Gardeners!

[steveindenmark]

Got one last weekend. Much faster and huge hassle saver.

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I have just cut the grass in half the time it usually takes. This ones a winner.

 

[hopless500]

Grass strimmed, weeds cut, sprouting willow decimated and now have beer. Hydrangeas watered in the nick of time ... nearly lost two. Almost deeeed peas planted in the garden and fingers are crossed. Now knackered.
(Ok, technically grass cut, weeds strimmed - poetic bollox).
Have beer
Did I mention beer?

 

[Lullabelle]

Our front garden is work in progress, so today we bought a load of bedding plants, didn't get them all in still have some to do tomorrow morning but it is looking better.

 

[keithmac]

Got to work out what to do with this mess on back side of my fence, thinking concrete garavel boards on back side of fence posts unless anyone's got a better idea and like to share?.

On a lighter note me and the boy had a good bonding session burning tree prunings!.

 

[Tin Pot]

Got to work out what to do with this mess on back side of my fence, thinking concrete garavel boards on back side of fence posts unless anyone's got a better idea and like to share?.

Good place for a compost heap?

Grow some ferns in the shade?

 

[keithmac]

I suppose I'm going to have to dig a trench out on back side and work out a way to stop it all falling back onto the fence.

Didn't realise it was that bad..

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Good place for a compost heap?

Grow some ferns in the shade?

My ferns looked dead a month ago, now they're growing strong.

 

[Poacher]

A few weeks back, Mrs Poacher insisted I cut down a multi-stemmed 'dwarf' conifer which had overstayed its welcome. She had a point; it may have been slow-growing, but 25' high is hardly dwarf in my book. I took out some hefty trunks (up to about 6" thick) with a bow saw, while standing on a ladder, which was rather exciting at times. Having reduced the trunks to about 7' high, I found the bow saw could no longer cut it (ho ho), not with my weedy biceps, and treated myself (while she was out for the day) to a reciprocating ('sabre') saw to deal with them, which it did admirably. She had a vision of giant mushrooms (not unusual for her) and had bought some rustic wooden bowls at the Peterborough antiques fair. A dose of Cuprinol Clear and three coats of external varnish later, and here they are. Her vision worked out quite well, if you like that sort of thing.

Lou seems happy enough in her place near the new 'Nottingham' variety Medlar bought to replace the unwanted conifer. Our greenhouse-raised courgette plants have settled in well to their new quarters in the raised bed, despite a fright over potential frost last week - two plants are quite enough for a 6' by 3' bed, especially with the muck they have beneath them. The one on the right has a small courgette already!

Whoops! Just spotted some bindweed in the background!

 

[keithmac]

I thought I'd have an easy day of it today, only had 8 posts to go in..

Spent nigh on 2 hours on one hole chopping tree roots and god knows what out!.

Had to resort to the post hole spade for 3 more holes, laid in the soil with face in the dirt while hand scooping soil out was fun..

12 hours later and they're all in thank god, just capping rails and post tops to fit which will be like a holiday.

Nice easy Monday finish fingers crossed..

 

[Tin Pot]

Weeding.

Chucked out my first confirmed kill, a heather.

Shifted half the turf I dug up last month.

Put remaining heather out and moved blueberry into a pot.

Drank beer. Sprayed roses.

 

[Asa Post]

Drank beer. Sprayed roses.

The neighbours must have been thrilled to see that

 

[Speicher]

@Speicher Your entire garden will have the mycelium of the honey fungus covering it. And your neighbours’ and more. It is also known as boot lace fungus because of the largest ‘roots’ but most of the mycelium is microscopic.

It is thought that the world’s largest living organism was a network of mycelium from a single honey fungus in the USA. It covered an area as large as the Yellowstone National Park.

It is impossible to remove and herbicides for domestic fruit is now illegal. Some plants are less susceptible to this fungus and young, healthy fruit trees don't suffer. It is only weak, diseased or old plants that suffer. Like all gardeners in U.K. you will have to live with it I’m afraid. Feed and water your stock well and you are in with a good chance.

As @Heltor Chasca says above, weak, diseased or old plants are affected by honey fungus.

 

[PaulSB]

@Poacher I wouldn’t worry too much about honey fungus. It seems to be a problem which is in vogue, and I don’t mean to be rude with that comment, while in my experience it is rarely seen in the average domestic garden. Quite common to see in woodland when it’s fruiting but otherwise not generally noticeable as all the action is underground.

If you should happen to have this arrive in your garden there are several simple cultivation techniques which will break up the life cycle and get rid of it.

 

[Heltor Chasca]

[QUOTE 5250794, member: 259"]You'll have to watch out for honey fungus if you leave the stumps in the ground.[/QUOTE]

Many fungi will grow in stumps and it is only the fruiting body that shows itself. The main part of the fungus will be in the soil at a microscopic level. And as @PaulSB says above, it’s just the in vogue issue everyone is talking about. It has always been about. The slugs and snails are mightily annoyed at loosing the stage.

I would be interested in the cultivation techniques that break up the life cycle though.

 

[keithmac]

Suppose you'd much prefer that than Japanese Knotweed!.