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hi there!! I’m relatively new to gardening and just got my first fern!! I think it is a ‘lady fern’ and for a few weeks the edges of the plant are going brown?? I’m not sure why, I checked the soil and how much I’m watering it but I don’t know what’s going on with it. I added some photos for reference!! Can anyone advise?? Thanks !! :)

A collection of blooms from my garden this year

There was a garden buried under all this thick bramble.

Does anyone have any advice on how to get this ivy under control? It is growing on the other side of the fence so can’t get to the source of it. I tried to speak to the property owner about dealing with it, but she is elderly and I couldn’t get her to understand there was any problem. I’ve cut it back on my side many times but it grows back so fast.

Hello all, first post here.

I am in need of guidance on the best way to prevent this “garden“ from turning into a muddy quagmire over the winter.

I moved in late Simmer and fully cleared out all fallen leaves and weeds. I knew it was in a sorry state but I did not anticipate that all that would remain is a virtually non existent garden. It‘s 90% bare dirt, as you can see.

The goal is to try and turn this into a small lawn with planting beds to the sides with some bushes.

I began by following advice to cover it all with mulch to “protect” the soil but after doing a little bit I wanted different opinions because it doesn’t seem right. I’ve instead started shifting it to the perimeter where I plan to have berry bushes and around the compost bin.

Other advice says to cover it with a permeable fabric or something like leaf mould? I honestly don’t know and as the weather is getting wetter and wetter here in the UK I want to get this sorted.

I realise in hindsight I should have just left it all until Spring, but I started clearing all in summer so I thought I had all the time in the world to get my first garden in good shape. I have never had a garden, I know virtually nothing about gardening.

Help please!

About a year into gardening as a hobby to get away from all the screens and I wanted to share some joy 😊

I've always hated how flowers labbeled "blue" would end up being shades of indigo instead, so as a personal "quest" I tried to grow some truly blue flowers.

Came across Heavenly Blue Morning Glories and planted a few.

Fair to say I've had some brilliant blooms and wanted to share some pictures of them with people who may appreciate them 😊

This is my first reddit post. Purely to share this success.

Would love to hear if there are any other varieties that are this blue!

I've tried Dutch Iris', Moody Blue Nigella and blue Lobelia. But all 3 blues were no where near close to these 😀

One of my cucumber plants got hit hard by powdery mildew but still producing nice cukes.

Hi there!

I’m looking to plant some trees in a grass area adjacent to my house. The spot is an east-facing grass corridor, relatively well-sheltered from prevailing southwest winds, but space is somewhat limited on that side.

You can get a sense of the location from the photo.

Ideally I'd like them placed in the grass corridor rather than by the fence which would mean the trees would be about 5m from the house. 
 Since the building is roughly 7 metres tall, I’d prefer trees that won't completely overpower it, ideally aiming for a mature height between 7–10 metres, though I’m open to suggestions.

Ignoring the current condition of my lawn - can anyone assist with what might have been digging in my garden?

I have previously had a hedgehog but I’m not sure that hole is large enough.

I haven’t been next door to find out whether this is a tunnel that has been dug all the way through.

The faeces (I think!) are a few feet away from the hole in the middle of the grass.

Not really "showing off"! Just always utterly amazed at how the nasturtiums take over my mum's garden this time of year. I've been doing their gardening since January but these are her favourites to let self seed.

I have spent a few afternoons secretly pulling some back so the other plants aren't smothered😅....but wow they do look rather pretty dotted amongst everything.

edit: they have a cat rescue, which is why there are little houses and scratch posts everywhere 😺 🐈

Picked them green and let them ripen over two weeks.

They have been nice and green for decades and suddenly over the past few months they’ve gone really brown!

Will they recover?

Anything I can do to help them?

About.. 12 plants, I think. Still pulling a few off every day 😃😍 cocktail, something called 'bush tomato', tigerella, yellow plum, giant ananas and the super wrinkly ones are costaluto fiorentino.

My wife was bought this for her birthday last year. Flowered all summer and survived UK winter in our border.

This year it has flowered continuously from March and still going now. Quite expensive to buy but wow that's a lot of flower for your buck.

Had more flowers than this earlier in the year but we have cut off the dead flowers.

First time poster.

Neglect and the hot summer has left my grass in a bad way. I spent yesterday digging out some ferns and weeds and now wondering how best to restore the grass.

Worth trying to reseed, or too late in the year for this?

Or should I be re levelling and replacing the turf?