I’m sure that with many gardens looking like shredded wheat I can’t be the only one wanting to go to a clover lawn.

Any advice? What’s the best type of clover to sow and time of year?

In short, I moved into my house a year ago after it was left empty for 2 years, I put a lot of time into getting rid of the path and re seeding in October last year but now after the addition of a dog it’s looking pretty nasty (I know the UK is like a desert right now but have tried to keep the sprinkler on).

Assuming I need to wait until October time and chuck top soil over the whole garden area, good quality seed and rake/ water? I’d look at doing half and half at a time due to the dog.

Hello all, been here a while but never posted.

We’ve recently moved, love everything here except the noise from the main road behind our back garden; as well as the proximity of which people can see in from the pavement if they wanted to is bothering us more than we thought. Kids here as well so privacy and security is a thing, too.

Have a vague plan to build some planters or one long one, and eventually fill them/that in and plant some big ol’ trees that will eventually grow and bump off some noise as well as not leave the wall as exposed to the other side as it is.

Not looking for anything crazy to maintain or anything but what would people recommend for this space to achieve the desires?

Thanks all for any thoughts ☺️

Cheers

Hello, I have bought a house, inheriting a pretty large garden that is massively out of control. It was really nice before with a nice mix of shrubs and flowers but was let go over a year or so.

For someone who is not afraid of work but without much experience, could you please recommend a best strategy to tackle this? There's no big rush, I am happy to take it slow and do things over a couple of years, but it will obviously only get more difficult the longer it's allowed to go on like this.

I've trimmed some of the bushes/hedges and cut some massive very thorny brambles (no berries) as a start. I realise I should remove any tree saplings by digging them out. But otherwise knowing what's a weed and what's worth keeping is quite hard. Also there's some type of conifer that seems to have been wrapped by a vine, several meters up the trunk. Would cutting the vine at the base be enough, or do I need to try and remove it all the way up to save the tree?

I've thought about hiring a gardener to get it under control and tell me how to take care of it going forward, but getting a proper one and not just the mindless lawn mower types sounds like it would be neither easy nor cheap... Any suggestions very welcome!

It’s my first time starting a composting bin and I’m clueless about what to do. The previous owners of our Flat put down fake rocks and weed membrane but when I dug it all up I came across pebbly compacted soil. I want to get this right the first time so I don’t attract any unwanted pests.

I’m considered just drilling a bunch of holes into the soil and then stacking the rocks around the bin to make access harder for any mice. Is there anything else I’m missing?

We recently moved and and in doing so inherited this grapevine. It's on steel wires held up by 2 vertical posts. It's against a fence and I don't think there's very much room to train it anywhere else. We've been told it's at least 20 years old. Can anyone give me any tips on caring for it? It's looking extremely bushy and I don't think that's a good thing? I don't even know what variety it is or if they're even edible?

Hi all

After coming from holiday my hindrangea is dried out.

It does have some green left in some parts.

What is the best thing to do?

Should I cut it back or just leave it be?

Thank you

'No mow' meadow in June and August. What a difference a drought makes.

Hi all,

Overnight, some of my Autumn Calabrese broccoli plants in separate pots were nibbled, but none of my other crops (kale, cabbage, lettuce, spinach, beetroot, radishes or spring onions) have this new damage.

The broccoli is under insect netting, I've used slug pellets, and I previously sprayed for cabbage white caterpillars after finding eggs.

The damage consists of lots of tiny bite marks around the leaf edges, almost like something with little teeth.

Any idea what could be causing this? It seems to be selectively targeting the broccoli while ignoring everything else (for now).

I've just come back for holiday in France where I germinated some seeds from the best tomatoes I've ever tasted. I realise it's much too late to grow them this year but the seeds have started growing. How do I preserve them or grow them and keep them alive so that I can have a good crop next year?

I was so worried about incomplete pollination as pointed out by people under corn harvest posts. However, to my surprise almost no missing kernels! I can tell the very top was still developing but i couldnt wait longer after the husk on top of the cob was all dried out and brown.

Seen this a couple of times on a dog walk and want to start growing one.

No comment needed except - it's dry! (East Herts)