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Read that as "onion botherer".Dimmock or Titchmarsh in your esteemed opinion Brother Joseph?
Gardening with Joey
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Rita_Poon
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Monty is the don, he knows his onions...Read that as "onion botherer".
Our garden is still very crap compared to yous lads, Joey especially, but early days - currently just looking after the yard and the wife doing up the roses and strawberries and smaller things like that.
Got any experience/tips for dichondra, anyone? We tried to plant it and followed instructions but it didn't work so will retry next week most likely, if it's not hotter than the sun outside.
Also due to travelling lately the stupid small cherry we bought is now struggling and will likely die ffs. But, of course, the pear we're not fans of is producing quite well - a fruit we have no one in the family enjoying and we make 0 effort to look after before I cut the tree down, just doing its thing on its own neglected own self...
Also (pt. 2) - we have two huge walnut trees, one early and one late, so we're naturally making some liqueur with the early one as it's started having decently soft fruit and it was about the right time. Will report if it is any good in about a month and a half or two I guess
Late one will get the same treatment in a few weeks too.
Got any experience/tips for dichondra, anyone? We tried to plant it and followed instructions but it didn't work so will retry next week most likely, if it's not hotter than the sun outside.
Also due to travelling lately the stupid small cherry we bought is now struggling and will likely die ffs. But, of course, the pear we're not fans of is producing quite well - a fruit we have no one in the family enjoying and we make 0 effort to look after before I cut the tree down, just doing its thing on its own neglected own self...
Also (pt. 2) - we have two huge walnut trees, one early and one late, so we're naturally making some liqueur with the early one as it's started having decently soft fruit and it was about the right time. Will report if it is any good in about a month and a half or two I guess
Late one will get the same treatment in a few weeks too.
Nice one. Yes the young leaves are the ones suggested mate
Charlie Dimwit & Alan Tithead joking - most respected presenters over the years Geoffrey Smith,Roy Lancaster met him twice - Geoff Hamilton met him once not just to say hello both Roy who I met training was brilliant student destined for big fame -Dimmock or Titchmarsh in your esteemed opinion Brother Joseph?
David Bellamy was a Botanical genius too...
His book a text to Botany was brilliant
For all that I owe a hell of a lot to 3 brothers who trained me from the age of 16 years old - their motto Attention to Detail served me well @tonyhorne knew one of them well who was a wise Gentleman
Rita_Poon
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Perry? pear cider.Our garden is still very crap compared to yous lads, Joey especially, but early days - currently just looking after the yard and the wife doing up the roses and strawberries and smaller things like that.
Got any experience/tips for dichondra, anyone? We tried to plant it and followed instructions but it didn't work so will retry next week most likely, if it's not hotter than the sun outside.
Also due to travelling lately the stupid small cherry we bought is now struggling and will likely die ffs. But, of course, the pear we're not fans of is producing quite well - a fruit we have no one in the family enjoying and we make 0 effort to look after before I cut the tree down, just doing its thing on its own neglected own self...
Also (pt. 2) - we have two huge walnut trees, one early and one late, so we're naturally making some liqueur with the early one as it's started having decently soft fruit and it was about the right time. Will report if it is any good in about a month and a half or two I guess
Geoff Hamilton and Bob Flowerdew made gardeners world. Now it is a hard watch.
Dario Terracotta
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As @degsy stated plant production particularly in a nursery is all about growing media is paramount & Gardeners World Monty Don is clueless his plants in his green houses are chorotic in coloring starved to death his pond under deciduous trees is a no no - a farmer as a young lad & then started a jewellery business- he's okish not parks trained like Geoff Hamiltpn or Alan Titmarsh ,,, it shows !
gonetomorrow
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We used to watch Percy Thrower on the telly. He always wore a collar and tie like the old head gardeners. His one was: The answer lies in the soil. It became a bit of a mantra.
It shows a lot Joey
Percy - Shrewsbury's Park's Manager - became the first millionaires Horticulturist - mainly via advertising his famous advert on ITV made his fame .....
He was spot on, as a nurseryman Parks Nursery Superintendent if your potting compost is rubbish - so are you .....
I was one of the first peat free growers hence the top people I met ....
Not a fan mate, will probably go for some jelly or something when the fruits ripen - if nothing else to get used to the process and give some to friends and stuff. As I said the tree will go regardless so might as well make something out of it
Hi @Joey66 can you help ?
There’s a little ornamental pond not far from ours, that’s full of fish, but in a bit of a bad state due to lack of maintaining.
It’s full of weed ( not a problem, as that can be raked out ) but the big problem as I see it, is that small willows have taken root on the edges and are advancing year on, as they dry the edges of the pond out.
I know from other ponds in the area, that if left unchecked, they’ll eventually dry the whole pond out as they advance towards the middle.
Me and my lad are planning on tidying the pond up and although we won’t be able to get the willows out at their roots, we’re going to cut them down at water level.
Will this be enough to kill them and stop their advance / if not how else can we kill them ?
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