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Talkback: Wood chip paths

wood bark, he has applied a light coloured wood chip which lends more of a seaside air... not the desired effect I had hoped for! Please can anyone tell me if these chips will darken in time and can I plant amongst it. Thanks. Wood chips look very by Sarah from St. George's School Gardening Club

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15/03/2012 18:19:13

by sammy :)

Timber

Some !"!"!!"££ has dumped a load of hedge prunings down the lane. Now much of it is obviously conifer, but a lot of the thicker stuff is not so easy to id. It has mahogany coloured bark (very similar to our cherry trees) and the cut ends are bright by Berghill

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27/11/2012 20:10:56

by Verdun

What is eating my cooking apple tree?

the wood of the trunk inside and the bark, and the dark colour of the trunk wood (which I would expect to be creamy white, or grey on an older wound.) That could all point to a fungal attack f some kind, as Alina mentions. I don't know what it is - looks by Nicole2

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21/06/2012 23:03:41

by BobTheGardener

plants dying - conifer

picture and I am not quite sure if the lighter coloured areas are light brown( tan coloured) or pale green. If it is the former then it could be wind damage so to overcome this nip of the brown tips back to green foliage but no further. If you cut back by maggienewgardener

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17/04/2012 22:47:52

by maggienewgardener

raised beds

posted to soon>>> we are a small nursing home with 2 raised beds 8ft x 6ft, can anyone tell me what to plant in them please .i want something that will have colour all year round, plants that are perenial and easy to look after, we dont want trees by welshkatt

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29/04/2012 13:58:53

by FloBear

Why Miss Bateman?

lady indeed!! I had her in a large pot until the snails came and licked her bark off and she died - no joke, apparently snails (and probably slugs too) have masses of little hooks on their tongues and when they find a plant they like - which seems by Wintersong

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17/05/2012 19:08:14

by Bookertoo

Winter wonders

as they are edited - and some enthusing from this gardener who has been suffering from withdrawal symptoms in our dire wet autumn. What a treat it is to see the winter sun. The winter sun shows up the pink in the bark of the Scots pine. The beech tree full by happymarion

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09/01/2013 21:16:39

by Verdun

Talkback: Mulberry trees

Reading Abbey. I thought then how majestic and ancient it looked with its knarled and twisted bark and imagined that the old monks of the abbey planting it long ago aware of its healing properties. I was with my partner at the time, who was a botanist by hereisabee

07/08/2012 16:21:00

by maggie19

Wood chip

will let u no I would probably say just go for a thick layer of bark as this will massively reduce the number of weeds by itself and in my experience beds with membranes can become a real pain as the plants mature especially if you're planting perennials by Wildflower2

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15/03/2012 23:13:24

by whitevanwoman

Talkback: Making leaf mould

I have a eucalyptus tree that is growing in a neighbours garden that is soooo massive it overhangs the end of my garden. The main problem is all the leaves and bark that it drops everywhere all year round. Can anyone tell me if I can compost by James Bond

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07/12/2011 14:41:38

by Kate Bradbury

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