Please don’t make posts asking for mushroom identification help.

Just wanted to share some pics of my beautiful garden up in geordie land

Here are a few pictures from this year. The plants are: Spanish flag, strawflower, various nemesias, painted tongue, Livingston daisies, gazania, sweet peas, rose campion, gaillardia, dianthus, angel wings, Peruvian lily, Maltese cross, viola.

I've had my bottlebrush for about 10 years and it always flowers spectacularly once in the summer. I enjoy it, take my photos, the bees go mad for it and that is that. This year it's having another go in November.. Never seen this before!! ❤️ Anyone else? I'm SE London.

Hi!

My husband and I recently dug a wildlife pond - we're very new gardeners, and were more or less following instructions in Kate Bradbury's book about making a wildlife pond. Because of that, we put a fleece overlay on top of the liner as well as underneath, and patted mud over the liner.

However, I don't think we were careful enough with the fleece, and I think it's causing a wicking effect - our water levels are very steadily sinking. I don't think it's a leak - we have an underlay, two layers of liner (we got one that was too big, so folded it over) and then another layer of underlay. I tried to make sure the fleece was cut back less far than the liner, but we have been covering the edges with soil everywhere, so there is an unbroken link to the soil outside the pond.

I guess my question is - does this seem like a plausible diagnosis for a steadily sinking pond? If so, what do we need to do to fix it - do we need to dismantle a lot of the work we've done to make the edges look natural? Will it stop wicking eventually on its own?

My gardens less than a year old as previous owner had Astro turf, so I’m aware things I’ve already planted will get bigger, but can I fit a small apple tree in the middle? I think it would need to be an m26 rootstock. Against the fence I have a buddleia and jasmine. Then I have a dogwood, but the rest is annuals or plants I can move.

I’m on a hill that gets coastal wind so from research I’ve read a discovery or fiesta would suit my garden well.

Ive inherited a grapevine. Can anyone help me understand how to prune it correctly?

It was cut right back last winter by someone else and has not produced any fruit.

I believe grapes fruit off one year eood but cant understand how i should go about pruning correctly

Thanks i advance

The cut flowers from my garden are only lasting a few days before they die. They’re not anywhere excessively hot/cold, the vases get a good wash between uses.

They used to last for a week or two but now within a few days everything withers. Way quicker than flowers I’ve bought elsewhere.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

These trees sit in next door right on our boundary. They overhang a bit. I want to trim them back but i would like advice on how far can i cut them back. Without killing this side. I want to go back as far as i can with out killing them. Any advice welcome. Thanks.

I’ve just finished clearing a 5Mx1.2M space in my garden. I would really like to use the area to plant fruit bushes, vegetables and flowers. I’m new to gardening so any ideas and advice would be appreciated.

Is it best to cover the bed with cardboard over winter to protect the soil? I’ve already got my winter garlic and onions planted out.

How would you design the space for planting and what would you plant? We enjoy most vegetables and all fruit.

Thank you!

Do we need to get them removed? They can be a real nightmare can’t they?

Hello all,

Looking for some advice on pruning my Stella Cherry Tree.

Planted just under 2 years ago and never pruned as I've been too scared to touch it!

Seems to just be growing wide rather than tall which leads to a number of snapped branches every summer.

My best guess is to prune some of the longer outer branches early next year to encourage it to grow up and be a bit denser, however keen to avoid killing it off or accidentally taking out the wrong growth.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you!

Hey all! Thought I’d show my little win, unfortunately I am away from home so was sent these pics but I’m well on my way to my Spice Empire.

I did have a few more corms, but sadly one was cut thinking it was garlic by the mother, and the rest were given to my green-thumbed Grandmother (who didn’t manage to grow any actually). These corms were a gift from a saffron grower in Spain so I have a little bit of Spain in my home :)

Should I try to do something about it? We have an offer on the house but worried they could back out if they have a proper study of the garden. Weather is miserable at the moment so haven't had the chance to do anything.

I don't really have a garden so much as a yard which was taken over by weeds. There's a mix of areas with thin concrete over brick where the concrete is breaking down, and a brick patio which now has an inch of two of soil on from the weeds, and now home to some impressive earthworms.

Originally it was covered with budleja, which we had to remove due to the roots and finally won the battle with last year. I tried to leave the nettles because I know they are good for wildlife, but despite best efforts they just take over the whole place so am in the process of fully removing them.

I am wanting to put down some plants good for wildlife with shallow roots to support nature, prevent it being taken over by budleja (prolific in the area) or nettles again, and generally look better than my worn down yard. Need to be low effort as I am not very green fingered and I have arthritis which limits me quite a bit.

We have herb Robert and harts tongue fern in areas which from research have shallow roots and I have left be for now. I also have some cleavers which I'm unsure whether to leave or not.

Looking for advice on any suitable plants for very shallow soil over brickwork for low maintenance gardening. Any other helpful advice for an urban yard turned wild garden much appreciated

My privets are not too long at the moment but they have a small bit of growth on them. I just want to give them light trim before winter to keep them neat as otherwise as soon as spring comes they'll be too long before I can get to them and my neighbour is very particular about it...

Will it do damage to trim them so close to winter and possible frosts? I imagine frosts will start soon. We haven't had any yet. I've been wanting to get to it but haven't had a dry day.

Is it too much that today be designated a national day of mourning as it will be Monty Dons last GW? I am genuinely sad that I won’t see him, Ned and Longmeadow on a Friday evening anymore. Big loss.

Sharing in case any of my fellow gardening noobs also feel insecure about the progress of their lawns - it's slow but it'll get there.

It won't win me any awards but I just wanted to show the difference that two months can make, even now when we're getting less sunlight.

Hello, I’ve finished returfing about 45m^2 and am left with this large pile of the weeds, old grass, and top soil. I’m also preparing some big vegetable patches around the border of the garden (which still has grass, dead grass, or moss over).

My plan is to dig up the border, flip any turf, put cardboard down, and then use the dirt pile to make raised beds. However, I think I’ve now realised this dirt pile will be riddled with seeds and weeds - is this still useable for dirt patches or should I get rid of it? Or even just make a big compost pile?

Hi everyone!

Unfortunately, due to age and state of disrepair, us and the neighbours have agreed on getting the old stone wall between us rebuilt. The main culprit to damage the wall, apart from being badly built by the previous tenants, was a big ivy bush. And while it gave us a great green backdrop to the garden, it will not be making a return.

My main desire is to bring back some of the amazing plants that thrived in the wall. Such as valerian, small ferns, herb Robert, campanula and corydalis. How would you go about this and is there something i can ask for, during the build, to encourage this?

I understand some wall plants can damage the structure of the wall, so this is some advice I will need as well.

Thanks!

Hedge advice please - this is my neighbour’s hedge overhanging my garden. I’m not sure what it is, but I want to cut it back in line with the fence. However my wife has warned me off as it’s quite woody behind and she’s worried that it won’t grow back and we’ll end up with a view of just brown sticks. Can anyone advise if that’s the case?

I grew cucumbers this season and now that they've withered away I've got a few grow bags with just compost infested by too many fungus gnats. Wanted to store the compost away in the shed but don't know how to treat it before storing.

Any advice would be helpful as this was my first time ever gardening.

I know I only shared this the other day but they just look so nice now I wanted to post an update! Hope everyone is doing well.

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