Does anyone know anything about gardening?

suggestions for a bulb planter thing

Hori hori knife, or a bulb trowel—I use my grandfather’s trowel

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My Gardena one is OK. Hasn't broken, but if you have heavy clay like we do then it gets pretty sticky quickly.

Second a hori hori.
I have the Niwaki one and it's ace.
https://www.niwaki.com/hori-hori/#P00442-2

I've got one of them on my Xmas list, a few of my fellow students at Walworth Garden have them and they're pretty awesome

Looking at hedges I would -love- a Camillea.

I'll be throwing away a 6' one soon but I'm not posting internationally.

My mate, who I regularly plant swap with, kindly plucked some Oriental poppies for me a month or so ago. I potted them on today and they're all looking healthy enough. I love gardening for free.

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do you think it will be transplantable? could be up for it.... what colour?

Took some cuttings of the Surrey canal path fig yesterday. Fingers crossed they take.

GB to NI?

Yeah that size it's parcel force oo and a hassle for sure. Hope it finds a home :)

I'd be very surprised if it's possible to remove without killing it. It's red and has probably been there 30+ years

Aluminium greenhouse assembly. What does the hive mind think - DIY or pay someone?

Grabbed some on my commute a month or so back, looked like Dalmatie style. And a couple from another tree on a different commute route this Friday. Everything I’ve read says they root easily, will see if I can find a way to screw it up.

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It depends on your patience. I bought a second hand aluminium greenhouse (good quality Halls one, got lucky at £150) and spent an afternoon with me + 1 dismantling it. Transported it 20 miles and then spent a different morning putting it back together with same person. We put masking tape on each glass panel and took photos etc, but in reality most panes were the same size and clipped in anywhere with simple metal peg-like fastenings. Only one broken pane of glass. So if you have a friend or two and they are happy to help, it's all totally doable if you have instructions and patience and a morning.

TL/DR: DIY

Sweet. That matches my expectations. We're getting someone to do some paving so I'll get them to sort a base out at least.

Just ordered one of these for £840 (we'd been looking at a cedar one which was more like £3k but couldn't really justify it).

Assembly manual looks... fun.

If new, easy DIY.

2nd hand comparatively easy (see above), but number EVERYTHING with a sharpie.

Edit: Too slow, you'll be fine!

Awesome, good luck.

Agree with the above, they're easy enough to assemble/take apart. Just wear gloves when handling the glass, the edges are surprisingly good at slicing things.

Or find 3 willing friends and take your green house for a walk

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We're getting someone to do some paving so I'll get them to sort a base out at least.

That would be my inclination. Get the base done professionally. If you've got a stable flat surface to work off, everything else should be relatively easy.

Likewise re greenhouses, I have disassembled three and rebuilt two aloominums. They are straight forward. Just take your time and don't bolt anything up tight until all parts are in place then go around tightening afterwards.
Be careful though, those alu nuts and bolts don't take much torque before they shear.

The neighbours bought a plastic greenhouse tent as a new glass or perspex one was too £ for their needs.

Still planning the garden, I just cannot find info on how far away a hedge has to be from a pond...we have a weird shaped garden with a narrow triangle at the back. Ideal for bird hedging and a pond as not much else can be done with it.

Trees shouldn't overhang a pond due to shade / leaves but no info on hedges...any idea? :)

This isn't definitive, but far enough away for the hedge roots not to puncture the lining, about 1.5m should do it. Don't worry about leaves as it is simple to drape netting over a framework during autumn and winter.

Tx!

Does the netting not cause problems for birds and so on? I guess you leave a small corner free so they can walk over and get a drink?

Pretty sure the birds will be alright.

The weather has been like something out of Watchmen recently.

My fuchsia are blooming again, the roses are still not dormant...weird weather indeed.

Let's hope no brains of dead psychics will get involved leading to a scenario where we end up with triffids in our garden that started as rose cuttings but now are not ;)