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Garden makeover shows vs customer expectations. A rant. I'm not normally one for ranting on social media, but I spotted a question in one of the landscaping forums on a well known social media platform this weekend - all about qualifying the…
"I'm doing the same thing with Spanish Bluebells - the first year I got them down by around 70%, last year a few more, now this year, a few are just starting to poke through, and they will be removed one by one - next year there should be none that…"
"Wild garlic are pretty tough bulbs and I don't think glyphosate will be very effective. I wouldn't want to use the other chemicals you mention in a border as they hang around in the soil for too long. "
"the site seems to be on a slope if it is the stream or spring running under the lawn could you pipe it away or under the lawn
the lawn will have got comacted and will need airating and maby top dressing and seeding with a mix that is sutable for…"
"Never dealt with wild garlic but I suspect it's one of these "weeds" that will be impossible to get rid of by digging............ there will always be something left. Once there's some decent growth in the spring, I'd try a herbicide.... Roundup…"
"As above, more digging I'm afraid. It's a prolific self seeder, so if it's been allowed to flower and seed in the past you won't get rid of it in one season. "
"They go to great lengths to protect wild garlic on the lane where i live but it gets in garden borders and takes over .
I tend to dig it out before it flowers to reduce the bulk its a painstaking job not to be rushed , I personally like it when its…"
"Was it possible Peter that the bar on the handle nearest the blades was jammed into the on position by a small piece of twig or other debris. And you squeezed the rear triggers and the machine ran. Or did it happen when you picked the machine up by…"
"I just use straight up sharp sand from the builders merchant,I've never noticed any negative effects to lawns or plants, in over a a decade of using it. I'm sure some purist's would disagree, but it works and is much cheaper than washed Hort sand.…"
"You can worry too much about this sort of thing but anything to do with retaining walls, shallow footings of ancient properties, subsidence and safety can get you into deep poo. I also worry about raised decking. You should know your shit if you…"