Yogi19 posted:

That allium is not as big as Cinds' 

No 

Baz posted:

Oooo I like that idea 

Yes 

I quite like that garden 

Baz posted:

I quite like that garden 

I like the ideas behind it

Yogi19 posted:

Baz posted:

I quite like that garden 

I like the ideas behind it

Yes 

That's Mr Bs sort of gardening 

My aunty liked nerines 

Baz posted:

My aunty liked nerines 

Baz posted:

That's Mr Bs sort of gardening 

 Mr Y hates gardening. He cuts the grass, under duress - and that's it.

Doesn't stop him offering "advice".,

They are nice 

Yogi19 posted:

Baz posted:

That's Mr Bs sort of gardening 

 Mr Y hates gardening. He cuts the grass, under duress - and that's it.

Doesn't stop him offering "advice".,

 Just like Mr B ! But if he gets the hedge trimmer out the plants need to beware 

We get lily beetles 

Baz posted:

Yogi19 posted:

Baz posted:

That's Mr Bs sort of gardening 

 Mr Y hates gardening. He cuts the grass, under duress - and that's it.

Doesn't stop him offering "advice".,

 Just like Mr B ! But if he gets the hedge trimmer out the plants need to beware 

 Do what I did....get rid of the hedge and build a fence, then bin the hedge trimmers.

Baz posted:

We get lily beetles 

Pests! 

Yogi19 posted:

Baz posted:

Yogi19 posted:

Baz posted:

That's Mr Bs sort of gardening 

 Mr Y hates gardening. He cuts the grass, under duress - and that's it.

Doesn't stop him offering "advice".,

 Just like Mr B ! But if he gets the hedge trimmer out the plants need to beware 

 Do what I did....get rid of the hedge and build a fence, then bin the hedge trimmers.

Weather is not great at the weekend 

Yogi19 posted:

Weather is not great at the weekend 

No, but next week is looking better ...at least down here 

Thanks for the company Yogi ....that was great ..just what the doctor ordered race you to the BB thread 

Mary Berry 

Thanks for the company, Baz. See you in the BB thread 

I love Monty Don however I'm not altogether sure of his advice.

In the Sunday Mail magazine he advised a reader not to even try controlling slugs and snails (he omitted puppy dog's tails .. perhaps for another issue) and advised not to stock tender plants  but replace with woody varieties only.

Wouldn't this mean the almost extinction of some plants if we all follow this advice?

He also said as insecticides were indiscriminate that we shouldn't spray our roses.

Well I haven't in the past and all of them almost died. Now I spray and the roses are amazing!

So following Monty's advice my garden would be full of disease and pests but no plants.

Rather we should look for a reasonable organic middle ground, surely??

Saint posted:

I love Monty Don however I'm not altogether sure of his advice.

In the Sunday Mail magazine he advised a reader not to even try controlling slugs and snails (he omitted puppy dog's tails .. perhaps for another issue) and advised not to stock tender plants  but replace with woody varieties only.

Wouldn't this mean the almost extinction of some plants if we all follow this advice?

 

He also said as insecticides were indiscriminate that we shouldn't spray our roses.

Well I haven't in the past and all of them almost died. Now I spray and the roses are amazing!

So following Monty's advice my garden would be full of disease and pests but no plants.

 

Rather we should look for a reasonable organic middle ground, surely??

He does try to garden using organic methods.

What was his reason for not stocking tender plants??

Evening all 

Evening Yogi 

I can't believe it's 50 years either 

Baz posted:

Evening Yogi 

Evening Baz 

I like the nostalgia garden.

Not sure you could recreate that 

Baz posted:

Not sure you could recreate that 

 No

Yogi19 posted:

Baz posted:

Not sure you could recreate that 

 No

I liked mesembryanthemums 

Livingstone Daisies. 

Nigel the dog 

Awww I  liked Geoff Hamilton 

Baz posted:

I liked mesembryanthemums 

Is that the proper name for Livingstone Daisies 

Baz posted:

Nigel the dog 

I love Nig 

Baz posted:

Awww I  liked Geoff Hamilton 

Me too

Yogi19 posted:

Baz posted:

I liked mesembryanthemums 

Is that the proper name for Livingstone Daisies 

If that's those little fluorescent type he showed in the Nostalgia garden then yes 

Baz posted:

Yogi19 posted:

Baz posted:

I liked mesembryanthemums 

Is that the proper name for Livingstone Daisies 

If that's those little fluorescent type he showed in the Nostalgia garden then yes 

It is 

Just checked ..yes it is 

Carol needs to sort out her cardigan 

Rusty hollyhocks ....painful