+ years and never got round to identifying what kind of tree I have at the end of the garden. It has dark red/ black berries on in autumn and the birds strip them of it almost overnight, not sure if the berries have stones in them as well. Can anyone identify it for me, It's the big one with the…
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Yellow plastic thing in garden
Hi all, This might be a stupid question but I was wondering if you could help me identify something. I have recently bought and moved into my first house, and as a result have a (fairly small) garden for the first time. The house is about 5 years old and I don't believe the previous owners were especially green fingered or…
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DIY -Raised Veg Planter
Morning all, As a Xmas present I am thinking of building my father a raised Veg planter similar to the 'VegTrug' but thought i'd first get your opinion on the V shaped design. After a quick read it seems the V shape is for shallow rooting veg around the edges and deep rooting veg in the middle, but it also seems that this…
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deterring foxes from turning my garden into a den ?
I have posted before about the family of foxes living in my elderly neighbours overgrown garden but things have recently taken a turn for the worse. We have a very small urban garden (neighbours garden where the foxes live is large and totally wild so they seem to have plenty of space). Our garden has a 6foot concrete wall…
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Hostas In Salads?
Hostas In Salads? I thought that some of the gardeners amongst us might find last Saturday's Podcast of Gardener's Corner interesting. (BBC Radio Ulster) An interview with Stephen Barstow revealed that many plants including hostas and alchemilla mollis can be eaten in salads, which he calls edimentals. I'd heard of the…
