aqua
made of cheese and gin
it still makes me laugh!Sadly it's been taken down now. And I don't know where the photo is. The designer of it is now running his business in your London, I wonder if he's done another one
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it still makes me laugh!Sadly it's been taken down now. And I don't know where the photo is. The designer of it is now running his business in your London, I wonder if he's done another one
ringo
Macaroni cheese controller
Thanks for your responses, your knowledge and experience is much appreciated. I must say I'm a bit disappointed that I'm going to have to dig these plants up again, spend another £100 on a rhizome barrier, and dig a 20 metre trench around them before they go back in! I really thought I was responsibly buying clump forming bamboo and not something which would probably be fine for a few years, but then become destructive probably for years after I've sold up and moved away. Looking again at the descriptions, I think the sellers have been a little bit misleading and I should have done some more research.
Phyllostachys nigra 'Henonis'
Good for hedges and screens. Tall and clump growing, it will respond well to feeding and start to spread.
Phyllostachys Vivax Aureocaulis
Grow this bamboo as a solitary specimen plant for its large stature, thick yellow canes and large dark green leaves.
Phyllostachys spectabilis
This bamboo is fully hardy; it forms an upright, columnar habit and can reach between 4-8 metres approximately.
Phyllostachys bissetii
Culms are upright, sometimes arching, producing a dense bush. Height approximately 3 – 5 metres. Recommended for screens and hedges, but will make a lovely stand-alone specimen.
Cheers for the link to bamboogarden.com, I can see what I have to do, but it's going to be a hell of a job! I think it'll be worth it though, they are beautiful plants.
http://www.bamboogarden.com/barrier installation.htm
Boudicca
Seaside Queen
I think we may need to stage an intervention at TruXta's house.
Treacle Toes
Time
It's a lovely morning here today 
....It's my day off so I intend to get some digging and shifting in as well as feeling the sun on my face. Mount Shat, here I come. 
....It's my day off so I intend to get some digging and shifting in as well as feeling the sun on my face. Mount Shat, here I come.
Treacle Toes
Time
Funny, I was gonna tag TruXta yesterday and tell him to get out there but gave him a squeeze as it was overcast and really windy.... At least the wheelbarrow is assembled... 
TruXta
tired
Hey! I had lots of other things to get on with I'll have you know.
Also realised that the padlock for our garden gate has rusted shut, so will need to saw that off.
Treacle Toes
Time
Hey! I had lots of other things to get on with I'll have you know.
Also realised that the padlock for our garden gate has rusted shut, so will need to saw that off.
WD40?
TruXta
tired
Cheap piece of shit, I'll be better off buying something better in the long run.WD40?
Treacle Toes
Time
The long run? How long will that be? Will you wait until buying the new one before sawing off the old one and therefore PUT OFF gardening until then?
Important info.
TruXta
tired
I'll just pop around the corner this weekend I reckon. Won't have much time for gardening this week or the coming weekend anyway. At the most I'll mow the lawn and clear out some old leaves.The long run? How long will that be? Will you wait until buying the new one before sawing off the old one and therefore PUT OFF gardening until then?
Important info.
Boudicca
Seaside Queen
OK TruXta we will settle for a 'before' photo for now. This works quite well, as having done this myself, I now feel under pressure to get out there and do some work.
I have plenty of time but don't want to spend too much cash, so I think I'm going to concentrate on turning my failed vegetable patch into a wild flower garden of wondrous beauty. It's probably only 2" x 6", how hard can that be?
(Actually this is the spot I failed to grow runner beans in. More annoying since the friend I gave several spare plants to ended up with their whole back wall covered in the damn things.)
I have plenty of time but don't want to spend too much cash, so I think I'm going to concentrate on turning my failed vegetable patch into a wild flower garden of wondrous beauty. It's probably only 2" x 6", how hard can that be?
(Actually this is the spot I failed to grow runner beans in. More annoying since the friend I gave several spare plants to ended up with their whole back wall covered in the damn things.)
BoatieBird
Well-Known Member
ringo - bamboo can grow through anything, includingthe human body 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamboo_torture
Did lots of gardening this weekend - jet washed an enormous patio, weeded the cracks in said patio, moved loads of shrubs and planted some bulbs.
Shame it wasn't our garden
We were visiting the bloke's aunt who is in her 70s and awaiting a new knee. We noticed last time we visited that her patio was covered in algae and getting quite slippy in places so the jet washing was a necessary job. Looked great when we'd finished.
in return we got to spend a nice weekend in a pretty Herefordshire village and were well fed and watered.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamboo_torture
Did lots of gardening this weekend - jet washed an enormous patio, weeded the cracks in said patio, moved loads of shrubs and planted some bulbs.
Shame it wasn't our garden
We were visiting the bloke's aunt who is in her 70s and awaiting a new knee. We noticed last time we visited that her patio was covered in algae and getting quite slippy in places so the jet washing was a necessary job. Looked great when we'd finished.
in return we got to spend a nice weekend in a pretty Herefordshire village and were well fed and watered.
ringo
Macaroni cheese controller
ringo - bamboo can grow through anything, includingthe human body
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamboo_torture
I know, they'll find me in a half dug trench kebabed by a rhizone. This seemed like such a good idea when I was leafing through my Chinese/Japanese garden books
Treacle Toes
Time
Just back in now....
