General Chat

Well I don't know what I've been doing wrong the hanging baskets have wilted even though I watered them every day - now I've given up, the grass is getting a bit greener and the flowers in the beds are ....ok! just... and the weeds are popping up all over the place all in all not a successful year Norah

Funny you should ask, Ben, but my baskets are as luscious as they have ever been:-)))) lol

it must have been hard for you lot down in the south east with the hose ban, my wife tried to have a hose ban, but i would have none of it, she always grabs the hosepipe when i am playing with it, even my lovely nieghbour wants to play with it and thatswhen the wife gets angry and trys to ban me useing it.

Got rid of all grass in the back, and replaced with block paviours. Large shed built, Gazebo built ( 6 sided ) Large fish pond, with Koi Carp in, and my latest, a bird aviary with budgies and finches. All this leads to a much easier way to enjoy your garden, without all the hassle of cutting grass etc. Baz

my front garden is blooming i have tubs out there, cos the rest is lawn, and fairys and other such ornaments in doorway/open porch the flowers i dont take much care of have bloomed and bloomed, the backs a bit scruffy though, not like back garden

As an aside, we've put a diverter on the downpipe from the gutter and installed a 200 litre butt, plus we recycle all our washing up water. Thats just about kept things going, and we have the best display of annuals in the street - mostly marigolds!

Doing very well, I have watering can shoulder due to the hosepipe ban though. The grass turned brown but the dahlias are blooming lovely. xxhugxx

It's been lovely this year, despite dry weather. Everything flowered, the philadelphus was glorious! Runner beans a bit disappointing even though they went in late - very few 'good' ones. Blackberries going mad, tree bending with cooking apples and have a good crop of damsons.

After all thease down pours the weeds are growing beautifully!! It seems that whenever I have been around to do gardening, it has been raining............That's my excuse anyway!

I have grass !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! about 6ft square in the shade behind the garage. Every where else is dead still despite the rain. East Herts near Bishops Stortford/Stanstead Airport. Malc

Dried up and a struggle to keep going. A long cold spring when nothing germinated promptly followed by a hot dry summer, then the soggy cool conditions we have at present. Not ideal. Hemel Hempstead, Herts.

hi folks, its been a great year for the garden up here in scotland, the wifes hanging baskets are more beutifull this year, really full and hanging over, a lovelly site indeed, my favourite and the wifes too is my wonderfull water feature, i got a new one a few years ago(lucky me i hear you say) and it has been working a treat all summer, my neighbour, a lovelly girl, says its the best she has seen. how is your garden been this summer?