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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…
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Using trees as a living fence
Hello, I have been offered some trees from a friend. The trees are a year old ,UK Native species. Can I plant them in a row and in a few years pollard them and use them as living fence posts? I understand that they will need to be copiced every year to maintain their shape and they will take some years to establish. Are…
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Ways to kill a tree stump
Hi, We bought our house in 2011 and there was a well established tree in my garden right next to my fence. Twice this year my neighbour has came round to talk to me about the tree's roots lifting up his block paving. I have since cut the tree down and wondered if anybody can recommend ways of killing the remaining stump?…
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Tulip/Hyacinth/Daffodil/Snowdrop/crocus Bulbs
Hi just trying to find if any deals or discount sales are going on for these bulbs in any website or dealers?
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Jersey plants free £5 voucher
Hi all, I'm about to avail myself of the plants offer on this week's email. As I'm newly registering I can send anyone with an existing Jersey Plants account a free £5 voucher for "recommending" me. I'd like to offer this to someone for nothing. Does anyone have a Jersey Plants account? I'll wait until this evening to…
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Jersey Plants Direct
Ordered the MSE Blagged 70 plants for £7.99, opening an JPD account. Few days later get an email from JPD offering what's seems to be the same package for £5.99. Only 2 quid but bit annoying as I trust MSE to be most competitive.
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Anyone a self employed gardener?
I want to start gardening, gras cutting, hedges, weeding etc. Do I need a licence to get rid of the waste? I've heard different things and I'm not sure, whether it's free for a licence or not? And if it's free to tip? Thanks.
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Post Hole Digger
Recommend me a 2 stroke/.petrol Post Hole Digger please. 150 mm augur clay soil with slate/stones Thanks
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lawn damage
My lawn still has some bauld patches from the hot summer. Sould I sprinkle seed over now or leave it till spring
