Gardening Tips

@anc wrote:

Vinager! x

Really?

Sounds like a cheap and simple option…

@tinks wrote:

@panda12 wrote:

Any one got any gardening tips for a complete novice?

My grass has lots of weeds and dandilions and I’m loath to use any sort of weed killer because of my cats and the birds.

Any animal friendly solutions you can suggest?

I also wanna do a water feature but I want something tasteful…

panda

any ‘lawn weed and feed’ will be fine to use and they aren’t harmful to pets……this is probably the best option if you have many weeds……..if you only have a few dotted around you could dig out as much of the weed as you can see exposing the root stem just under the surface and fill the small hole with salt which will dehydrate the plant and kill it………or you could cut out the plant exposing the root stem and douse with bleach……i use all three ways but the first option is very effective and my cat’s just fine

i had always wanted a pond and 3 years ago my other half said he would help me make one………we used a rectangular pond tub and made a netted frame so the cat couldn’t get the fish we put in…….other half made a decking frame to encase the pond and i bought two solar pumps for water movement………..one for am sun and one for pm sun………..i put three potted oxygenator plants in that are thriving and one lilly and shubunkins that must be ok as we had babies last year……

Cheers, tinks! I’m going to B&Q tomorrow so I’ll see what I can find. Any pond I have will have to be very cat proof with 6 of them!

I like the idea of solar features, I have some solar lights and they look good @ night lighting up the flower bed.

A pump is a def – love the sound of flowing water.

@mrs_teapot wrote:

Im lucky because I have a stream that runs though our property…. have a bridge over it too… which is lovely. I just put in a lavender hedge in front of a Yorkshire stone wall… looks lovely… smells divine too…

So whats my tip…. well if you buy a rose always look for continuous flowering plants…. that way you will have colour all summer and ensure it still has a perfume so many roses have no smell… which is a shame. Don’t forget vertical gardening too…. climbing plants are brilliant for covering unsightly fences huts etc although I dislike ivy.

I’ve got patio roses snd two other types, I can’t remember their names!

Climbing plants + six cats = potential disaster!

Might do some hanging baskets though.