I started filling a new raised bed when I thought I should have taken photos of the work, unfortunately I hadn't so I will have to describe what I have been doing. First I needed to clear the area where the bed was going, it took six large rubble bags to hold the soil and to make things more difficult, there were a lot of tree roots through the soil, once cleared I then constructed the frame, the size being 9ft. by 5ft. and using paving slabs for 1 side and the 2 ends the other side being made with galvanized tin sheeting, I sealed the joints and filled the gaps at the sheeting with cement . I then started filling the bed first by adding a layer of soil about 9 in. deep, I then covered the soil with material from my compost bins a lot of it still fresh, this layer is about 5 inches deep, I then covered that with a layer of soil over which I put a layer of cardboard/newspaper which I then soaked,followed by more soil, filling the bed up to the top, I have now left it to settle for a time and once settled I will cover the bed with a blanket of seaweed (after all what's a bed without a blanket) and finally I will cover that with another layer of cardboard and leave it over the winter to settle.

Hi Folks, 

I've always used sets before but have a few packets of seeds and wondered can I sow them now?

The packets suggest different dates but from my experience some of you swerve suggested dates

We enter T3 Friday, happy days

I have a big batch of fenugreek seeds that were a failure in the garden; as they are good for both sowing and sprouting, I'm guessing they're good just to eat too! 
The packet does not say that they have been treated with anything.
I'm just posting this in case I disappear ... 

Off you go, SC and Scarlet.
Lots of Cs to grow but I'll let you start.

Good afternoon, I was on here before, but due to problems, probably of my own making, I had to re regester so back on under the new name of Spec, I was known as ??????? and as????? on another place and no the question marks don't corispond with actual letters, but as I am now showing as a new member, does that count as the old me introducing a new member and therefore might qualify for the £25. introduction insentive??

   

Find your Royal Name

1. Lord or Lady
2. Your Pet's name
3. The last thing you ate
4. add "of"
5. The last place you shopped

I'm Lady Bessie Salted Peanuts of Morrisons. 

So, most of you know that I haven't grown much veg I've r the last couple of years. Pretty much beans, courgettes, and gourds  and then green house crops.

So when I dig up my dahlias and take down my bean poles apart from a small patch it will be empty until May. 

Last year I covered it all in black plastic that I found. It's ripped everywhere so I could only save a few sections. Ideas please. I'm not trooping round shops looking for card. But I am willing to buy something so long as it will last me several years and I can reuse lots.

Who is taking part in the traditional autumn planting season for trees and shrubs this year? This has been a ritual for us to beat the summer droughts, although last year the autumn was too cold and wet. 

It is currently 8 degrees and il pleut comme vache qui pisse  but with low twenties and lots of sunshine for the next week I'll be getting some stuff in the ground.

I have a tetrapanax rex to go in, a gift from a friend who has one up to first floor height, plus a row of hypericum Hidcote to go in to smother a horrible weedy bank down by the road.

From cuttings there's  a winter shrubby honeysuckle, the fragrant white one, and a couple of pink shrubby honeysuckles, too. The names elude me and the labels are long lost!

How much any of it will surive the deer remains to be seen!

My OH had a beloved Swiss Cheese Plant called Desmond     that has been around longer than me (25+ years), but when we moved to France it had to stay behind under the care of my mother. Over time she has hacked it back to keep it compact, but in the move to her flat last week it got broken off below the bottom set of leaves. We've brought the now VERY compact and rather sad stalk back with us, but what is the chance of Desmond surviving? 

Thanks lovelies.