Does anyone know anything about gardening?

I’ve been looking at the Bosch battery mowers. I really don’t need one in my garden, but the cord annoys me on our flymo. No way I’d buy a petrol mower.

I use a manual mower

Nail scissors or GTFO.

When I got married I some how managed to persuade my Mrs to spend the vast majority of the money we were gifted on a mower. Good job that never gets brought up.

I liberated a large Victorian carboy from my parents garden... I like it but have no idea what to do with it. Bit too big for an indoor terrarium (10L watering can for scale)...any inspiration?

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The basis of artisanal still for inchpincher gin?

Yes, distilling would be my first thought.

'Inchpincher' would be a great name for gin. Fortunes await.

Does anyone know anything about splitting peonies?

The house next door to sold just before covid and there’s no sign of the new peeps. The garden was becoming quite overgrown (mainly weeds and gravel, the garden isn’t nice) and I noticed this peony.

So before it dies a death I pinched it. But it’s massive so needs splitting. Any advice?

Before anyone says it I’m a terrible human being for stealing a plant. My head is hung

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No need even to distill (which has the upside of being dangerous a and illegal) just home brew wine or still cider.

Giant bong, of course.

A bad time of year to be moving, let alone splitting peonies. I would leave it in that pot and look after it, until September at least.

Are the roof tiles in good nick?

Yeah peonies hate being moved at the best of times. Wait till autumn, cut back and then plant. It might take a year or two to reflower, when we moved house ours took 2 years to produce flowers again.

If you really want to divide them this is a good guide https://homeguides.sfgate.com/can-successfully-divide-peonies-spring-rather-fall-90108.html

I put this fence and shed up in 2005. Neighbour's shed has been funnelling rainwater onto the post and his bamboo forest has been pressing against it in the wind. Time to rectify.

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First of the Alliums up in the back garden. There's 6. Strange thing is that I've never planted Alliums in the back garden. Only in the front.
Couple of scenarios I can think of:
1) they were on the neighbours side of the fence and when they had a new fence put up last year, they were accidentally relocated onto our side in the soil.
2) Squirrels buried them there.
I love Alliums.

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We just put a load in - from the mother of wife's colleague apparently holds the national collection so hoping they're good...

Look forward to seeing them :)

So I've reused my old shed for some raised beds. I have some old concrete blocks lying around and a load of gravel.

My question is, should I put the concrete blocks in the bottom of the raised beds, then cover with gravel, then put soil on top or would it be better to just fill with soil, or just have gravel for drainage then soil?

I've looked on the interwebz and am still unsure

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I got surprise spring onions in my flower bed this year, I assume the squirrels fancied growing their own.

Alliums are a favourite of mine. The ones in my raised bed are going strong.

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They look amazing. What size are your sleepers (and what are they made of) as I'm looking at doing something similar out back for some Rhubarb.

I'd not use them, you run the risk of them inhibiting root growth and they'd block water which would possibly rot the wood. If it were me, I'd put the gravel at the bottom, to facilitate drainage, then just top up with soil.

I think your long sides may bulge when filled if you don't have an external stake driven in halfway along.

thats a good point, Will do that

yeah, it does seem like the concrete slabs are a bit unnecessary.

Thanks

I like aliums too.

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