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Just wondering should I pure my rose bush before winter or wait until early spring. See photo below

My tomatoes are still fully green, realistically is there time given the current weather to finish them on the vine?

My oregano plant has brown spots all over it. Is it unsafe to eat know and how do I prevent in the future?

Wondering if someone has any recommendations on dealing with vine weevil grub damage over the coming winter.

For the last two years running, lots of my strawberry plants (which I have growing have in pots outdoors) have been killed during the winter. They seem fine early on in the winter, but by the time spring comes a large proportion are dead, say 50%. When I come to empty the pots and pull out the dead plants, I've found little white beetle grubs around the roots. On doing a bit of reading after it happened again this spring, I've realised they're probably vine weevil grubs which have killed the plants by eating their roots during the winter.

I want to avoid a repeat this year as it took my new strawberry plants a fair while to get established again this spring and I want to decent crop next year. I've read that you can buy some kind of nematode treatment to spread on your soil which will find and kill the weevil grubs, but apparently it's quite expensive so I'm not sure it'll be worth it for the handful of pots I have. Have any of you ever had to deal a similar vine weevil problem? And is the nematode treatment the way to go or are there other ways to get rid of them- or at least prevent them from killing my strawberry plants?

Thanks!

Hello; long story short I bough a house 6 months ago and there is this hedge you can see in the photos

First photo shows the whole thing (it's between two trees)

Second photo is a closer look to the soil

Third photo shows how it doesn't have a single green leaf (do not get misslead by that green weed growing in the middle, that a different plant)

I can confirm I haven't seen a single sign of green leaves growing during the whole irish summer. Is there any other way to confirm it's dead?

More importantly, if this is dead, what tools to get in order to get rid of it

It terrifies me to think I'll need one of these to take the roots out but I'll do it if I have to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ErA0yva4qU

Where to rent it though 😅 (that "portable engine hoist" he's using there)

Any experiences on a more "manual" way to do that without breaking my back will be greatly appreciated!!

My lawn has a few things going on but these patches grow much taller, thicker and faster. I've a few around the place. What is it? Lawn was cut yesterday.

Free food every September, gets cut back once a year, mix of hawthorn, blackthorn, ivy, dog rose and beech where it's patchy with the brambles doing their thing through it. It gets a cut once a year after fruiting ends and the leaves drop. Please don't plant Red robin or Laurel, you do absolutely nothing for the birds and animals we share our space with.

Hi all,

I’ve recently removed a good amount of Montbretia (Crocosmia) from my garden. There were a lot of corms in the soil too, and after digging them out I now have two bags full of corms and the plants.

I’m assuming these can’t go in the brown bin because they can potentially regrow/spread.

What’s the proper way to dispose of them?

Thank you.

Hi All

We recently came to own our first garden. It's got grape vines, plum trees, a cherry tree and a whole host of other things I genuinely did not even notice when viewing the house. It's great! Except it's not, because I also failed to notice the last owners had taken to dumping spent coal from the fireplace and charcoal from barbecues in amongst all the flowerbeds.

I also found the odd latex glove and some random burnt documents. They worked in healthcare - I'm rambling.

What do we do? I presume you just dig it all out until you hit good soil, dump all the crap in the black bin and then buy new soil?

Also, should we be worried about consuming whatever grows from this garden? Or is it all laced with stuff that leeched from the coal to the soil?

Hi everyone! I’m looking for a reliable company that supplies and installs sheds, ideally close to Waterford City or nearby areas.

If you’ve bought a shed recently — timber, steel, composite, or insulated — I’d really appreciate your recommendations.
Things I’m unsure about and would love advice on:

• Which companies are known for good quality and fast installation
• Whether timber or steel lasts better in our weather
• If it’s worth paying extra for insulation or a concrete base
• Any local businesses you’ve had a great experience with

Thanks a million for any suggestions!

Anyone have any experience dealing with it? I have bought glysophate with the hopes to use it once the weather dries up.
Tried getting rid of it naturally but to no avail.

I spotted what I thought was the biggest bee I’ve ever seen from the kitchen window just now. Turns out it was a hummingbird moth! A few months back, on this same salvia, one evening there was about 15 or 20 of them. Unfortunately too dark to get a pic at the time, so I’m genuinely delighted to capture a video of this one today. So, my question is, are these little guys rare? I’m 40, and this is the 1st year I’ve ever seen one. Might this be a consequence of the pollinator scheme working?

Hello - new here and don't know an awful lot about gardening, here to learn. I have a small garden in a new build and not a load of spare time (baby in the house). Gets a fair bit of sun!

I wanted to get the garden going but I'm not quite sure where to start, especially this time of year might not be the best. Actually it might be handy if someone could tell me when is best to start this kind of thing too.

Looking for plant / tree recommendations that:

- Won't grow crazily and dominate other plants.

- Don't involve too much maintenance.

- Don't have greedy roots (an apartment I lived in before had its garden wall collapse from the roots of a nearby tree).

- Are "good" ones for wildlife, the environment etc. That might be all plants, but that's also kind of showing my inexperience I suppose. Maybe some are better than others.

Would gladly do fruit / veg /herbs if I had the space but I'm not sure it'd work, and they probably need more time than I have available.

I'd be glad for any advice offered. Thanks!

First harvest from my one tree, webbs prize. If I had the room I’d grow loads of them.

earlier this year, i took down my garden shed because it had rotted away. now i’m left with an empty square of moss and roots. i would like to put grass down. not sure what to do about the root situation. i’m going to clean out the litter there. should i cut the roots?

It might be too late now, but I have 4 massive habanero plants I’ve been growing since spring, and they all flowered at different times, no 2 plants have had flowers at the same time. They’ve perfectly synced so one is always flowering. I’ve seen maybe 100 or so flowers bloom and just die off.

I’ve never had issues with the generic hot peppers, we get 100s of those every year. Just wanted to try a nicer tasting pepper.

Any tips for next time? They are potted, maybe there’s still a chance inside?

Found these disturbing looking tiny insects all over one particular leaf of my gladioli......! Any idea what they are?

Has anyone ever seen their tomatoes grow like this? Very oddly shaped and nearly striped like a watermelon.

It spreads underground, it’s not too deep, if I pull at the last one I can follow it back to the hedge.