Does anyone know anything about gardening?

I trim my fern back every year and I love this stage of spring when it unfurls. Such a lovely bright green.

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Anyone have any ideas for a shady patch of lawn?
I can grow grass there in summer but all dies away in winter. Was thinking of letting the moss take over as it's nice and damp.

Any other thoughts?

Does it have to be grass? Plants like candelabra primulas like it damp

@midlife
Something low lying that can take some footfall and kids playing.

Ah.... Moss, creeping buttercup and ground elder then?

Making some homemade pesticide with my rhubarb leaves. Boil 4 mugs of water, add 4 chopped up rhubarb leaves and simmer for half hour. Remove the leaves and allow to cool. Stir 1tsp of washing up liquid into 2.5 mugs of water and then combine with the rhubarb liquid. Plonk in a spray bottle and use on aphids. Don't put it on anything you're planning to eat.

.https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/may/02/community-groups-call-for-right-to-grow-food-in-uks-unloved-public-spaces

Does anyone near SE6 want a self seeded bay tree? It's a couple of years old now and about 8"
@user67526 ?

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Thanks so much for thinking of me but I'm aiming to fill any usable bit of garden with HYDRANGEAS 😂

Do you like gardens? Do you like cake? Are you nosy and judgemental? The National Garden Scheme is for you: https://ngs.org.uk/

Most are at the weekend but there's one in Islington (57 Huntingdon Street) on the evening of 11 May with wine that sounds fun. £4 admission.

Lambeth Palace on the evening of Mon 16 May sounds good too.

First Ranunculus of the season out. Looks like the yellow one, which hasn't flowered for the past 2 years might finally flower.
Everything certainly enjoyed the rain last night.

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If you can ID this plant it works well in my folk's lawn that has a similar problem.

https://www.lfgss.com/comments/16467826/

Never heard of them they do have one garden in Norn Ire. Nothing in Belfast sadly.

If you are ever around the gardens at Mount Stewart are lovely.

Tulips are finally out.

Only planted this year and it's not as warm here compared to most of England.

Got lots of pots at Home Bargains. They do fertilizer, bone meals, 60 tulip bulbs for £6 and other deals.

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I'm moving into a new property next Friday and was hoping to overseed the lawn etc, is it too late in the year?!

I'm looking to add a small shed (this kind of thing https://www.aosom.co.uk/item/outsunny-fir-wood-outdoor-garden-utility-shed-grey~845-063GY.html )

Footprint will be roughly the red line here. Any suggestions on best way of getting it level and stable after I've shifted the bed across? Soil goes down to a reasonable depth.

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I'd use Ecobases for that size area.

No not if you can keep it watered/not let it dry out - it’s been so dry lately

Mind your own business.

https://www.rhs.org.uk/weeds/mind-your-own-business

went away for a week's holiday, came back and our bamboo's become super #horny - lots of very tall new shoots in our planters

Just pour a little cooking oil on the top - suffocates them and will do no harm to your plants.

Hammerhead flatworms AND New Zealand flatworms in the garden.

I doubt I'll find any earthworms! Lots of insect life otherwise, wolf spiders, several hoverflies, flat backed millipede and the poor ants being disturbed by my digging / lifting rubbish.

Hammerhead flatworms are outrageous!

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/poisonous-hammerhead-worms/

I crushed a few larvae with thick gloves. Google identified them as The Things they were still small and white but already has the banded stripes.

I feel a little bad about it but they are not native and therefore nothing is predating them so a death sentence it is.

Tetradoxin seems overkill but evil worm be evil :p

Gardening the muckout in progress. The house we moved into had been empty for over 3 years so even the paving stones are taking part in "no mow May" :p

Potted 80 seedpots with various seeds, mucked out a bit and added compost and seeds.

It needs major work long term but for now the aim is to grow lots of plants for next year where I can then hopefully level the seating area and put sleepers / plants at one raised area.

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