Gardeners!

[Tin Pot]

[QUOTE 5355455, member: 9609"]what is in the ready made brush in stuff ?

I once tried that with 4:1 dry soft sand cement, visually it seemed to work OK and seemed a nice easy solution - but a few months later I power washed the area and half my pointing was blasted out. I have since done the job properly.[/QUOTE]

Halfords Finest - it stinks. Was noticeable yesterday but worse today.

Sika Pave Fix Plus Ready to Use Grout 10kg Plastic Tub

https://www.diy.com/departments/sika-pave-fix-plus-ready-to-use-grout-10kg-plastic-tub/35728_BQ.prd

 

[Dave7]

I scarified this lawn last Tuesday. 6 dumpy bags of crap.
Seed sown Tuesday PM Is starting to germinate

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I need to do mine.
Q. Did you hire a scarifier?
Q. What will stop birds eating the new
seed ?

 

[Dave 123]

I need to do mine.
Q. Did you hire a scarifier?
Q. What will stop birds eating the new
seed ?

No I didn't hire a scarifier, but you can
The lawn is 416 sq M and I put 20kg of seed down. There is nothing to stop the birds, so plenty went on. You could cover a smaller lawn with a net.

 

[Dave 123]

Thanks in advance, I realize that some stuff takes a year or two to get a reasonable size. I've just planted some tree lupin seed a month ago and they've germinated so will be in the greenhouse overwinter to get them a bit bigger before the sale, but they'd be better in a year or so. Will message you my address if you don't mind sending some seeds? Happy to swap if I've got something you want.

I'll happily send you some!

 

[Lullabelle]

We had some beautiful blue flowers growing in the garden but have since died back, however they have started to grow again

 

[JhnBssll]

I got the new grass seed down and watered in this evening I will now spend the next week or two going outside every other hour to see if it has started to germinate

 

[Dave 123]

Germination is going well and the whole lawn is looking thicker. Still a few sparse bits where I hit it hard

 

[Dave 123]

I’m not the worlds biggest fan of Begonias, but big whopper is doing a sterling job

 

[Dave 123]

Is that you house?

Yes

 

[Dave 123]

It looks very nice,is it a full rectangle around the green?
What age is it and is it a listed building?

It's a new build. I built it 4 years ago in kit form. It's all smoke and mirrors.


Ok, I'll stop being naughty..... I work there

Corpus Christi College, Cambridge

Lifted from Wikipedia-

Old Court
Built in the 1350s, Old Court contains some of Cambridge's oldest buildings, and retains many of its original features, such as sills and jambs used to hold oil-soaked linen in the days prior to the arrival of glass. The court is the oldest continually inhabited courtyard in the country (a claim disputed by Merton College, Oxford, which says the same of its Mob Quad). It is possibly built from the core of an even older building. Four sided, it typifies the model of construction of the colleges in Oxford or Cambridge.[3] A passageway connects Old Court to Bene't Street. Due to its age the rooms are large and contain antique furniture but lack basic facilities and plumbing. In 1919 the ivy was removed from Old Court and a roughcast rendering was put in its place, followed by a major restoration in 1952 paid for by donations from old members.

During the summer months students are permitted to sit on the lawn in Old Court and garden parties may be held whereas, like other Oxbridge colleges, normally only fellows are allowed to walk on the lawns.[27] There is a large plaque, on the northern wall, dedicated to Christopher Marlowe and John Fletcher, both famous playwrights who studied at Corpus.[28] Standing inside Old Court one can see the tower of St Bene't's Church, the oldest building in Cambridge, and the Old Cavendish Laboratory where the structure of DNA was solved by Watson and Crick[29] and groundbreaking work on the structure of the atom was conducted by J. J. Thomson and Ernest Rutherford.[30] Around 1500, the master, Thomas Cosyn built a brick gallery which connects Old Court with St. Benet's Church; the gallery is now part of an Old Court room set.

 

[MartinQ]

Such as? I have a wintersweet- Chimonanthus praecox with lots of seed. Will take a couple of years to get a small saleable plant.

@Dave 123 Many thanks for all the seeds and cuttings :-). Cuttings have been potted up and will look at the seeds this weekend. Owe you one (or two) when you're next up this way.

 

[Dave 123]

@Dave 123 Many thanks for all the seeds and cuttings :-). Cuttings have been potted up and will look at the seeds this weekend. Owe you one (or two) when you're next up this way.

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The postie was quick!

 

[Dave 123]

Dahlia Emory Paul. It’s not prolific with its flowers, but they’re sizeable.

This one over wintered in my raised bed with no protection.

 

[Dave 123]

Here’s my grapevine. Just ate a bunch and they might need another week . I did intend to thin the foliage out a bit but never quite got round to it

 

[Milzy]

Is there any hardy nice grasses that will survive through winter or do they all die back?