With the sun disappearing earlier in the evenings I've been finding myself out right until the suns completely gone down. I've loads of bits to be getting done and don't want to have the garden eat up all my weekends.
I'm considering getting some kind of floodlight on a tripod to be able to continue working after dark. Am I completely bananas or does anyone else be doing their gardening at night?
Just found a bag of foxglove seeds I collected last month and forgot about, is it too late now to get them in the ground to germinate so they flower next year? I'm in Limerick...
I've been using regular compost but someone told me acidic might be better. Just bought some small heather from Lidl and looking for opinions
I got distracted on the golf course this afternoon! The stuff of fairy tales. Isn’t nature wonderful?
Any ideas? This is now positioned at an east facing window. Never really opened.
Seemed alright for 3 weeks now looking miserable again, has been watered weekly.
WILDLIFE SPECIES: hummingbird moth
PLANTS USED: Dahlias
Had my Dahlias booming this year, constant procession of bees but this is a first!
What are my chances of getting this out without taking the wall with it?
Am i wiser to cut it to a stump and call it a day?
Any advice on how to remove it without ending up apologising to bob and Mary next door?
I have access to a co-op garden centre and lidl in my local area. Just wondering if there is any advice or words of caution about buying a big bag of daffodil/crocus/snowdrop bulbs from that kind of source. Are there more ethical and wildlife friendly options out there?
I'm also looking at sourcing some foncy tulips. The types with multiple colours and petal shapes. Should I just go straight to Dutch nurseries or are their good Irish options for buying those.
As per title have a small back garden and never really got to grips with having it just nice that it’s low maintenance and just looks clean and tidy.. it’s basically just a rectangle tarmac square with trees against the back wall, can put up pictures if it helps but just generally looking for ideas for a respectable clean low maintenance garden thanks
Hi. Looking for some advice please. I built a raised bed using pressure treated sleepers 5 years ago to cover a concrete plinth where there used to be an oil tank, and section of concrete foundations to our back wall. The back neighbours house sits on raised ground above ours and so their garden level is mid way up our back wall. The area is mostly in shade.
I've started getting a white mould / fungus growing on the lining of the sleepers and across the top soil, and along the bottom of the sleepers. It's pretty smelly.
I believe it's called mycelium but open to correction, and I'm assuming it's because it's a predominantly damp area. Is there any way to get rid of the fungus without taking out all the wooden sleepers and replacing with another material? There's some established plants in there now that I'd like to keep if possible.