Does anyone know anything about gardening?

My silly pumpkin has decided to start growing a whole new set this week. Hopefully winter will be mild and we can harvest them.

Same here.

Thought I'd share these suggestions from GQT for ground cover alternatives (also because I'd like a reminder).

• Corsican mint – needs free draining soil and sun
  
• Leptinella – suitable for dappled shade, moister heavy ground
  
• Camomile – sun and drainage
  
• Thymes, oregano etc.
  
  

Semi related drive way suggestion of ferns like (and these may be incorrect): Athyrium polypodium, polystichum.

From looking into Corsican mint I'm wondering if it could be used as a living roof.

Out of curiosity has anyone built a living roof? The area I'd be looking at is, I think, reinforced concrete with some sort of tarmac-like roof felt... it could just be very old torch-on roof felt hence why I don't quite recognise it.

This is very interesting.

I want to 'hide' our driveway which sits in a large front garden. I was thinking of reducing it to two strips of hard surface (concrete or brick etc) and then fill the strip in the middle and surrounding edges with a nice ground cover that would even flower at times.

It's the Highclere Castle episode from Friday/Sunday. Around 10mins in they field a question about a drive. Haven't worked out how to post links from the new Sounds app.

Their suggestion is basically what you've said. Sort of a farm track style. Iirc the suggestion of ferns is because they'll tolerate being covered.

Sensibly one of them points out to leave enough room around the parking bit to get out and around the car to the boot etc.

Sensibly one of them points out to leave enough room around the parking bit to get out and around the car to the boot etc.

That is very sensible and a bit of a head scratcher. Maybe some gravel areas will work.

Client: We love the old sleeper steps you built us, but have environmental concerns about the creosote in them. Can you take them out and replace them with new sleepers.

Landscaper: By law the creosote was applied no later than June 2003, they represent no risk. I can replace them if you REALLY want, but new are far less robust and you'll be paying for the same job twice.

Client: That's fine.

Well, that's six days of my life and that of my labourers utterly wasted, but at least we all get paid twice....

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....and they asked me to re-use the shite rope 'handrail'.

We were surprise gifted a crabapple tree in the summer (as you do) and after some head scratching I decided to have a crack at espalier/crucifixion today.
Think it’s gonna take a good few years before it looks less shite but I prefer the fan shape to a horizontal branch.

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I have a relatively small Acer in a pot in the garden, should I bring it inside for the winter?

I eventually intend to plant it (when I sort the garden out and have a suitable spot for it) so wondered if leaving it outside would help it HTFU. But I don't want to kill it in its 1st year (with me) if the temps drop sub freezing for a while.

Mine haven't died, but they're in a relatively sheltered London garden. You can wrap the stem and pot with something to insulate it, which I may have done when they were very small.

@DethBeard

Not quite the same but I'm going to wrap my blueberries and potted pear in bubble wrap and a hessian sack for aesthetics. If you're in London you could also ask around some bougie coffee shops for their old coffee sacks.

Also lift it off the ground.

Ah yeah that reminds me, I have a tiny fig tree I need to cosset over the winter

Is anyone able to identify this tree for me please?
Thanks in advance.

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https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-and-wildlife/british-trees/how-to-identify-trees/
leads me to suggest
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucalyptus

Just got one of these for 30 notes:

https://www.screwfix.com/p/mac-allister-hkpcs06d05-x-750w-220-240v-20cm-pole-saw/

Neatly trimmed perimeter ftw if it works.

Anyone here got/used one?

Autumn is quiet

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Is your lawn mower broken?

Pretty sure that's a raywood ash.

https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/32945/i-Fraxinus-angustifolia-i-Raywood/Details

Look at that tidy climbing plant your neighbours have on that shed!
Must be trimming it with nail scissors!

That's our clematis

It's just not automatic

No I mean the one next door

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Oh it's a horrid plastic thing

..thought so!

: D