Dovefromabove

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It Doesn't Always Have to be an Afterthought

Posted: 14/04/2013 at 07:48

I think you're preaching to the converted here George - as a professional landscape designer you'd probably be better off targetting the big developers and local authority planners

Compost bins - tips welcome!

Posted: 14/04/2013 at 07:43

We've got two wooden ones at the end of the garden - they're in full view of the house and I prefer the look of wooden bins. They're not fancy ones - like this but without the removable front http://www.primrose.co.uk/-p-7528.html?adtype=pla&kwd=&gclid=CLiio6DGybYCFXMQtAodCSwAmg

I'd have got these if they'd been available at the time as shovelling the compost out of mine is a bit of a faff (good for arm muscles tho )

A colleague brings me occasional bags of guinea pig poo which is fantastic for getting a compost heap going - we've had some really good compost out of our bins.

MORNING FORKERS

Posted: 14/04/2013 at 07:35

Good morning all Don't want to rub it in Fairygirl, but we've got bright sunshine - sky's a bit grey but it was mild overnight and we're forecast a good gardening day here in the east Might even get the under gardener to give the lawn it's first haircut of the year

Hi I'm new here, and would like some advice please!!

Posted: 13/04/2013 at 21:08

I think it's going to be fine that long leading stem/trunk has plenty of buds on and some of them will form branches in due course - you might then decide to cut off s ome of the lowest ones if they're too low and get in the way - if you decide that I'd do it in the winter.

Looks like you've got a very health camellia nearby and something growing in that green pot, and food for the birds - my birds are eating me out of house and home at the moment.

Lovely part of the world you live in - I've got relatives on The Gower - gorgeous beaches

Good Evening FORKERS

Posted: 13/04/2013 at 20:56

Don't overdo it MMP ((hug))

Good Evening FORKERS

Posted: 13/04/2013 at 20:52

Good evening all well, it's been a complex day posting-wise, (and elderly parent-wise ) but it looks as if we've all survived it - so far

Growing Under Plastic Sheeting

Posted: 13/04/2013 at 19:20

There's a lot to be said for one of these https://www.google.com/search?q=dutch+hoe&hl=en&rlz=1C1SVEE_enGB425GB425&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=JaFpUe23NqLJ0AWo3oAI&sqi=2&ve and now is the perfect time to use it

I like to pop out into the garden in the early morning and spend half an hour just slicing those weeds off as they peep through the soil Very therapeutic

Hi I'm new here, and would like some advice please!!

Posted: 13/04/2013 at 19:12

Hello Rebecca, and welcome - yes, you seem to be getting the hang of posting messages ok You don't sound silly ha ha (or even peculiar ). I love rowan trees too, although I don't have one in this garden (yet), but if we lose our ash trees to this horrid disease we'll plant several new trees and rowan will probably be one.

To answer your question, rowan trees don't need a lot of looking after and they certainly don't need pruning (except to prune out disease, which is rare), so don't cut the branches.

Rowans don't usually need fertiliser either - in the wild they are at home on exposed hillsides where the soil is poor, but if you want to give it a little tlc as it's still a baby you could scatter some chicken manure pellet fertiliser around - this is a good time of year to do it, and the rain will dissolve it and wash the nutrients into the soil.

I'm not sure why the branches are growing in the way you say, except that rowans don't usually grow in a symmetrical way so it may be that it's growing perfectly normally. It's hard to tell without a photograph - can you take a photo and post it on here?

(to post a photo you click on the little tree in the toolbar at the top of where you write your message)