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Talkback: Summer bedding plants

On 28/11/2011 in forum

, detest bedding with a passion....mainly for the reason's you stated. I prefer to grow perennials from seed and watch them grown into strong mature plants over the years. I tend to fill up with cosmos and california poppies where possible, but inevitably


What to do!!

On 02/05/2012 in forum

as well so flowers greenery and something for the pot. Some trellis or wires on the fences and grow climbers from fruit to roses Clematis or whatever you fancy. This time of year you could find sales on plants going over their best, you get to see what you


Garden Gallery 2013

On 11/03/2013 in forum

. On the other side are 4 climbing roses which will be trained across over the trellis. All three clematis are quite substantial plants (5+ years old) so when they get their feet in they should go great guns. They are all type 2 as well so once I have the main


Is it me?

On 03/04/2013 in forum

choice....I.e. growing healthy food at reasonable cost. I do agree GW is not as inspiring as it used to be...it has become too formal I always thought this site was about gardening tips and help, there are lots of sites around for view airing, i


Talkback: It's sloe gin time

On 28/11/2011 in forum

of sloe gin. Though the person who provided me with the sloes has moved away, so I have had to make damson gin this year. I am now wondering if I should grow my own. Would it take years for a plant to yield sufficient berries to make a small brew? Didn


Talkback: More seed sowing

On 28/11/2011 in forum

with the inside sown ones by the time we get them hardened off. My motto is try it and see seeds don't grow in the packet so sow them and hope for the best even if you are a bit late. Good luck. I think the kids should have a place on the show as sometimes theyre


Talkback: Garden habitats for frogs

On 28/11/2011 in forum

difference. Do you know which plants the bees cut their leaves from in your garden? Does your sister have the same plants? Leafcutters tend to favour rose and wisteria leaves.. so if you have them growing in your garden and your sister doesn't, that could


Why the Gap?

On 14/07/2012 in forum

-walks back comes back again digs hole-dog decides this is great fun and fills in the hole-plane flies over head drowning out noise-picks up rose pricks finger swears............... Not exactly riveting tv -that is why shots are set up so you see the nitty


yellow spots on tomato leaves

On 15/07/2012 in forum

in Sydney I had to grow it as an autumn crop because it couldn't cope with the hot, humid Sydney summers. Glorious flavour, though.  hope this helps! this is the top side & on the reverse the spots are brown Is this what the brown spots on the other side


WILDLIFE PICTURES

On 07/08/2012 in forum

few seedlings that I was growing on but Meh. It was only a few. @daintiness - a technique which I find quite useful is to 'crop' pictures after they have been taken.If you take a photo and the animal or insect looks very small in the photo


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