Does anyone know anything about gardening?

They’re these

I’d have gone for better quality if I thought I was staying in this house for a long time (which, lol, with corona I may well be) but they do the job perfectly well.

Gin sounds a bit lethal, cider’s more us. The other half thinks we should stick a pump inside for a water feature but I can’t bring myself to put a hole in it.

Hmmm, put it on a pedestal in a small pond, run a pump tube behind it leading to a spout mounted in the neck, could be very effective.

I'm with @Constable_Savage, don't think that long side looks strong enough to hold a lot of soil, Ben...

I put a double layer of liner over a layer of sand under our veg beds, weeds still made it through... 🙄

Came out of the garage this evening and had a really nice surprise. They are much nippier than you’d imagine as we followed its paths at a non threatening distance around the garden.

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Cheers man. Do you think they could’ve used larger containers? They have a rep for growing large and producing like mad, not sure I’ve got the infrastructure to handle the 20 seedlings I’ve got going. That said, I haven’t found a provider for fresh tomatillos in London so it’s worth a go. Largest seedlings are about 15cm high with a dozen leaves or so. I’ll snap a pic and PM you if you want a few.

Could someone confirm if this is chamomile? There is not much scent to it, but much bigger than normal daisies. We would like to replant, grow and eventually drink, but wanted to make sure first 🧐
PS: sorry, shouldn’t be a reply to previous post... too early no coffee yet

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Cheers, they look good.

A bad time of year to be moving, let alone splitting peonies

What is a good time?

I moved a similar sized one back in February / March.

It seems to be budding at the moment, which means it can't have been too traumatic I suppose.

Late September / October

Or so I read.

Onlookers into it the other day as my peony doesn't get enough sunlight to ever flower. I am pondering moving it.

Just planted some straight from the teabag. Will report progress

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Our are on the North side of the fence, but flower nicely, if a little later in the year.

Order arrived from Plansavers. Good mix of things that I hope I have planted properly.

New to this grown up gardening game but really hope they all take.

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I haven’t found a provider for fresh tomatillos in London

Same reason we grew them, although our crop wasn’t very large because we started a little late and it had got cold by the time the fruit were ripening. I think bigger pots would be good but you’ve got to be realistic with space, I think we had four plants and they completely dominated one side of a 10’ greenhouse.
I just had a quick read and maybe the reason ours grew so tall was we treated them like tomatos and pinched out the side shoots which apparently you shouldn’t do with tomatillos but they’ll still grow like triffids.
Kind offer for seedlings, I may be able to collect depending where you are, drop me a PM. Good luck!

That is almost certainly scentless mayweed, not chamomile.

Even us ‘professionals’ still fuck things up.
Ladder skidded out from under me while pruning/re-tying a wisteria for a client yesterday. Proper ladder with rubber feet still intact on a good driveway.
Resulted in an 8ft fall to a straight legged landing. Have jarred my back pretty badly. Prob just bruising that’ll heal but it’s fucked me for the rest of the week.

Just a reminder to always have someone foot your ladder for you on those awkward ladder jobs in the garden.

Ouch!

GWs

Hope you're OK.

Been lying on the floor for approximately 22hrs. Walked to the shop earlier which helped. Have spoken to gp, all I can do is rest and alternate paracetamol/ibuprofen for the rest of the week.

Stupidity always has a price. Should have waited for an extra pair of hands or gone round the side where the wall was easier to climb. I know better than to do dumb stuff like that on site...

Anyone have a tree surgeon recommendation for SE (SE6)? Neighbours have 2 trees that are overhanging a lot and want to get them sorted. Also there's a tree from the park behind that might need doing, but need to check with Lewisham Council if it's under a preservation order - and their tree department isn't processing any new requests at the moment.

Aureus seem to be the local favourites. They did a job for us last year, seemed fine. Comms a little gappy to start with but fine overall experience. Would use again.

Aureus are known with a good rep(I don’t know many guys in SE tho).
If anyone is in doubt and looking for a tree surgeon then search on the Arb Association list. It’s really hard to get full accreditation so if they’re on the list you know they’re the business. It took my firm over 18months to pull our socks up to the required standard and that’s with 20years of experience in London doing a mix of utilities, highways and domestic work.
https://www.trees.org.uk/ARB-Approved-Contractor-Directory
There’s still good guys who aren’t accredited but they’re dwindling in numbers.

Thanks @Tonts, glad I did't make into tea! :)

heal up the soon @edmundro sorry to read about your troubles.
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