Creating and maintaining gardens in France, French plants, ponds, gardening tools and machinery, etc
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Last post by Hotrodder
Fri May 12, 2023 9:34 am
water
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tagh »
Tue Jun 20, 2023 12:00 pm
Well, shant need to water for a few days and the water butts might be refilled. Absolutely belting down at last after six weeks solid sun.
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Last post by Lori
Tue Jun 20, 2023 2:41 pm
I'm a record breaker
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L Austin France »
Tue Jun 13, 2023 12:01 pm
Hot as hell here so this morning I was debating, with myself, whether I could be arsed to get the grass cut today without getting sunburnt or...
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Last post by Char
Wed Jun 14, 2023 5:37 pm
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Last post by Sparkle
Sat Jun 03, 2023 9:12 am
Spring greenery
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Lori »
Thu May 18, 2023 4:51 pm
I figured I'd post too since we are all working on Spring growth.
I'm not good at posting photos, so hope this works. We cannot take credit for the...
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Last post by Lori
Wed May 31, 2023 1:11 pm
Seems like Jack's got 'em again
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L Austin France »
Tue May 30, 2023 12:50 pm
I've just mowed the grass including the 'orchard' & had a good look at the fruit trees.
Apple & peach trees seem OK but plums & pears almost zero...
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Last post by Blaze
Wed May 31, 2023 12:21 pm
Weedkillers
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Leyla »
Fri Jul 01, 2022 11:49 am
I've done a search here and there seems to be nothing on Weedkillers!
Now that Glysophate has been banned, I am still spending a fortune on products...
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Last post by Lori
Sat May 20, 2023 9:43 am
Got there at last
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L Austin France »
Wed May 17, 2023 8:54 pm
Finally got the lawn & the shrubs looking half decent after letting things get away in the winter.
Lawn by me & ride on mower. Hard graft on rest by...
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Last post by Quiksilver
Fri May 19, 2023 1:40 pm
Battery life and behaviour
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tagh »
Sat May 13, 2023 7:07 pm
I have two Black and Decker lithium 36volt batteries which power three garden tools. On of the two seems to be misbehaving, indicating it is fully...
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Last post by niemeyjt
Sun May 14, 2023 12:20 pm
Cheapo raised beds
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L Austin France »
Sat Apr 15, 2023 11:39 am
I made this a few years ago & it's still holding up.
I cut some old corrugated sheets down the middle, hammered some timber into the ground & screwed...
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Last post by Mangetout
Mon Apr 17, 2023 8:56 am
Spring harvest
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Polarengineer »
Thu Apr 13, 2023 5:46 pm
All spruced up....
It appears that the spruce is edible and my Norwegian spruce or is it a black spruce? Has sprouted edible cones. They don't taste...
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Last post by Spectrum
Sat Apr 15, 2023 8:58 am
At last
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L Austin France »
Fri Feb 24, 2023 6:11 pm
Finaly got to mow the lawns this afternoon.
Haven't cut the grass since last October as it's been so wet. Trouble is it's also been warmish so the...
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Last post by Quiksilver
Fri Feb 24, 2023 7:04 pm
Boar damage
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elsie »
Tue Oct 04, 2022 1:59 pm
I've just returned from holiday and discovered several patches of my grass dug over by boar. Has anyone any suggestions on how to deal with it?
I...
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Last post by Quiksilver
Thu Oct 13, 2022 7:28 pm
Is it worth it
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hughnique »
Sun Jul 31, 2022 12:43 pm
Growing your own is very satisfying, won't get fresher, but I think it will be abandoned from here on in. This weather has wiped out everything,...
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Last post by Headers
Fri Aug 05, 2022 8:31 am
Honka's out
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Sparkle »
Sun Jun 19, 2022 12:32 pm
OH loves shouting from the garden your Honka's out. Fortunately I don't have any english neighbours close enough to hear and be :shock: As it is I...
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Last post by L Austin France
Sun Jun 19, 2022 1:44 pm
Buying Mower blades from Amazon USA
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Headers »
Tue Jun 14, 2022 2:16 pm
Our mower is US manufactured. I needed some new blades. To get them in France would have cost me about 100 euros.
I searched Amazon and found 3...
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Last post by Headers
Sat Jun 18, 2022 8:46 pm
Amelanchier berries
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Bayleaf »
Sun Jun 05, 2022 10:12 am
Anyone with the brilliant Amelanchier shrub - now is the time to enjoy their dark little berries. Also called the Serviceberry or Juneberry, this...
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Last post by MAD87
Sun Jun 05, 2022 11:14 am
Carnage in the courgettes
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Headers »
Fri May 27, 2022 9:43 am
Despite my best efforts - paillage, dome of protection over and around my courgettes, this morning I found a zone of devastation.
The commando...
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Last post by Blaze
Mon May 30, 2022 1:37 pm
World naked gardening day !
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Blaze »
Sat May 07, 2022 9:09 am
Today, 7 May, is World Naked Gardening Day. Who's going to celebrate it ?????
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Last post by Quiksilver
Sat May 07, 2022 10:40 pm
First Strawberries
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Spectrum »
Thu May 05, 2022 1:36 pm
Despite being Off colour I have to drag myself off to the polytunnel, at least twice a day, the water system is automatic but I still have to do a...
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Last post by Spectrum
Thu May 05, 2022 1:36 pm
Mower problems.
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Spectrum »
Sat Apr 30, 2022 8:11 am
I suppose at 16 years old it had to happen sometime, the last two cuts have left a strange line on the grass, it looked like one of the blades (Two...
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Last post by Hotrodder
Thu May 05, 2022 12:17 pm
Snake menace
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hughnique »
Wed Apr 20, 2022 9:46 am
My neighbour has a vicious snake in her garden, turns out to be a Western whipsnake, totally harmless if left alone, but she is sh----ng herself that...
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Last post by Wilbro
Fri Apr 29, 2022 9:08 am
Pruning a mimosa
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Blaze »
Sun Apr 17, 2022 5:44 pm
Help !!!
We planted a mimosa a couple of years ago and it isn't doing well. It's grown upwards but is spindly and the prevailing wind seems to have...
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Last post by Blaze
Mon Apr 18, 2022 7:50 am
Cat Poo and how to stop it?
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Oldblueraincoat »
Sat Apr 16, 2022 8:45 pm
Recently a rather large ginger cat has decided to treat our garden as it's own. The resulting lumps of cat poo in the potager are causing a problem....
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Last post by basquesteve
Mon Apr 18, 2022 12:20 am
cutting down trees
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hughnique »
Sat Mar 19, 2022 10:20 am
The subject of my ever growing pain in the arse Leylandii has reared it's ugly head yet again. A couple of years ago I had a visit from the...
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Last post by Bayleaf
Fri Apr 08, 2022 10:33 am
Scarlet Robin
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edythuk »
Sat Apr 02, 2022 11:37 am
I know this isn't really gardening but I didn't know where else to ask.
Has anyone else seen a scarlet chested robin in France? It definitely was one...
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Last post by Yonner
Sun Apr 03, 2022 10:14 am
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