Got bored digging at Mount Shat so looked around for something to cut, cut, cut....
Back wall...MONSTER ivy...Operation Liberation!
http://postimage.org/app.php
/smug
Got bored digging at Mount Shat so looked around for something to cut, cut, cut....
Back wall...MONSTER ivy...Operation Liberation!
http://postimage.org/app.php
/smug
Treacle Toes
Time
I think Mr robin was a little worried at first but when I was done he came down to inspect and pick at the insects onto of the wall.
http://postimage.org/app.php
http://postimage.org/app.php
Treacle Toes
Time
BoatieBird
Well-Known Member
I can see what I have to do, but it's going to be a hell of a job! I think it'll be worth it though, they are beautiful plants.
http://www.bamboogarden.com/barrier installation.htm
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They are, Ringo, so don't be too demoralised and certainly don't feel you are at fault - it is quite true that numerous plant-sellers have been less than honest about bamboo because there are big profits to be made (there is no justification for the high cost - true, they rarely set seed but most of the bamboos are clonal divisions and cuttings). If you are prepared to have a go and give it the time and effort, you will have a tremendous spectacle. The P.bisetii are more mannerly than the P.aurea (which might be a good specimen to keep in an isolated clump).
http://www.bamboogarden.com/barrier installation.htm
They are, Ringo, so don't be too demoralised and certainly don't feel you are at fault - it is quite true that numerous plant-sellers have been less than honest about bamboo because there are big profits to be made (there is no justification for the high cost - true, they rarely set seed but most of the bamboos are clonal divisions and cuttings). If you are prepared to have a go and give it the time and effort, you will have a tremendous spectacle. The P.bisetii are more mannerly than the P.aurea (which might be a good specimen to keep in an isolated clump).
Sirena
Don't monkey with the buzzsaw
Just an update. I went to the doc's and he sent me down to St George's A&E where I had three different people give me a proper look-at with lights and equipment and the eye seems to be OK. But the nice lady doctor said my eye lid had knitted together a bit crooked and the lash-line was out of synch and she didn't want my looks to be spoiled so she arranged for me to go to Moorfields tomorrow morning where they are going to re-cut the eye lid and stitch it back on straight.
So thanks to people for making me do the proper thing and thanks to the NHS who really impressed me this afternoon.
Manter
Lunch Mob
I hesitate to like as all things eye related make me feel a bit ill, but glad its being looked after.Just an update. I went to the doc's and he sent me down to St George's A&E where I had three different people give me a proper look-at with lights and equipment and the eye seems to be OK. But the nice lady doctor said my eye lid had knitted together a bit crooked and the lash-line was out of synch and she didn't want my looks to be spoiled so she arranged for me to go to Moorfields tomorrow morning where they are going to re-cut the eye lid and stitch it back on straight.
So thanks to people for making me do the proper thing and thanks to the NHS who really impressed me this afternoon.
Of course it does. And so does thinking about doing it, looking at seed catalogues, making a list........
Treacle Toes
Time
Just an update. I went to the doc's and he sent me down to St George's A&E where I had three different people give me a proper look-at with lights and equipment and the eye seems to be OK. But the nice lady doctor said my eye lid had knitted together a bit crooked and the lash-line was out of synch and she didn't want my looks to be spoiled so she arranged for me to go to Moorfields tomorrow morning where they are going to re-cut the eye lid and stitch it back on straight.
So thanks to people for making me do the proper thing and thanks to the NHS who really impressed me this afternoon.
(((((YOU)))) glad you are getting sorted though!
I was thinking about you today....I need to get the double length ladder out and cut the lowest branches of the trees closet to the raised beds before they leaf up again and the canopy cuts the light out and tbh I have the fear a bit....I shall wait until someone is here to at least hold the ladder and/or call an ambulance should I do myself an injury.
Manter
Lunch Mob
i borrowed a 16ft lopper. Its genius, I'm going to buy one(((((YOU)))) glad you are getting sorted though!
I was thinking about you today....I need to get the double length ladder out and cut the lowest branches of the trees closet to the raised beds before they leaf up again and the canopy cuts the light out and tbh I have the fear a bit....I shall wait until someone is here to at least hold the ladder and/or call an ambulance should I do myself an injury.
this thing http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fiskars-UK-..._1_4?s=outdoors&ie=UTF8&qid=1393278890&sr=1-4
I just pruned a holm oak that is as tall as the house out of the bedroom windows, and a 40 year old yew without any ladder.
tough on your arms as you have to hold it up, but brilliant
Treacle Toes
Time
/drools
WANT!
WANT!
Manter
Lunch Mob
my trees I'd need a tree surgeon. As they are above a wall, someone else's garden and behind the shed.
plus I can just keep borrowing my dad's if I'm honest
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