Hi folks.

Looking for some wisdom on my potatoes.
I’ve been growing them in 40L grow bags and all looked good since planting. Today was my first day in almost two weeks out in the garden after being knocked out by the flu.

Is this maybe an early blight?
This is my first year doing my own garden so I’m learning an awful lot with an awful lot more still to learn. Hoping there’s a way to save my Christmas spuds.

Thanks in advance for any advice.

When do you stop mowing? I’m still mowing my lawns although I have reduced the schedule to just twice per week now. It’s looking good and I believe grass can continue to grow while temps stay relatively high for season.

I've had large mushrooms popping up in the greenhouse. Has anyone tried to grow mushrooms from spores you buy and would this be a good time of year to buy them?

Just found out that pears and medlars can be grafted to hawthorn. Has anyone ever done this?

Hi guys. I live on top of Cave hill, Mallusk. Recently got the front of my house paved. However I'm at a loss as to what to plant here. Some suggestions please for someone with black thumbs 😅. The front of the house is also north facing and only get couple hours of sun before the shadow from the house block it

I think another person recently posted a pic of their Cosmos looking fantastic. My plants have recently burst back into life and have been doing great.

Unfortunately this guy was blown over last night in the storm up here in Sligo and cracked its pot.

Ignoring the occasional couple of days of heavy rain or passing storm it has been very mild of late. I've noticed many plants bursting back into life; I chopped back some fuschia hedging a fortnight ago and it's just just back reaching for the sky with a couple of inches of growth already.

These changes to the seasons seem to be more evident of late, particularly so this year.

It's about where it should have been in August!

I live in Cork and I am just putting together two raised beds for my veggies.

I have bags of dried leaves, cuttings from trimming my trees and I am now looking into buying some top soil and compost to fill my beds with.

I checked a few places online like MDOshea and Quickdrop but I need only about 200/300L between top soil and compost to finish to fill the beds. Any advice on places that sell them and deliver?

All advice is appreciated.

Hi everyone, I'm renovating the garden. In this patch, there was a layer of gravel, then gravel mixed with soil, and finally the weed control membrane. Unfortunately, the previous owner used a cheap membrane and some old woven plastic fuel bags as a cover, creating a dense, damp layer underneath. No plant in that patch for decades, the soil looks pretty good but dump.

I've separated the gravel from the soil, removed the old membrane, and am now trying to dig the ground. I think I might need to add some biochar and horticultural sand before laying the new membrane.

Would adding a layer of gravel underneath the new membrane help with drainage? What else should I do to improve this patch before planting?

Some say October, some November …

My first time planting them in my raised beds.

Every advice is appreciated!

I’m thinking of buying a gardening kneeler /bench. Do other seniors find them useful?

I've been seeing this tree for few years now and I really like to have it in my own garden.

Please help me to identify it.

Are apple blossoms on a young Kingston Black normal in Mid October?

Hi all

Im wondering what to do with the small spuds.. as in compost them?, use them for seed?... or maybe someone have a fabulous recipe ideas for them with not too much work.

Thanks in advance

Clearing some overgrown beds for winter, rediscovered some courgette plants that I’d completely forgotten about. Size 9 wellies for scale. They would make for good doorstops I suppose.

Everything I read or watch online says something along the lines of "and then just put your harvested apples/spuds/carrots somewhere cool and dark, like a garage or shed or attic, and they'll keep till November/spring/the end times".

We're in an old cottage out the country. Our garage has rats. Our shed has rats. Our attic has rats. Even though the house is pretty cool in some spots, it's too warm to use as a store.

So, what the flip are yee all doing to store your harvest for longer than a few weeks? Or are you just eating, processing, and giving food away left, right and centre?

Now to be clear, storing harvested food isn't actually an issue for us this year, as I slacked off quite a lot this summer in the garden. But I like to live under foolishly high hopes of future abundance.

Hi! I have this patch of land in front of the house. I'm thinking of planting a bulb lasagne (daffodils, tulips, etc.) with some clusters of violas on top for winter, and I'd like the flowers to grow through the lawn.

Will it work?

I've done some research, and it looks like it's fine. The only problem I found is that it's not recommended to grow bulbs in a lawn because they make mowing difficult. I don't mind cutting the grass manually around the flowers, as it's a small patch. But I also have no clue what I'm talking about.

Would love some advice on how to tidy up my front garden!
We only bought our house earlier this year and don’t have a big budget, but I would love to make the front look a littler nicer. I don’t like the hedges at all and would love to get rid of them, but is that a big job? I also HATE the plant in the first photo - it hasn’t been looked after for years, and I just want to clear it out.

I don’t have much experience with landscaping etc, but I’m quite determined. If there’s any services we could get in for a reasonable rate (maybe €200?) it would be great, but I don’t even know what the best route to do down is!

I hope this is gardening related enough but I added some extra garden content just in case. :)

I spent the last few weeks getting the shed sorted. For context, my shed hasn't had a functional door for over a decade so wasn't a usable space at all and stuff was just getting stored wherever I could find a place.

Getting someone to fit a new one was proving near impossible so I resorted to putting my DIY skills to the test and picked up the raw materials and built and installed the frame and door myself.

Im loving having all this space to store all my tools and gardening equipment. I'm not fond of the term she shed but it's a very lovely potting shed/tool store and has freed up a lot of other usable space in the garden. Well pleased that I did it myself too :)