I planted my garlic last Autumn and it seemed to be doing well. now, however the bed is waterlogged with all this rain. Will this ruin or rot the bulbs? what can I do to prevent this from happening. I live in North Yorkshire
I have a 30x50ft new build 'garden' of turf which I want to nurture into a 'real' garden. We're in North Hampshire, however there's a lot of builder's rubble on top of our Hampshire chalk! The turf was laid 18mths ago, the garden is SW facing, the grass grew differently/patchy across the garden last summer. My question is: Should I lift the turf, remove the rubble & improve the soil before I think about design/borders/planting/veg patch? What advice can you offer for dealing with a new build garden?
I have a 30x50ft new build 'garden' of turf which I want to nurture into a 'real' garden. We're in North Hampshire, however there's a lot of builder's rubble on top of our Hampshire chalk! The turf was laid 18mths ago, the garden is SW facing, the grass grew differently/patchy across the garden last summer. My question is: Should I lift the turf, remove the rubble & improve the soil before I think about design/borders/planting/veg patch? What advice can you offer for dealing with a new build garden?
I also have a SW facing garden in Berkshire, when we moved in 12 years ago it had also been used as a builders tip for the neighbourng houses! Before I could do anything I had to remove all the bulders rubble into a skip (or 2) and dig down about 3-4feet, mix in manure and new topsoil into existing soil and re-plant. If your grass is really patchy, I would lift the bad bits and re-turf. It will look terrible for the first season but will merge in as mine has, and improve.Only then could I start to re-design my garden how I wanted it. Godd Luck! Hope this helps.
Can I compost my cat's litter tray? I know you're told not to, but the material I - or she - uses is shredded cardboard, she has no diseases [she never goes out, she's too nervous], and her food is almost entirely dried packet stuff. If I shouldn't use it, why not? Or can I put it in the brown garden-stuff bin for the council to cope with, where it'll be a much smaller proportion of material among the piles of other people's garden waste?
Hello. In our garden we have a massive laurel bush which is now more like a tree. I would like to cut it back to a sensible height but I don't know how best to discard the waste branches. We have a natural area where we normally dump all our garden waste but I have been told that they will root and shoot again, creating multiple laurel bushes, which we don't want. Also, I have been advised that you can't burn the waste as the fumes given off are toxic. Can you please tell me if the advice I have been given is correct, and if so, how you would recommend that we get rid of a very large quantity of the waste? Thanks very much Marianne
Hi Adam, most of my plants that where in or new ones i put in, they all have white spots on them, can you tell me what causes this and how can i stop it, i,m pretty new to doing my garden.
I wish to grow climbers, campsis, clematis, roses etc around the garden,what is the best type of wire to use with vine eyes for fixing and what thickness of wire should be used. DaveN
I have a new bare garden and wish to grow a variety of climbers.What is the best wire and thickness to use for supporting the plants using vine eyes screwed directly into the fence, or would it be better to have the wire fixed to a on a hinged frame so that it can be opened back from the fence for maintainance. Thankyou DaveN.
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What is the diference between Perlite and Vermiculite and which is the best to use.
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When is the right time to trim a laurel hedge ?
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