ginagibbs

Very large garden - where to start

Good luck. I was in a similar position, but my garden was less jungle, more shady bare patches from so many trees. I spent some time researching what would grow in shady, dry areas and did a bit of experimenting. As you are near the coast, I am sure there will be specific plants that will thrive in your area and soil. Check out the RHS book of plants, it lists this sort of thing. As many others have said, divide you garden into  plots /areas and work on one or two at a time, you can always go back and change or develop it in the future, thats the fun part!!

Beginner failing miserably.

sounds like they are too cold. Dont give up!

Talkback: Blind daffodils

Mmm Hyacinths! lovely. bought some in Morrisons for £1 and kept them around the house this spring, house smells fab and will plant them out when they die down

compost

Hi, if you look on the pack of compost you buy, they should say suitable for small seeds, however i have found some of these can be lumpy so I use a garden sieve to get rid of the lumps and to put the thin top layer over the seeds. They are probably taking a long time to sprout as its been so cold. I have had to sow lots of types of seed in my kitchen this year even though I have a green house! Any I have sown outside have taken forever!! good luck

sweet pea framework

I grew sweetpeas on wigwams last year, this year I want to try growing them up a metal arch, has anyone else done this successfully?

Talkback: Growing Verbena bonariensis from seed

I'm trying them this year for the first time, the seeds have germinated in my cold greenhouse (with a  propogator lid on) but are still very small.Looking forward to seeing them grow whenever we get a spring or summer this year!! still very windy here in Gloucestershire!

Good Morning - 21 March

woke up to a gale force wind blowing all my daffs about. A big branch from our Cedar tree has broken off and landed on my island bed and another branch has done its best to wreak my rose arch, the top half of it was waving around in the tree!! what a start to the day!!

How tidy is your garden?

I love having my garden realy tidy as we are overlooked (we are in a g/f flat and have the garden) I find doing little and often helps.  As I like having the wildlife too, I made a" wild" area with lots of rotting logs and a small pond for the frogs, 

The Return of Gardeners World-8th March

I would love to see more gardening programs, I am currently watching ABC of gardening on Catch up when I get fed up with all the tv trash we have to edure these days.

Would love to see the Victorian Garden again to see what the "Old Boys" used to do (in their suits and ties!!) Imagine gardening dressed up like that now!

Looking forward to seeing Monty and Carol on GW, love their enthusiasm!!

G

tomato plant pests

I have them growing in my greenhouse now but plan to put them outside.

tomato plant pests