Does anyone know anything about gardening?

Oh and by the way when we moved in here my sister bought us a fancy looking, and I'm led to believe quite expensive, Kent and Stowe spade and fork set as a housewarming pressie. They are shit.

Restrict the root space, so dig it up and put it in a large pot, then bury the pot where you want to keep it. (Sunny spot, preferably south facing).

We did this with our fig and it remains relatively small, but is still fruiting.

Our neighbours (though they've actually moved out and the house is vacant) also have a fig tree in the garden which overhangs into our garden and always does quite well. To my untrained eye it could benefit from a prune and still has some undeveloped fruit on the branches, is there anything I should be doing to it?

Prune when the tree is dormant, so December-March. Let the fruit ripen and enjoy at your leisure.

Magnolia Stellata

Wow, that’s a belter. My folks have a similarly massive one that pretty much collapsed a fence in the recent storms.

Gave the Buxus a haircut and moth spray today.

1 Attachment

Proskills

Pro skills would be planting climbers for structural integrity 🙂

The perfect cheapskate solution to root restricting a fig is an old sink, preferably a china butler sink.

moth spray

This is a good thing for the moths, yeah?

Four years ago when we bought it, no central heating, 1950’s wiring etc, hell of a project.

We had central air and heat, but very similar yard. Maybe I'll post pictures one day. I had an illegal brush fire going all summer the year we were moved in. Ingenious move. No other way to get rid of everything we cut down in the back.

Chipping away at the front now a bit now. Ripped out the facade and lattice and constructed new stuff. looks outstanding. Resurfaced the dirt and put in grass. There are boxwoods now and the grass is coming in.

up next is paint.

2 Attachments

started with this disaster:

1 Attachment

we have a giant patio in back that was ignored for probably 20 years before we bought the place. pulled up every damn brick. this shows only 1/3 of it. Whacked a door in the side of the garage also for secluded access. Unbelievable amount of work.

3 Attachments

sorry I know this isn't gardening. I'll chill out. Covid19

Nice pier and beam house. Where in the US are you?

Better in the Home DIY thread?

https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/178667/

My wife has wanted a greenbouse for ages and waaaaay back in March 2016 we went around to one of her garden club friends houses and I dismantled a 6' x 4' greenhouse which has been stored in a dismantled state down the side of the house ever since.

Given the #lockdown and with plenty of time on my hands today was the day I decided to put it all back together.

Here are all the pieces of the frame minus the glass laid out

1 Attachment

I didn't have any instructions aside from some weird code I had scrawled on the frame in marker pen although I couldn't remember what the code stood for and half of it had worn off over the last four years

1 Attachment

It depends what you are looking at.

The former hollow is on a direct line from the cherry tree trunk on the left

^ this, the tree is about 32s into your video I think?

I also had some pics I had taken on my old iPhone 4s. Man those phones are tiny, its amazing how big phones are now by comparison

1 Attachment

After a bit of study of the parts and a bit of trial and error it started to come together

1 Attachment

Some of the code then became more obvious

1 Attachment

Things also became easier when I realised that even without a SIM I could share the pics and access them on my ipad.

1 Attachment

I hear what you’re saying, the product in question is XenTari which is a bacteria that targets the box caterpillars and as a biological solution (not chemical) the theory is it’s harmless to other humans, birds and bees but yeah, still killing stuff I guess.

It took pretty much all day but the first stage is complete

1 Attachment

I was only test mounting the door but is highlighted that the door frame is askew (although the lawn isn't straight so this doesn't help) a few tweaks tomorrow.

I have an idea where it's going to be located so I also have to prepare that area now and also buy some sort of wooden battens/supports as the frame sits on these and is screwes down for added rigidity.
I also need to order some glass supports and the funny shaped springs that help keep the glass in place.

I also know from when I dismantled it that a number of panes are missing so the question is do I roof it completely and then accept some side panes will be missing or vice versa?