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Fat finches in the garden today
had a couple of hours bird watching from the kitchen today, first bit of time to do so this year and really pleased to see so many varieties including a robin, lots of goldfinches, sparrows, greenfinch, bullfinches and jackdaws etc one of the greenfinches was huge (as was one of the goldfinches), I mean the size of a…
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Levelling the Lawn
My garden has always been a bit bumpy in sections but never really bothered me. We’ve recently had an extension and a den built at the end of the garden and nearly all the grass has been ruined so I’m thinking of levelling it all before relaying grass. I was after some advice please? From what I’ve looked at online, I’ll…
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Advice Needed on Taming our Jungle
Hi All, We have a small (16mx12m/50ftx40ft) hillside garden at our property we bought a few years back. As we've been focusing on internal renovations we've not had chance to tackle the garden up until this point. When we initially moved into the property it was already very overgrown, having been neglected for ~5 years,…
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Cordless lawn mowers?
Pretty much decided to get one now after the last "incident" with a cord, now in several pieces, now the Q is, which brand? So many to choose from. My current bosch rotak (corded) has been generally good, so thats a possibility, also looking at gtech, which is a bit pricey. Especially if i need to get a second battery. But…
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Nice New Plant - Free
Got this in an email from some other freebie site https://willowwands.co.uk/product/free-gift-mini-wand/ Mine arrived on Friday - it was already budding in the post and since I planted it the leaves have started developing - willow really does grow fast!!
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Trimming Into Brown (Leyllandii)?
I love trimming my Leyllandii each spring but a few years ago i made the mistake of going into the brown and it didn't recover, is it true that once you do that their really is no way back similar to when a man goes bald.
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Holiday in June should we cancel?
Hi we booked a holiday in Florida for June. We booked everything separately and flights were paid by credit card. Our final payment for the Villa is due next week and the owner will not defer payment to end of April to see if flights will definitely go ahead. If we pay for this would we get our money back if flights are…
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Getting rid of ivy from a steep rockery
As someone who knows little about gardening, I'm not even sure if this is the right time of year to be doing this, but I need to be outside! Our garden has been badly neglected. The small lawn at the bottom is cut when needed, but that's it. At the top are two steep rockeries with steps in between ( which also has some…
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Newbie
So I have dabbled in growing stuff at home and I have inherited my mums green fingers. I grew tomato’s and strawberries last year with my then 2 year old and loved it. She ate the tomatoes and now loves them. So this year I’m keen to grow more and i’m looking at investing in a greenhouse. I have just planted some seeds…
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left hand Secateurs
Any advice on buying left hand Secateurs. Any lefties out there with recommendations Good buys / Bad buys kevin
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Vine Weevil in the house
Found one crawling up kitchen wall last night, I had a problem with them a few years back and traced it to a Mother in Laws Tongue which I suspected must have been attacked by them coming from a new houseplant plant I'd brought in. Can't see any damage on any plants leaves, is the only way to check to take plants from the…
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going to dig up patio / alter patio to grow veg
Hi I've decided to seriously alter my patio and grow veggies. I do have some raised beds already but I'm going to expand them and make use of the space. I'll get rid of my flowing plants, leave the fruit trees and rosemary and plant vegetables. I'm talking still about a relatively small area. I'm also thinking of using a…
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Reusing last years grow bag
Hi I didn't get round to getting rid of the grow bag I used last year for growing tomatoes and haven't had a chance to get a replacement for this year yet. Can I reuse the one from last year? Can I use it as is, or should I replenish nutrients somehow? I only have a very small yard garden so can't mix it with any existing…
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How to acidify soil
One of our camelias is looking a bit yellow but I can't get out to buy some sequestered iron. Anyone know other ways of increasing the acidity of soil other than that?
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growing Tomato's
for the last couple of years I have grown my own toms, this year I would like to grow something different to the usual red ones. I have seen stripped and black ones, but due to the current situations going out to by plants is not important so any suggestions of somewhere online I can get them from? plants ideally but will…
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Cheap and ecological lawn mower recommendation
Hi money saving experts, Can anyone recommend a cheap and easy to use quality lawn mower? I want something that will last, and won't harm the wildlife in my garden. I have frogs, snails, and the odd hedgehog! Many thanks, Ben
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Laying new lawn
Hoping for some help here.. Our back garden floods a little with heavy rain, reason being is the gardens behind us are about 2ft higher, meaning their rain water drains into our garden.. So firstly im going to put a drain where the flooding is worst, French drain, but I want two raise my garden by about 6 inches. My…
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Any advice on a wildflower area?
I have an area of lawn that is difficult to mow, so wanting to let it do its own thing, and also perhaps introduce some native wildflowers. The area is around 8m by 3m and borders a beech hedge, part of it is in shade, part in sun. Does anyone have any recommendations for plants, or do's and don'ts?
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groming tomatoes indoors
I'm not having a lot of success with houseplants at the moment and have recently killed offf an apidistra. :o I have however managed to grow some tomatoes outside for the past 2 years - 1 year outside and one year in a small plastic greenhouse. I have quite a bit of space in the bathroom and was wondering whether to try…
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Neighbour cut our tree down without permission.
On Sunday, we were out in the garden as it was nice and sunny. The neighbours were out as well (they have lived there for two years) and the woman called out to us and asked me if I could cut the top off our holly tree. I said that I would tidy it up a bit, particularly the bit next to their fence. Anyway, we finished our…