Does anyone know anything about gardening?

Was this any good ? Got some new space in my garden and seems like a nicer plan than letting the plants go to waste.

No sign of them yet. After putting the order in, I had a better look at the website, and was coenrned id been a bit hasty. Clearly a brand new organisation - lord knows if they have the capacity to fulfil all the orders they would get. Could also be a complete scam. Anyway - only went for the cheapest bundle as should be plenty to fill out our patio garden, if they arrive.

Their facebook suggests they did their first deliveries over the weekend, and they take 1 to 2 weeks to sort the delivery - so hoping ours turn up this week sometime.

Had a look and they seem company registered etc.

I have ordered and email says 10-20 working days for delivery.

See what happens.

I'm assuming as he has the guttering in it's already draining somewhere even if only onto the ground.

I've got two water diverter kits and two butts from Homebase that are inserted part way down the existing drainpipe and only tops up the butt (one for each butt) until it's full and then continues to drain any overflow water down the existing drainpipe

Yes and yes. We have them and they choose to grow pretty much anywhere they like. In my local park they are growing in full shade in a yew walk. They are the cockroach of the plant world.

Ah, wonderful, that's great to know.
I'll wait for them to beef up a bit over spring and summer and will get them into the ground in autumn, hopefully for a debut next year!

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We've got this lovely old lilac tree in our front garden we moved in about 18 months ago and there was only the old growth on it so it's had 2 flowerings as is, do I need to pollard (I think that's the correct term - cut off the new growth) it anytime soon?

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Lunaria going full blast

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Fruit bushes have been enjoying the sunshine:

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Wait until it’s done flowering so you get to enjoy it first. Then knock it back whichever way you see fit. You’ll struggle to kill it by pollarding so just prune it into whatever shape will be most convenient in future. If you’ve got existing pruning points to work to then even better.

Lovely colour on that one.

It is fantastic and when we come home in the evening the scent is pretty amazing.

Nice new Italian tap for the garden from De Wiltfang.
Should provide a nice focal point with the backplate!

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Piet Oudolf documentary streaming for free this weekend: https://www.hauserwirth.com/stories/28405-five-seasons-gardens-piet-oudolf

Thanks looks relaxing :)

yeah I agree with him up there. Wait until it finishes flowering and then you can prune. Personally i would remove that thick branch at bottom right. Prune it back as far as possible with a saw without removing too much of the shape/other branches.

They are very hardy and as that is obviously well established new shoots will grow quickly and flower again next year.

Nice colour I agree, mine is a lot paler colour

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Better pic

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Our lilac is doing ok

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yup looks nice. What is that impressive looking building behind it though?

i just bought a compost aerator which arrived today. I used it on my five compost heaps.

seems to work okay in terms of getting to the bottom of the heap and pulling stuff back up and creating air pockets. Hopefully this results in better compost being produced more quickly

I've been doing some proper gardening tonight, seeing as the garden waste bin hasn't been collected in weeks.

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That's just my shed, but also visible is the local Catholic church.

where's that incinerator from? exactly what I need. beer also good.

I do. They are great for filling up those low light spaces. Winter flower bonus too

Incinerator is from Amazon. Came flat packed as sections of thin (~.5mm) galvanised sheet steel and took ages to put together. The biggest problem with it though is that the bottom collapsed as it could not handle the weight. I'll need to re-enforce it before I use it again.

ah ok - not necessarily recommended then. Thanks for the insight.

It did.the job pretty efficiently, IE it burned through a lot of stuff very quickly. But no £35 for a one use incinerator I wouldn't recommend.