r/UKGardening

It has a helter-skelter type formation, and I can see a big dark dot inside and smaller one at the top. It's been in pod stage for ages, so curious as to what it is!

These are my foxglove seeds. I did not believe so many would germinate, and as a result - I have lots growing in the same pot. They were in a cell - but recently transplanted them to 9cm pots.

To ensure healthy growth, what can I do?

Variety: Mini Love

I've never attempted growing melons before but our... tedious climate made it super easy to grow in my plastic greenhouse. It is a relief to open it up to see red inside. It's nicely sweet, very watery and well worth growing. I'm saving the seeds for next year.

We have a lot of this plant coming up along our fence line with next door (we just have lawn down so not something we have planted). I've tried to Google image search but each image suggests a different plant. The roots seem really long and run parallel along the fence line from what I can tell. Anyway, I wanted to work out if it's something likely to be really invasive and if so how to deal with it etc. also that it's not something poisonous as we have 2 dogs and a kiddo who has pica. So if anyone can help me id it I would be very grateful - thank you!

🎃 Hello fellow pumpkin growers! 🎃

I’ve started quite late into the season, however, my pumpkin plant is looking very healthy. I’ve built a make shift planter with a metal mesh surround which I am looking to eventually train to grow outside and over/around.

This is my first time growing a pumpkin and I believe this is the “mini” kind. I’m looking to keep the plant in this contraption that I’ve made, but I need some advice on what I should be pruning and how to train vines/leaves etc. I planted this from seed around 10th July so it’s been growing for just over a month now.

If all goes well this year, I’m probably going to try and grow a monster next year as I’m really enjoying watching this grow🤣👍 Any/all advice is appreciated!

The heat has really taken a toll on the garden but we’re still getting some lovely things, the tomatoes are in full swing now!

costoluto fiorentino beefsteaks, tomato ‘tiger’, green zebra, black cherry, Millefleur Yellow Vine Tomato and some random ones from some nice supermarket cherry tomatoes. Pattypan squash, round green courgette, purple French beans, runner beans and a boothby’s blonde cucumber (last of the season) and some raspberries. All organic

I want a nice lawn. I lifted the slate chipppngs and found bone dry rock hard earth. I’ve started turning this over, and plan to put top soil down. Then grass seeds. Does that sound right?

Despite the drought, this grass is still thriving on my drive. Before I eventually power wash, re-sand and seal the driveway. Please could anyone let me know if you have successfully gotten rid of this grass before please? I think it could be couch grass. I’ve tried boiling water and weed killer before. Thank you!

Don't buy this brand!

Bought this just two months ago. I'm assuming it's not fixable.

Absolutely horrendous build quality, I'm particularly annoyed as it wasn't cheap. You can see as well the pipe is already falling to bits.

I've dropped this once, and that was onto my lawn from a height of less than a metre.

So I’ve inherited this garden with my new home and honestly don’t know where to start!
My initial thought is to tackle it in stages as finances permit. I was thinking of creating a patio area as the first level, then eventually adding a second level, and perhaps leaving the top section as more of a wild/natural garden.
It looks like the previous occupants may have already been attempting to terrace the garden.
Does anyone have any thoughts on what might work with a garden this steep, or how you would approach it? I’d also really appreciate any rough ideas of what it might cost to get a garden like this into shape.
Thanks in advance 🙏🏼

I decided i wanted to try and have a green thumb and this is how my radish plant is doing after a week! I'd appreciate any tips on keeping it alive :))

I planted this native hedge in the winter (bare root). It’s deep shade behind the fence so never going to be the best growing spot, but I dug in lots of compost to give it the best chance.

Been really pleased with how it’s taken this, with the exception of the hawthorn which has attracted some powdery mildew and done nothing since (pic 3).

However in the last couple of weeks it’s shown signs of stress - yellowing of leaves, some dead bits etc. (pic 2 and 4).

Is this just the dry weather catching up? I’ve watered it sporadically - not as religiously as the sunny border which is already hard enough work with a hosepipe ban. Also worry about it getting too damp given how shady it is.

Anything I should do, other than keep watered and hope for the best? Not sure what to do with the mildew on the hawthorn either - just wait until autumn and hope for the best next year?

I tried to post this under vegetable gardening but I can't get it to work so I'm trying here instead.

Any advise would be very much appreciated.

I reckon I have around 600-700ft of the damn thing to cut - both sides. It's 10ft high in places and at least 6ft wide. I use a Bosch corded trimmer, with a Mitox long pole petrol trimmer. The whole lot takes about 7-10 days to do.

Our neighbours decided to cut down the privacy Hedge that sat along their fence (we're not sure why). Their house is on elevated land. As a result we're now very overlooked in the rear garden and on the ground floor of the house (floor to ceiling windows).

The green line shows where the hedge previously reached (believe it was laurel). I believe to achieve near full privacy it's going to need to reach approx. 9 feet (at least).

Unfortunately whatever we do it's going to take a number of years to get to that point.

Any advice on an evergreen hedge plant that's a quick climber?

From reading similar posts it seems a lot of people advise against laurel or leylandii (which appear to be the fastest growing).