Dovefromabove

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How to secure trellis top panels

Posted: 10/06/2013 at 16:11

Sue6 wrote (see)

We had a brand new fence put in last Summer between us and next door, timber close boarded panels which slot into conrete posts. However the separate trellis bit which slots on the top is narrower and doesn't quite fill the slot. It keeps rattling and clonking in the wind.

We did cut some lengths of timber batten and wedge these in to fill the gap but it appears that our neighbour has removed them?? I am annoyed by this as I spent a lot of time cutting and planing these to fit, as he complained about the noise in the first place!... anyway I am looking for a more permanent solution...

Any ideas how to secure these to the concrete posts?

No More Nails Exterior or similar. http://toolstoday.co.uk/category/2487/hard-as-nails

Can you tell me whats wrong with my cherry tree please

Posted: 10/06/2013 at 15:00

It seems rather sudden for something to have put on leaves and blossomed then done the equivalent of 'dropped dead'!

Is there any way the ground around it could have been contaminated with anything? What about other plants nearby?

No damage to the bark anywhere on the trunk?

How to secure trellis top panels

Posted: 10/06/2013 at 14:42

Our neighbour's new fence is built in the same way and one panel is loose and rattles in the wind. We've wedged them tight with wooden clothes pegs on our side so next door can't see them

Help with Identifying Plant

Posted: 10/06/2013 at 12:15

I think it's definitely centaurea http://apps.rhs.org.uk/plantselector/plant?plantid=361

Can you tell me whats wrong with my cherry tree please

Posted: 10/06/2013 at 12:11

Fireblight doesn't affect stone fruit ://apps.rhs.org.uk/advicesearch/profile.aspx?pid=160 thank goodness!

The daftest thing you've done in your garden

Posted: 10/06/2013 at 10:17

BL - I think that some of the help she needed and he had to provide was just punishment - he did not get any of our sympathy

blackspot

Posted: 10/06/2013 at 10:15

I've never seen blackspot on a r. banksiae - I believe they are quite resistant

Plastic greenhouse

Posted: 10/06/2013 at 08:48

Don't worry about them - they like the warmth - some of them will help pollinate your plants

The daftest thing you've done in your garden

Posted: 10/06/2013 at 08:46

Not something we did, but OH's sister was helping her hub to erect fence posts - 'Hold it here' he said as he prepared to use one of these http://www.nationaltoolhireshops.co.uk/product/manual-post-driver-for-hire/

Shame that the place he told her to put her hands was about 8" too high - she ended up at A&E with hands so badly bruised she was unable to do anything, and I mean anything with them for weeks - I'm surprised he escaped with his life

MORNING FORKERS

Posted: 10/06/2013 at 08:29

FG - last week we had sunshine, but a perishing cold north wind which was so strong it blew the blossoms off my broad beans , and this weekend we've had heavy grey cloud and sea frets at night, and still the cold weather coming straight down the North Sea from the Arctic. According to the weather people the wind is going to change direction and we'll get south-westerlies and I can't wait, even if it brings some rain. We've had our heating on in the evenings