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DON'T DO IT!😩

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  • herbaceousherbaceous Posts: 2,318
    Well I really hope you win, I have been battling it for so long it has just become one of those gardening jobs I do regularly.
    "The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it."  Sir Terry Pratchett
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I've always wondered why some hose fittings say 'stop'. Why do they?
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • DinahDinah Posts: 294
    Don't try to make a living fence by weaving bramples together.
  • RobmarstonRobmarston Posts: 338
    When weeding a tulip patch, do it from the side, not from above. Or wear some kind of eye protection. The stems can be like sticks and one of those in your eye can end with you in a&e. 
  • RobmarstonRobmarston Posts: 338
    Don't sit around all morning drinking coffee reading all the GW forum posts - get out and do some gardening....... in a minute. ;):blush:
    In Wales we are well known for saying ‘I’ll do it nowinaminute’. Yes, that is one  word. 
  • RhodoNRhodoN Posts: 13
    B3 said:
    I thought this might be a useful thread for beginner and adventurous gardeners . We'll see.
    My first suggestion is the obvious:
    Don't plant leylandii
    My others are personal prejudices so I won't mention them - yet.
    Has anyone else got anything to add?
    As a conifer fan, I must add: if you have enough space and can plant just one leylandii as a specimen, do it! the result is stunning! A truly majestic giant! ☺️ (Unpruned and left to reign alone!😉)
  • AsarumAsarum Posts: 661
    If you want to remain on good terms with your next-door-neighbour, don't plant ivy on your fence!  Unless you plan to prune it every year for the next 100 years!
    East Anglia
  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    I'm truly appalled by the sexist rantings against the male of the species in this topic.  Or I would be were it not for a friend who is not noted for his DIY expertise.  We were on the phone to his wife one evening when she said "Oh God.  I have to go.  Ken just walked past with the drill in his hands".  She had good reason to panic as he had previously broken wall tiles when trying to drill them.  Worse was the fact that there was no need to drill the tiles in the first place as the item in question could be fitted to the wall immediately above the tile splashback.
  • EmerionEmerion Posts: 599
    Palustris said:
    Never put down Weed suppressing membrane. It does nothing of the kind and weeds love to grow on top of it and put their roots through it.

    and then you will spend hours of back breaking effort, trying to pull it out again. 
    Carmarthenshire (mild, wet, windy). Loam over shale, very slightly sloping, so free draining. Mildly acidic or neutral.


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