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I inherited a garden that has blue plastic laid on the soil and then tons on pebbles laid on top. Although I am a pensioner I love to garden. I have taken up the stones and plastic to find the soil...
I did it deliberately ...pruned one of my Wisteria according to the book i.e. in Sept and Jan/Feb. it has a reasonable show of flowers. Wisteria no.2 near it- I pruned to 2 buds in Sept so I would not...
How long before it starts to grow?
Does anyone have a handbook for the above machine. My mower is 10 to 15 years old and I am trying to get parts numbers for the transmission and grass collection system belts.Thanks.
But dare I split my Hostas,they look really overcrowded.
Has anyone bought a cordless, battery operated lawn mower?
If so which one do you recommend?...
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Hello all gardeners,any suggestions as to how many runner bean plants in a pot about 8"across?Thank you....
Grass on the patches I had re-sown is very reluctantly coming up. Its been a long wait.
it is only about 20 inches long with a bare root. Can I plant it in a pot .if so how big should it be.? I was hoping to keep it a smaller size rather than full size. Many thanks
I got up this morning and a large patch of my grass has been scratched up. I know I have a fox that comes in the garden but I don't think it is that. There was some poo in the garden which is...
Can anyone give me some idea on the capacity (Galls) for a standard garden water butt. Thanks for any welp.
It was a pressie for yesterday
Its in a pot - can I leave it in the pot or shall I plant it in the garden?...
Just driven down the path
There must be at least 10 massive black ones on the path
I would not mind I only put the nemaslug stuff on last night...
What am I doing wrong? for 3 years now I've tried to grow cucumbers in my Polytunnel without success. I have tried the female 'telegraph' and the mini cucumbers. Both start to wilt at the stage they...
An amazing picture of an amazing wall. She took it over 20+years ago, tore down the ivy and led the Wisteria around. Today, this covers a 250 ft+ wall.....it's astonishing and put a smile on my face,...
We are up in North Northumberland and my veggie garden is about 6 weeks behind what it should be. My early potatoes have just popped their little green heads out of the soil and my beans , which I set...
Can anyone help me with taking a cutting of perennial ivy please?
Time of year and technique? Thanks in advance.......
Hi, BBQ novice here. I've just bought a firepit which comes with two grills. An uppermost cooking grill and a lower 'charcoal' grill. Do I put the coals beneath the charcoal grill in the belly of the...
Further to my "Please identify" thread in Chatterbank last night, I now have another puzzle to solve - this time for my neighbour please. This plant is about 3 feet high with a very thick woody stem...
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