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New to the Gardening board? Start here
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arkonite_babe's very useful Gardening Index
MSE update August 2014 Check for any offers, discounts etc on our Home & Garden and Gardening pages. If you have updates to add please PM either arkonite_babe or Pink.. MSE update March 2022 Please note that some of these links are now out of date. Back to the original post... Below is a list of useful links for gardening…
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Awful weather - typical Brits talk
Well it's been downright awful here in Somerset for the last couple of days with non-stop rain! Just wondering how committed you lovely peeps are... have you been put off by gardening when it's raining? Are you a shrinking violet or a hardy perennial? Just a light hearted thread ☔🌧️
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What fragrant climbers???
Today we've decluttered 2 failing wooden arches in the garden. Woodworking chap has installed 2 new ones, made to order and nicely painted a pale green. Just need to get stuff growing up them now. (well, not now, likely in the spring I guess) OH tutted repeatedly every time I talked about doing this. And now that it's done…
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GreenFly - A 'flylady style' gardening thread with weekly tasks to tame your garden
What do we mean by GreenFly? Over on old style there is a long running and supportive community who focus on getting the house clean and tidy in smaller steps. A group of us thought that something similar for taming the garden would be very useful so here it is. The idea is that by doing little and often we can get on top…
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Planning permission required for sloped garden terrace?
The retaining wall (pictured, currently propped up by scaffolding poles) is failing and needs to be replaced. I plan to bring the wall out by another metre to create a larger, flat lawn area with balustrade for safety. Do I need planning permission for this? The only thing I can find online regarding permitted development…
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Cedar shed or something cheaper?
I need to replace a shed that is now falling down, rotten and beyond repair. Have been looking online and I like the look of cedar wood sheds, but not the price! Before I invest a lot of time investigating and picking one, does anyone have experience of having one? Would you get another one? Thanks
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The ups, the downs and the insides out of growing your own in 2025!
Welcome to the new ups and downs of growing your own! Everyone is welcome. Come and tell us about your growing shenanigans What do you like to grow? Are you going to try anything different this year? Did you try anything different last year? Did you like it? Would you grow it again? Do you have any tips for growing? Do you…
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What to do with lawn borders?
Hi all My smallish garden is a work in progress. After moving in, I've grown a decent lawn on clay soil from seed, and sown wildflowers along my bottom border. The left border is empty and covered up with a tarp, the right border needs weeding. I have a handful of plants and some bulbs to put in, but apart from that I…
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What size of water butt do I buy?
Am going to replace two apex sheds, with two pent sheds, one is 10 x 8 and the other is 16 x 8. Am planning on putting guttering on them do I can collect water in a butt. Having never had one before I have no idea what size I need? Given the size of the sheds, are 100 litre and 210 litre water butts too small in proportion…
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Harvesting rain water ideas
We’re currently boiling tap water for our indoor plants, which isn’t very energy efficient or environmentally friendly. The boiled water sits in jugs until it’s cool, usually used the next day. I’d like to switch to rainwater, but it needs to be completely free from insects and debris. Ideally, I’d like a ready made…
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Garden mushrooms
The estate agent couldn't understand why I was so excited about the fluffy brown lumps when I viewed the place back in February. Unfortunately I didn't spot these until I'd already made tea this evening!
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Help with Caterpillar Identify.. Brown Tail Moth Catterpillar?
Hi All, I was wondering if anyone can help us identify the Caterpillar we found in the garden yesterday? Our small dog was quite unwell for 2 weeks prior to finding this and we found what we think was a digested caterpillar in her stool at the start of her being unwell. To me it looks like a Brown Tail Moth Caterpillar? I…
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Water butt to sprinkler pump
Suggestions for a reasonably priced pump to do this.
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Replacement tyres for garden trolley
I've got a garden trolley much like this: https://www.garden4less.co.uk/product/pl/COGCT300? and it has a puncture in one tyre. I'm struggling to get a replacement that fits (TBH I've given up as the first one I ordered which should have been right wasn't, and search algorithms constantly coming up with things that aren't…
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This a false widow?
Keep seeing this type of spider in my flat and about, is it a false widow
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Can i cut my beech hedge back now, or should I wait for the leaves to actually turn brown?
Hi. This is about what was a sizeable front hedge that I'm taking back to a manageable level. Back in Spring I cut its height down dramatically to around 2', and this required cutting through some sizeable stems, often a good 2-4" diameter. I also trimmed back the house side to a manageable degree, but left the roadside…
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Greenhouse drainage
My greenhouse floods with heavy rain. I have been told that I need to remove the two rows of bricks that are positioned against the greenhouse base , dig a trench and fill with gravel. I'm looking for guidance on how deep the trench should be and should I use 10 mm or 20 mm gravel. Any advice would be gratefully received.…
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When to pick green toms/ cold weather
Wannabe gardening newbie here! Day temps have dropped and not helped by raining most days. I've lots of green tomatoes on the vine still - has it got too cold to the point of needing to take them off to ripen indoors or is it too late? I heard they shouldn't be in the cold too much and the overnight temps acc to the…
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What's this?
I think I had primroses here earlier in the year, is this primrose with no leaves on yet? I've got others elsewhere that have leaves on still. Or is it something else? The hostas nearby have been attacked by snails so they could have eaten whatever this is.
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Advice Pruning Opal Plum Tree
Hello - I belive this is an Opal plum tree in my garden ? This years Ive had a very good crop of good fruit, been able to make plum wine, chutney , fresh plum juice feach day and also frozen around 150 plums , cropping is just about ending now. Problems are that many of the fruit are bad and each day many bad ones drop off…
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Pink Flamingo
Bought a Pink Flamingo standard tree from local supermarket about a month ago. The branches were only about 12 inches long but have since gone mad to over double that. Problem is, it looks a bit sparse in the middle. Should I prune it back to where the shoots branch out which would take it back to nearly the 12 inch length…
