Gardening Thread

[Amethyst]

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nice tree chopping Peeks, I chopped down 4 house high lleylandis in my garden once, destroyed the greenhouse and the shed - never let me loose with a chainsaw, I FIND things to cut.

Anyway been doing some gardening today myself, now my garden isnt a pile of rubbish. I plated up some tubs with petunias, begonias and things I don't know the names of, also sprinkled some Butterfly garden mix seedies in the rough shared ground out the back.

Need to get a big pot and some decent mud for some veggies, so thats next job.

[enaid]

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Pk someone stole yer greenhouse while you weren't looking. They must have gotten away through the open fence panel.

[Paule]

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Well this morning I went from this



to This

[scoobydoo]

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Hi

The brambles are slowly creeping back but yesterday we had another attack at them and they are not out of control yet .

I have a problem with an old victoria plum tree as it had sawfly last year - so we have dug up round the base as it apparently brings the larvae to the top and the birds eat them, and we have sprayed the tree as well. So this year I hope that problem is solved.

The many borders in the garden are way out of control but we have a young lad who is out of work who is helping us at the moment (same one as last year )and we are saving up to try and change some areas so they are a bit more low maintainance .Last years clearance has helped as we have found the edges of the garden now.

We just need to keep it tidy that would be an achievement .

I have lots of questions I can ask and I will try and post some photos later of the various problems

It is a lovely day here - just out to walk the dog

[Mochamoo]

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lol@wendy well I remember you talking about planting carrots
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Amaranthus Tricolor,

Yummy in salads too you can eat the leaves and petals

[WendyB]

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What do you mean, again? i never got round to growing the first lot!

Am going to make an effort with the garden this year, didn't do much last year, but am having a big BBQ for OH's 40th Birthday in July so need to make it look good.

So far, have
mowed the lawns, front and back
chopped the manic fuschia and hydrangeas back

thought about doing stuff but haven't had the time

oh yes, and the tulips are in flower in the front garden and look lovely

[Paule]

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Well My Update, Got a little outdoor greenhouse as I'm not allowed to take over the windowsills in the new kitchen. lol

The kids are growing Sweetcorn, Lettuce, Peppers, Tomatoes, strawberries and potatoes.
Ile be doing my sunflowers, just got my seeds the other day plus will buy a bag of normal seeds too.
I have a few other unusual flower seeds I am attempting to grow as well such as Amaranthus Tricolor, Amorphophallus Kiusianus, Aqilegia 2McKana" as well as soem liliy seeds I have

[Mochamoo]

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That time of year agian folks where I bore you all silly with my garden and veggies

Peed'orf - I will get you back and active on this thread... I need an update, are the cats out of the greenhouse, are growing again this year?

EXC - did you plant anything by the front wall?

RLJ - Hows your garden looking? Will you give the tomes one last bash?

Pkea - Is the sunflower production going again this year?

Scoobs - How is the garden coming along? Did the brambles come back?

Sapphire - Is the hedge dead? lol

Tanz- I saw on FB you built a birdhouse....anything visitors yet? Hows the veg patch going?

Wendy - are you growing carrots again?

HOD - hows your lovely garden?



Have I fogotten anyone??

[EXC]

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Now's the best time to use stump killer when the sap isn't rising. I did one about this time last year on a big tree. Drilled holes and it worked a treat but it did take several months to kill.

[scoobydoo]

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Whats stump killer, we have an evergreen hedge at the front of the house that needs to come out and be replaced with a wall.
So the idea is to cut it right down and dig out the roots but apparently they can be very deep and hard to get out.
Would this stump killer stuff do the job and what is it ?

hope your wall is not as expensive as ours that we had bult at the front of the house!Cost a fortune.
Do you now you have to have planning permission now for laying patio areas or paved drives.

I can understand why - but even more paperwork.

I am trying to make my garden wildlife friendly but low maintainance. So this year planted lots of butterfly friendly plants in pots.

Planted tomatoes in tomato tumbler bags - they worked well . when I remembered to water them

[Mochamoo]

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http://the-plant-directory.co.uk/rou...l?currency=GBP

[scoobydoo]

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It is supposed to kill off tree stumps and roots - no idea if it will work but worth a try as I dont want the brambles back! We bought ours in B&Q.

[Mochamoo]

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It a super duper strong weedkiller designed for tree stumps - evil stuff but does the job. Works better if oyu drill holes in to the stumps then pour it into the holes. I then put a shower cap over the stump for a couple of weeks to keep it in!!!!

Re: Gardening Thread

Whats stump killer, we have an evergreen hedge at the front of the house that needs to come out and be replaced with a wall.
So the idea is to cut it right down and dig out the roots but apparently they can be very deep and hard to get out.
Would this stump killer stuff do the job and what is it ?

[scoobydoo]

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Just reviving this - Thanks for reminding me RLJ x

My garden is still not finished - its come on nicely and is no longer a mud pitt!

Did you ever get rid of your brambles Scooby?

~WELL____

We did in a way. We know a young lad who is out of work at the moment and he did grand job of clearing the jungle end of the garden. And are going to put down the stump killer and try and cover the roots up over winter and hopefully kill them off.

However the huge amount of brambles must have been holding up the fence which has now fallen down - together with part of a wall which was about to give up the ghost - so one job leads to another.

Also we have saw fly in our plum tree so that needs sorting out

And I have a lawn mower in the house, as the1960 summer house had to come down before it fell down and that was our only storage.

Our garden has so much potential - but we are lacking time and energy at the moment -