Does anyone know anything about gardening?

Bamboo is for life, not just for Christmas.

Bamboo is in a pot.

So close. Unfortunately my assistant has a headache, so I can't do the final adjustment and fix the slide and steps.

Bit self centered, but I'm really disappointed as I just wanted it done today so I could start planning the plants.

Also need to paint the fence.

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Don't bother with roundup from BQ. Get hold of some Barclay Gallup or the professional roundup. The pro stuff is 360g/l Vs 9g/l.

And bear in mind that glyphosate is a carcinogen.

Edit: is probably a carcinogen.

In occupational levels of exposure, if you are painting it on some leaves in the garden I'd be more wary of spilling it into waterways, or getting it in your eyes.

Yes, that's fair.

I have been much more cautious with it since all the law suits came to light. But yeah, those guys were spraying thousands of litres of it for decades.

Any recommendations for shed installers (make base and build shed)?
We used dartford portable buildings a few years ago and they were decent
But would ideally like somewhere a bit cheaper
Ta

my bamboo has been super #horny this year - the new growth is so tall !

Chuffed with a couple of our raised beds

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Nice job. My hostas are also looking good, less slugs so far this year.

Assuming you have basic tooling then do it yourself? Neighbour just spent £750 on a shed, all untreated pine, base in contact with the soil. I give it three years.

Mine is suspended above metposts on pressure treated timber. Has recycled double glazing, insulation and a triple clear plastic glazed roof, door like a cathedral and a porch over the entryway.

I believe about £250 in materials. I give mine 50 years of ‘comfortable place to sit with a podcast and a book’.

I used Ace Sheds. But I did get a concrete base poured separately.

https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/376069/

https://www.acesheds.co.uk/

Reasonably priced.

Sounds great! But I've got a house "to do" list that's gonna keep me busy for another year at least...
Did you consider using those ground screw things instead? A former neighbour used them for his outdoor office. I'm thinking about using them for a small area of decking in the middle of the garden.

Wow your shed is amazing...
Ace Sheds' website says August for delivery - was hoping for a bit sooner but haven't checked elsewhere yet

Yeah, it did take some time for mine to arrive too.

This sounds awesome - do you have photos of it?

This sounds awesome - do you have photos of it?

Now just needs some more plants.

Gonna wait a little to see how it gets used and where the high traffic areas are.

Before shot

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Hehe!

Rainy Friday morning;

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A cargo bike, a keg, a compost bin, so much win here.

Sooo… after doing some “no mow May” and then mowing the lawn last weekend, i realise we’ve taken too much off and lots of patches seem to be yellow / dying. Is there anything we can / should do or is it likely to recover if we leave it?

It'll recover. Yellowing is mainly lack of light.

Ah OK that makes sense - will give it some time! hopefully it is enjoying this rain too

Obvs too late for this time but I do a cut on the highest setting after letting it grow.

Then if you want to get it short, progressive shorter cuts a week or more apart.

I'm leaving mine at the highest cut height for the time being.