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starting a new garden

made a frame out of 2x2 baton that fitted my wheelbarrow, and proceeded to cut the wire to size and then stapled it to the frame to make a giant sieve. Everytime I sort a border I stick the whole lot to a depth of a foot or so through the sieve by KevT

15/02/2013 16:12:49

by LearningSlowly

David Austen Rose - white bobbles on some branches

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08/03/2012 19:39:34

by Shropshire Lass

12 metre border ideas!!!

Evening all! Just wondering if any kind soul would care to offer me advice on how I can line my border down one side of my garden with an interesting array of evergreens to over time hide a fence behind it. To set the scene my border is 12 metres by lloyd_shooter

07/04/2013 23:55:31

by marshmello

Windy Back Garden......Help needed please.

borders to plant up, the side one is about 25ft long by a 1ft wide the other is 20ft long by 3ft wide. I can't have plants that need alot of looking after as I have health problems. Thanks in advance In the sunny part I would create a lavender border by tinkabell

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21/06/2012 21:28:24

by notgreenfingers2

Water retaining gel crystals

, about 20g, mixed in with the compost and perlite to help drainage and this seems to be enough, I did read the packet but it didnt advise about baskets so used my initiative............However the first time I tried it went a bit pete tong......put too by Supernanny

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14/05/2012 10:59:25

by cazanne

How to widen borders which are clay

. Just keep piling on the compost and grit. Keep it away from the fence, that will be easier when the border is more than a foot wide. It's Also the cost. I spent a fortune on compost last year! I could turn the soil nicely but after overwintering I tried by * Red Dahlia *

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06/04/2013 00:08:19

by * Red Dahlia *

Talkback: Changing soil in greenhouse borders

I used to have a 40ft by 8ft greenhouse when i was feeding the nine of us from the garden,veg. and eggs from chickens and ducks and I cultivated the 3ft wide borders either side of the path as i would outside i.e. by rotating the crops so by happymarion

28/11/2011 18:43:24

by Tracy M.

Waterlogged border

will also help. if all else fails try bog plants! i have wet heavy clay soil, i found if i dug 2 ft i hit grey clay ( which by the way burns into terracotta if moulded and thrown on an ordinary fire)...I dug about 3 feet down and had to mix my soil with 50 by The Gnomes

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12/05/2012 08:19:13

by backyardee

New piece of land for garden extension

, cheap bags full). You will need it for the borders if you have clay. It will help make the soil more workable later. Thanks for the feedback.Do you recommend adding grit to the mix to prevent a waterlogged lawn? I once recommended adding coarse sand by Gardenqueen

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03/02/2013 18:59:48

by BobTheGardener

victorian garden/cottage garden

garden grew veg and flowers intermixed, i am trying this, this year so have planted cabbage, onions, sweetcorn and lettuce in amoung my perenials in my borders. Can anyone tell me if they have tried this and what results they had and did they experience by dennis williams

13/05/2013 23:21:23

by quercus_rubur

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