Dovefromabove

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Under trampoline plants?

Posted: 15/04/2013 at 19:53

My Under Gardener suggests cacti

Good Evening FORKERS

Posted: 15/04/2013 at 19:36

You won't have to try hard for your lawn to be better than ours LOL

When we moved here 18 months ago the lawns had been neglected for years and years - the back one has more wild flowers and herbs in it than you can shake a stick at, plus a generous helping of thatch and moss. It's also very dry because of the roots of the two big ash trees at the bottom of the garden. I've raked it and spiked it with a fork and the Under Gardener mows it as instructed, and I dose it with seaweed fertiliser - it's getting better .... slowly.

The front lawn was similarly neglected, and contains a similar mix of plantlife, plus for most of last summer it had 3 builder's skips on it. I re-seeded the bare patches last autumn and at least it all looks green now - but that's about it so far.

Good Evening FORKERS

Posted: 15/04/2013 at 18:38

Evening Brum I saved you a piece of Rhubarb & Custard cake

(I hid it from OH and Verdun )

Cream with yours?

MORNING FORKERS

Posted: 15/04/2013 at 18:36

Whoops!

MORNING FORKERS

Posted: 15/04/2013 at 18:35

Nope, I saved you a piece Brum Cream with yours?

Agapanthus

Posted: 15/04/2013 at 18:32

Adam Pascoe seems to think they need to be kept potted a bit tight http://www.gardenersworld.com/blogs/plants/agapanthus/2826.html

and I think this is the thread you mean Fairygirl http://www.gardenersworld.com/forum/problem-solving/agapanthus/5840.html but I can't find where it says the roots don't need restricting

frogs and toads in your pond

Posted: 15/04/2013 at 18:22

As a child I used to be kept awake by the sound of the frogs in the farmyard pond at this time of year - joyous!

Still Very Slow

Posted: 15/04/2013 at 18:21

Thank you Daniel I think everyone will agree that we're very grateful for the work that you and your team have been doing.

Getting rid of Bindweed

Posted: 15/04/2013 at 17:58

Yes, glyphosate/Roundup or similar then leave it until it's dead and really withered. That way you know the stuff's gone down into the roots. If it reappears bruise the leaves and spray or paint with more glyphosate.

We had the big white stuff all over the last garden - it went right up into the gutters of the single story extension - we got rid of it by doing as above, but every Spring I went around the bottom of the fences bruising and spraying the leaves of shoots as they crept in from next door.

Wonder if the new people are doing it this spring

When to net blackcurrant bushes against birds?

Posted: 15/04/2013 at 15:56

Just keep the netting taut not loose as it will help prevent birds getting entangled in it - and remember to check several times a day in order to free any birds that have got caught. It's not their fault if they're attracted to your lovely fruit bushes

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