The Great 'spruce up your garden' Hunt

s4lvatore

Paul_Higgins wrote: »

Wilkinsons are selling seeds 3 for price of one packet.

Sorry if it's already been posted- there are a lot to trawl through!

Sorry but do you know the sow by date on them by chance?

Jo4

Has Wilkinsons got a website so I can check if they have a store near me?

valentina

http://www.wilkinsonplus.com/page/store

Here you go

Jo4

valentina wrote: »

http://www.wilkinsonplus.com/page/store

Here you go

Apparently there isn't any stores in Ireland!

rebeccajane

Minerva69 wrote: »

Anyone got any tips to sort out a derelict garden that's chock full of brambles? It's been like that for 10 years, my other half is disabled and I'm his carer, as well as looking after my elderly parents so I just don't have time to do any gardening. I'd love my daughter to be able to play out there but you literally can't get up the garden for the brambles and bindweed. We've also got 2 dry stone walls that are falling down and some leylandii that are well overgrown. We can't really afford to get anyone in to fix them. We tried asking at the local college to see if any students wanted to have a crack at it (they do horticulture courses there) but they weren't interested. Can't blame them really!

Have you tried contacting the probation service, they can be very helpful especially when they need to find work for people who are on community service orders. usually you have to provide the materials that they will use, but they provide the 'muscle' for free

mutley74

s4lvatore wrote: »

Sorry but do you know the sow by date on them by chance?

Not my local Wilko when i visited on Monday. In fact they had hardly nothing on clearance:(
Maybe next week!;)

laurel7172

Something else to add-use what you have, but use it better. Perhaps this is one for the slightly older, more established/spoiled gardener, but speaking personally I have a bit of a weakness for BOGOF terracotta. It's not a weekly habit, but a couple of pots a year over a couple of decades does rather add up. This year, I bought a greenhouse (ebay) and was determined Not To Spend Any More Money on Pots. Actually, my mother and my children decided. So when I found the garden was lacking a particular focal point, I agonised, then solved it by moving around what I already had. And I thought moving the biggest pots would leave a gaping hole...it didn't.

alfie_1

A good old fashioned help against "the battle of the slugs"...save your egg shells and when you have the oven on ,put in a dish and bake for 20/30 mins. cool and then gently roll with a rolling pin [jam jar/bottle] so they break up but not miniscule. scatter around your "delicates" in the garden and mr and mrs slug wont entertain crossing over them....tooo sharp for thier poor tummies!!

mutley74

alfie_1 wrote: »

A good old fashioned help against "the battle of the slugs"...save your egg shells and when you have the oven on ,put in a dish and bake for 20/30 mins. cool and then gently roll with a rolling pin [jam jar/bottle] so they break up but not miniscule. scatter around your "delicates" in the garden and mr and mrs slug wont entertain crossing over them....tooo sharp for thier poor tummies!!

good idea but i was just thinking could one not cut strips of sand paper and spread around the plants, in say 2" strips? easily bought from £1 shops but would need changing after a shower.

alfie_1

line your hanging baskets with a thick newspaper. [put the whole thing in in one piece ,dont sperate the pages] trim the edges and fill. it goes solid to the shape after the first/second watering.
make sure you start deadheading everything as needed. i just let the "dead heads" fall and its surprising what comes up next year. [ i have hollyhocks growing in one of my hanging baskets , now 18" tall !!!]