Does anyone know anything about gardening?

Fox hunting for worms.

Moved back into a terraced house with the back gardens divided by stupid dirty great privet hedges. Twice a year they'd be cut and all the clippings booted under the hedge to rot down. The back gardens received attention about three times a year. I ripped up and burned the privet and dug the beds over and made the gardens a bit more open plan:

Wow. Nice work. Much more inviting as a space now.

Not metered, just environmental guilt. Twice a day for now, but might go down to once daily after next week.

Lovely ^^

Proper allotment shed!

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It's been too long since i saw a proper tea set in use.

Very good!

This is gorgeous!!
How about some Lavender in those beds.

It is a bit extravagant but it seems to fit. There's even a tea cosy!

Will have been down one week tomorrow. Still alive and roots are starting to show (in some more than others). Some pieces are still showing a bit of yellow which they came with (ironically, those from B&Q directly, rather than @oat44). But overall, looking good, I think!

Once it sticks, we'll trim the edges to straighten it out and put some wildflowers in the borders (which I'm currently using to get around the lawn).

Then BBQ time.

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Proper walled garden vibe going on there. Grass looks ace!

Indeed.

H - you need some espaliered fruit up in there.

Keep that turf well watered -especially now as we don't have any rain.
Best time to lay turf is autumn when it is likely to be wetter/cooler and nobody wants to jump around on it.

Mini c00ps obviously has greener fingers than I... She 'secretly' planted some conkers in autumn and all have germinated. She's so proud. Not sure where to put them though!

(Edit: please ignore very unkempt fruit patch behind)

My eldest collected loads of conkers one autumn and distributed them around the garden. We spent the spring pulling the buggers up.

Oh no! At least these are in (several) pots, which should be easier.

Get him/her to make them into a bonsai. Relatively easy and it can follow them round for the rest of their lives (dependent on international travel) .

I've got a bed (3m x 1m)out the back of my house that previously / currently has potatoes.

I'm looking to replace it with a big block of a bushy flowering plant around 1m high. A sort of medium term filler as longer term the terrace will be re done and most of the bed removed.

Its West facing but with a bay in front of part of it, so a mix of sun and shade. Very heavy clay soil.

Any ideas?

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Hydrangea?

Good shout, but it might be a bit long to grow and isn't quite filler enough.

My mum suggested wild sage... Which I can't actually find anywhere.

A hardy lavender

Viburnum juddii. Wonderful smell

Or a climbing rose to train up the wall behind - Generous Gardener (pale pink) is a good one. Although I think I just like it because of the name

Daphne for the autumn smell. Really nice. You

Cheers for the suggestions.

I like the look of Viburnum juddii and the Daphne.

Unfortunately lavender is a no-no our casa-hugo7. A rose is a good idea, but it's too slow growing and I'd hate to rip it up in a year or two.