Does anyone know anything about gardening?

Well, why don't you ask Colin? He's the one responsible for all this mess.

Not guilty, I just build deckings (with hatches for torturing irritating cycling presenters), I can't be held responsible for your key fetishism.

One all-stainless L-shaped tapered trellis made and fitted. One to go.

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Nice fabrication, what are you going to grow up it?

we have a couple of large planters on our deck for our bamboo screening. these are obviously full of soil, with stones/rubble at the bottom for drainage. I want to add diamond lattice trellis to the back of these for 1 further privacy screening and 2 support for the bamboo so it doesn't get blown in all directions. is moving these going to be feasible for any halfway handy landscaper ? I don't know how much they weigh but as a rough guide the dimensions are box 1 (cm): 175L x 55W x 55H. box 2 (cm): 110W x 55W x 55H.

I'm picturing them moving these with one of those hydraulic hand trolley/dollys they use in ikea for pallets...

The rambling rose at the bottom of it. Pale yellow flowers if I remember correctly. It's one of the David Austin varieties. Given that a month ago it looked like two twigs poked in the ground, it seems pretty perky.

I can't be held responsible for your key fetishism.

It's my decking fetishism that you've triggered. Guilty as charged! :)

How far do they need to be moved?

Magnolia looking quite beaut today 😊

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just enough that the back can be accessed. one or two metres ? I did put casters on them when I built them but they're not strong enough to handle wheeling the planters about. when I wheeled them into place originally, one of the casters buckled

@ColinTheBald - is there a fagpacket materials cost calculation for decking?

It's a 3.5m x 2.3m area. I can work out the boards, but just thought you might have an intuitive grasp of what the screws, subfloor, wastage, etc. usually run out to.

Also out to anyone, how would you deal with the step up to this deck?

There is a concrete slap which will go under part of it, so it'll be at least 25cm + decking high. So say 40cm(?).

Is it low enough that it's unnecessary? It feels to me like it would be a bit of an uncomfortable step up, and some sort of transition would look nicer.

The sketch isn't finished as my plan is for the decking to wrap around the shed (brown) to access the door on the other side.

(please excuse my poor F360 work, I'm still learning)

You could stick a couple of skateboard under them and use those or are you wanting to get some gardeners in anyway?

Did some bastard neighbouring yesterday

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lol I did the same!

Forsythia looking fine

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got a gardener coming round this week so will just ask him how feasible it is

This will all turn green and multi coloured soon!

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Steps look great.

Is that a pond at the top?

Forsythia

Ours is on fire too.

I really love them. Funny, because my mum thinks of them as old fashioned.

I reckon it's worth pruning it by taking out a few ones from the main base to make it a bit less blocky.

Thanks, planted a dogwood in the bottom planter and we’ll be putting in some herbs and flowers too . Wildflowers by the apple tree then planting spuds and giant pumpkins in another part.
Pond (which we discovered under brambles) had been in a year and now contains 5 newts but they only come out at dusk

Anyone had any experience with dividing a bamboo plant? (Clumping, in ground not pots)

Done it a few times, it's a bit late now but you may be ok. I wasn't gentle, hauled it out of the pot and attacked it with a spade, divided into three and got two free bamboos.

Magnolia...

Beautiful, a serious specimen!

Now the greenhouse is operational we’ve gone completely overboard, if all these seeds germinate I’m gonna have to set up a shop out the front. Also planted out the garlic, onions and first carrots. 🤞

3 joists per metre of width +1 to finish. 50 decking screws per square metre. Allow £10 for fabric beneath. For your size of decking 1 post per corner and one centrally on each side, plus one in the centre of the joist nearest to the centre of the decking. Allow probably 100 structural screws, stainless steel, 90mm by 6. Buy your screws from Screwfix, cheaper than online. 1x 25kg bag of ballast per post, 1 bag of cement per 4 ballast. For joists find the best use of common timber lengths of 3.0, 3.6, 4.2 or 4.8m i.e. yours will be approx 2.2m, so 2 out of a 4.8. If your deck is more than 8" above ground allow for extra joist material and deck boards to clad the sides.

You won't get my deals, but presume about £2.50/m for 4×2 joists, £7/m for posts, £2.50/m for deck boards.