BobTheGardener

Asda

As a non-driver, I wish my local ADSA (just 5 min walk away) was doing the same as yours is, The Doctor!  Mine just has just 3/4 of one side of an aisle with the usual boring gardening stuff (weed n feed etc.)  I sometimes feel a little jealous when posters mention all of the bargain plants at Aldi and the like.  It obviously very much depends on what each store manager feels like stocking.   Still, I'm not often let down by mail order unlike some others here seem to have been, so it's a case of "swings and roundabouts" I suppose!

What should I do next with my little Chilli plants?

I agree with Geoff.  When they have been in the 3" pots for a few weeks, you're best to pot them on again into slightly larger (eg 5") pots, after the roots reach the sides of the 3" pots.  When the roots reach the sides of the 5" pots (after a few more weeks) pot them into their final (8" or 10") pots.  They prefer being re-potted several times rather than being planted directly into large pots, which often delays their growth.

Fine Green beans in the shops

Cobra climbing beans are a heavy cropper and the beans look, taste and can be used in the same way as those supermarket beans you mention, Ben.  They grow like runners, but need starting off a bit later.  The beans themselves are to all intents and purposes identical to those on dwarf french bean plants, but I prefer Cobra as you get more crop for the same ground area (as they grow upwards, of course!)

Allotment shed can anyone help!?!

Yes, MMP, I'm sure that's what they mean.  However, if they insist on being picky, they should make the rules transparently clear.  How difficult would it have been for them to state 'pent roof'' instead of 'lean to'?.. 

Anyone know where to get a replacement greenhouse door

You're welcome.  If you do use twinwall polycarb sheet, remember to seal the open ends with tape as soon as you have cut it to size, to stop spiders etc from crawling into the hollow sections.  Once they're in there, it's the devils own job to get them out!

Allotment shed can anyone help!?!

The other daft thing is they state it has to be a 'lean to' type.  You can only build a 'lean to' structure up against an existing wall or other building, as that is the definition of a 'lean to'!

Anyone know where to get a replacement greenhouse door

Doing that should be OK.  If the aluminium frame seems a bit on the thin side to support the weight of a door though, you could drill through it in several places and screw on an upright length of wood to provide more support, then screw the hinges to that.

Surround for a preformed pond

Have a look here for some tips/inspiration:

http://www.pondexpert.co.uk/edgingyourpond.html

Anyone know where to get a replacement greenhouse door

Hi pavery, it might be tricky as there's no standard size/fitting for sliding greenhouse doors.  Most of them have wheels embedded in the door frame which must fit the sliding rails exactly.  If you can identify the make/model of greenhouse then you may be able to get a spare door. This is a great place to look for greenhouse spare parts:

http://www.greenhousewarehouse.com/greenhouse-spares/

Alternatively, perhaps you could cut a piece of 10mm twinwall polycarbonate sheet to size and fit some normal hinges to make a door which opens outwardly, with a hasp and staple on the unhinged side to keep it shut?  I think that's what I'd do.

Plant identification

Looks a bit like a whole garlic bulb has been planted, with each clove sending up a separate stem of leaves - rubbing one of the leaves will soon tell you if it's that!  Definitely a bulb of some sort.

Bee spotting

New deliveries

Flower ID

Oh no, lily beetles are back!