The concrete piers are around 30cm across so the same size are when you pour contrete in holes for posts so I would have thought gave the same stability? No, because with posts you dig down thru the softer top soil etc into something more substantial. Good point icon_thumleft when I make decking a ...

Have you thought about putting perforated drainage pipe in the channels at the bottom of the ditches? It's available fairly cheaply at most builders merchants and I think it would drain better than just gravel which may get silted up. i personally went with augering about five 6inch wide holes with...

That's very cheeky and preferred them to contact me before using my images/footage. Ive seen my videos appear on several gardening sites and always disappointed that they didn't contact me first., simply bad manners. I wouldn't say no though. I let the videos appear as public on you tube so cant rea...

Mine are alive and kicking after coming out of dry storage.

Interesting article. Just a shame the plants are so expensive.

Update, it been 7 months!

I can just imagine it a bit like the below image.....walking into the unknown wild part of the garden..... Is ropes like here in your plan? Might be good for any "bridge" over water... [ Image ] I would LOVE it to look like that eventually..(but on a much smaller scale) Can't wait to get ...

I'm looking for the easy and good solution if that's possible. I can get these for around £6.50 delivered. http://www.wrekinconcreteproducts.co.uk ... lay-layout Same as the B&Q one's . Personally i wouldn't use them for reasons stated before. If your ground isn't solid , they will start to sin...

It's hardy up here to at least to minus 10 if not more. Grows to about 8 foot and stands up to wind quite well. It's best to cut most of it it down in spring and let it grow up again from ground level. In Spain it's appararently very rampant but probably not that bad over here. It likes lots of mois...

Its really coming along now! The drainage should be excellent at the top part of your garden for succulents and cacti, is that the plan? Bog type plants like gunnera at the bottom? That is exactly the plan although I'm debating whether to have the arids somewhere else..... Maybe the front garden or...

Conifers wrote:

Yorkshire Kris wrote:I've given up talking about the weather for lent

I can hear you talking about the weather on the video

Talking to myself doesn't count.

Sorry, forgot the link: http://www.defendapack.co.uk/concrete_f ... tubes.html They look a good idea but in this instance I'm trying to avoid having to make a lot of concrete up. I'm looking for the easy and good solution if that's possible. I can get these for around £6.50 delivered. http://www.wr...

J4qbxMQKpQg Managed a couple of hours in the garden before breakfast this morning. looks a proper solid military grade installation all round so far Kris! Top drawer job icon_thumleft Have you done a hose pipe test at the highest point to watch the water flow? that would make a good vid! The walkwa...

cheshirepalms wrote:The fence is now in and work can start, however I didn't really consider the shadow the fence casts when I was thinking about planting. This photo is at solar noon today and 6 months of the year will get less sun than this.

Certainly shady border then. Ferns obviously come to find.

little worried that the paths will be too thin depending on how crowded the beds get. my garden path is too small for all the plants growing around it and it is wider than 60cm will giles garden has paths about 2m wide from pictures in his book The paths are very thin in this area of the garden as ...