Gardening tips and ideas

[Preston1990]

......My first is in Majorca .......but not in Spain.

What? You are certainly becoming a mysterious man first we had the chopped onion red herring in the chocolate cake and now this

No mystery, Diane , I'd seen that you had taken to posting a series of riddles onto this thread, so I thought that I would join in as well.

Well done on mowing the lawn ejwrank, it always improves the look of a garden.

[Diane65]

......My first is in Majorca .......but not in Spain.

What? You are certainly becoming a mysterious man first we had the chopped onion red herring in the chocolate cake and now this

No mystery, Diane , I'd seen that you had taken to posting a series of riddles onto this thread, so I thought that I would join in as well.

Well done on mowing the lawn ejwrank, it always improves the look of a garden.

Ha ha I'm a bit slow at times At least Baty and Ejwrank were being true friends coming to my rescue unlike somebody with a huge garden who was being elusive. Still can't find my plant anywhere except in other people's gardens but I can't very well go and help myself

I'm thinking that those people at Althorp House must have copied your idea ejwrank so you were certainly cutting edge when it comes to fashion - 20 years ahead of the Spencer's I have now b*ght one for my mum and planted it with a cordaline and underplanted it with impatiens so she is quite happy and my gardening duties are done (well at my mum's but still lots of projects for home). I have b*ght her them in exchange for cat sitting when I'm on my many trips as OH can't do medication for cats

[RickyRaj]

Not so much a tip but suggestion if you want to spend a good few hours walking.

Stowe Gardens http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/stowe/.

[baty]

Went to help (well, I supervised) my daughter moving into her new accomodation. She had seen a 3 tier planter and wanted one..... my OH had a bash at making one.



I think I want one now but have no idea where to put it though.

[ejwrank]

Went to help (well, I supervised) my daughter moving into her new accomodation. She had seen a 3 tier planter and wanted one..... my OH had a bash at making one.



I think I want one now but have no idea where to put it though.

Is your OH taking orders, baty? Looks terrific!

[Diane65]

Went to help (well, I supervised) my daughter moving into her new accomodation. She had seen a 3 tier planter and wanted one..... my OH had a bash at making one.



I think I want one now but have no idea where to put it though.

Is your OH taking orders, baty? Looks terrific!

I'm mega impressed and will certainly be putting in an order Your OH is certainly talented I too will be running out of room with everything I want to go into my garden and have to be careful that I don't get too carried away with plants that need a lot of attention. Now want some sweet peas to grow up an obelisk so need to find a place for one somewhere this is after all the other plants that I still want.

[Preston1990]

These look good for the price:

seeds and bulbs

[baty]

Ok, haven't given up on identifying Dianes' white flower.... is it this?

https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/imag ... 9QV6cVhSu4

Alyssum??

OH made the planter out of 3 decking planks - to make the boxes, and pressure treated wood for the supports. My daughter wanted the boxes a mtr long and 30 cms wide (internal measurements) . There was very little left over.

[Diane65]

Ok, haven't given up on identifying Dianes' white flower.... is it this?

https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/imag ... 9QV6cVhSu4

Alyssum??

OH made the planter out of 3 decking planks - to make the boxes, and pressure treated wood for the supports. My daughter wanted the boxes a mtr long and 30 cms wide (internal measurements) . There was very little left over.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KGRXj5WVDX4/T ... casica.JPG It's this one but I can't find out the real name but I do like alyssum too and thanks for looking.

[Diane65]

Does anybody know if the busy lizzies I have just b*ght will be OK as a few people have been telling me that there is a disease in them this year which is killing other plants? I b*ght them from Aldi and they look fine to me but I wouldn't know really what I'm looking for and can't find anything on line about it for this year only from previous years.

Not so much a tip but suggestion if you want to spend a good few hours walking.

Stowe Gardens http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/stowe/.

That looks beautiful and you can always pick up a few tips from visiting gardens as Charles Spencer has copied ejwrank's planters but painted them black so that he thinks we don't know he is just a copy cat!