The boss has threads about annual and perennial weeds but I would like to see a list of plants to avoid, the thing that has given me the biggest problem over the past two years is an invasive flowering plant, considered by many, myself included till last year as a nice plant to have in the garden, its one that now to me is well named, crocosmia Lucifer, a tall plant with upward facing red flowers, last year it became a bit of a problem so I thinned it out or so I thought,this year it completely swamped my flower beds     the photo shows one of the areas where I had left it but unfortunately it got too vigorous and was smothering all the other flowers so it had to come out I finished up digging out three recycle bins full of it and having a look round the garden today I have more digging out to do      there is also a couple of clumps of monbretia which are absolutely solid so they are coming out as well w and the bulbs on show came from underneath an apple tree I removed yesterday  is there any plants you would advise not to plant

For those more creative with a pencil (or crayons in Veggies case)....we will run a seperate catergory also with a £15 prize voucher.

 All you need to do is design a gardening themed Christmas card including a verse

Closing date 15th December

If you cant draw...get the children to enter there own design

Hello Folks

When chopping the fruit trees down earlier in the year I didn't realise they were holding the plot fence up!!

Anyway can anyone recommend decent, cheap, fast growing hedge plants as an alternative?

I still need to speak to the plot owner next door to see if he has any objections.

I suppose the last question is this a good or bad idea?

Many thanks
Danny

I used a computer tablet to take photos yesterday and when I tried to download to a thread on here I received a message saying that it was too big, so how do I reduce the size of a photo to allow downloading, I don't know much about computer operations so please keep any instructions easy to follow

Having read Veggie's thread about 2,000 year old dates (I think she placed them in a box and forgot about them) and I am sure there is a reference to an exhibition strain of onions coming from a packet of seeds that was in a jacket pocket for 7 years, made me wonder how many gardeners have had good results from seeds which have been well past their best by date, personally I haven't a clue as I don't keep records of seed sowing etc. but perhaps you have, or have heard of good results from old seed, if so please tell.

Well, my kitchen extension has started but I have a huge lilac that has suckered. This is coming down. We've chopped all the stems to ground but I would love to save a few plants. 

I've a lot of work to do at the moment t so I'm wondering if it's worth digging up a few clumps? Or trying root cuttings? Lots on so I don't want to waste my time trying to do it if they are difficult to take. 

I would like to put a few in at the wild area at the back. I love these for cut flowers but it is a thug for suckers and is covering about a 6ft square area.

im looking for some help, I have adopted 2 feral cats that have started visiting the garden since my Tigger died earlier this year, I’ve been feeding them it helps with keeping any mice or rats populations down. Big downside is they have taken a shine to my raised flower bed as a toilet, I spent an hour last Saturday digging out all their faeces and replacing it with fresh topsoil. I also put some chicken wire in on top and just pressed it down onto the bed thinking that they wouldn’t get under it because of its wiry nature. Big mistake they got into the tunnel formed by the wire and used it without digging the usual hole wit her telltale mound of earth beside it. Looks like I have another hour or two today clearing it all again. 

Has anyone any suggestions of what I could put into the bed to put them off, I really don’t want to net the box off completely as I have honeysuckle and jasmine creepers planted in it along with daff bulbs and a few other plants and shrubs.

   
   
   

I bought a bag of dolomite lime on line, delivered today, now really don't know if I purchased it for the garden, or because of the memories it re-kindles, when working in the local steelworks I must have shovelled tonnes of the stuff when fettling the furnaces, now I am wishing I had taken some bags of it, it would have lasted for years and saved me some money
Do you use anything in the garden which brings back memories

I was sent a link to a seed catalogue on Issuu and found all manner of good stuff on there - and it seems to be free  unless there's a price by the item. 
Lots of books, full text and downloadable. Put your subject in the search box - and limit the language to English, unless you're multilingual, and you can spend hours reading books, magazines etc. 

I like books and I like them even more when they're free.

https://issuu.com/search?language=en&q=u...ublication

Hi Folks

Just sorting through my "leaves / lettuce" seeds and found some sorrel, the packet is open so I must have tried it before!

Anyway, does anyone grow it, I read it can be treated as an annual or perennial?