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Apr 2020
9:09pm, 27 Apr 2020
200 posts
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MDrewett
My seed order finally arrived! The one where I didn't really need more seeds but couldn't resist just a few more...  Cosmos sown this evening (fingers crossed the do better than the last packet which was useless!) and the rest are ok for a week or two.
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Apr 2020
9:14pm, 27 Apr 2020
8,097 posts
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leaguefreak
I know. I'm actually not sure if it's winnable or if I will end up having to pay someone. I do miss my teeny veg patch and well loved soil. The garden here is a project and will take ages.
For clarity we didn't plant the bamboo.
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Apr 2020
9:17pm, 27 Apr 2020
5,815 posts
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Fragile Do Not Bend
We have a bamboo problem around the pond. I suspect we will eventually have to get someone in with a mini digger.
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Apr 2020
9:56pm, 27 Apr 2020
8,099 posts
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leaguefreak
We spend years defeating the roots of some conifers in the old house and the soil had got lovely
*weeps*
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Apr 2020
10:16pm, 27 Apr 2020
15,779 posts
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Rosehip
When we moved here - in 1994 (!) the whole garden front and back was surrounded by leylandii and the house and garden walls were covered in ivy. Neither garden could be called anything other than small and suburban,
I managed to kill and remove the ivy on the house.
We cut the conifers down a few at a time - but couldn't afford to get the stumps properly ground out ( a mistake)
I've been fighting a battle with the ivy on the garden wall and fences. If I time it right I can trim it a bit before the robins start nesting in it - I think that's how it will stay, a controlled coating rather than removing it.
Anyway, in 2008 I built a pond from sleepers, to hide some conifer stumps that we couldn't dig out. The sleepers weren't as long-lasting as I'd hoped and the current project has been to remove the pond before it collapsed all over the patio and to dig a new smaller one to house the goldfish that have survived 10 years of benign neglect.
Why did I start writing this??
Oh yeah, today I tried to dig up one of the old conifer stumps. The bloody thing is still rock hard and as tough as the day we got the tree cut down
It'll keep me busy for a while anyway!
I wish I had some before pics, but I was too ashamed of the state of the garden to take any. At some point, there will be some "after" ones - but goodness knows when "after" will be.
probably should have blogged that - post got a bit long!
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Apr 2020
10:22pm, 27 Apr 2020
11,653 posts
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D2
Its fun though R no matter how hard!!
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Apr 2020
10:28pm, 27 Apr 2020
3,709 posts
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Fizz :-)
How about belatedly getting someone in to grind them out?
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Apr 2020
10:33pm, 27 Apr 2020
15,782 posts
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Rosehip
That's an option I'm considering for a couple of the really big annoying ones Fizz - good exercise attacking the buggers though!
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Apr 2020
10:36pm, 27 Apr 2020
70,553 posts
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Hanneke
Hmmm, I doubt you will find anyone prepared to ruin their bldes on a rock solid long dead leylanbdii stump!
I like the sound of sparrowgrass! That is what I shall call them from now one. Love 'em, have had 4 meals of mine already. After years of struggling to establish a bed, I now have a decent amount of crowns actually producing. I planted about 3x as many as have taken! But worth persevering with them. They are hungry things so I keep mulching them with compost.
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Apr 2020
10:53pm, 27 Apr 2020
15,784 posts
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Rosehip
Good tip, Hanneke - I shall mulch lots!
My fold had a fab Sparrowgrass bed at their old house, I ordered these crowns because I missed their supply when they moved. 6 crowns won't give me much, but it's only me here who eats it so hopefully I'll get a few dishes once it's established.
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