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Our trials and tribulations through the last 2 years ....

Finally got the garden complete at the tail end of last year - many, many thanks to everyone who posted on here for their help. A major thanks to r896neo who without your guidance, expertise and (probably most importantly) patience in helping this novice out, we would never have achieved a...

We're also intending planting a couple more rhododendron's in this area and using smartedge around the rhododendron at about a radius of 40cm. So on one side of the smartedge would be the soil for the rhododendron and the other side of the smartedge would be grass. The rhododendron needs...

We've just removed a tree and the stump from our lawn. We're intending sowing need seed where the stump/tree used to be. However, obviously (!), where the tree/stump used to be, there is now a hole. We've partially filled this back in with the soil/grass that we lifted when digging the hole...

Am about to try and inject some life into our front lawn. We're looking for an aerator and scarifier to breathe life in the lawn and remove thatch. Any recommendations? Is it worth getting an electric version of both (see first link below) or manual versions of both? Electric...

Is that safe? (To have fairy liquid in the tube where the gas will ultimately travel through)

Thanks. Ok so the hose will expand with the heat? But it won't get damaged by the heat? Any other tips i.e.. Method of actually attaching it - twist it, push it, other?

Bought a new bbq and trying to connect the orange gas hose that came supplied in the box to the ribbed spigot (? not sure on terminology?) on the bbq itself (I'm not trying to connect the regulator end as the regulator was already fitted to the other end Of the hose). The instructions mentioned...

In terms of weed control when laying decorative stone, we've got the Terram 1000 and are installing that. Is one layer of this enough or Is there any tangible benefit to be gained by installing a double layer?

Thanks again for the replies. We'll need to ensure the flags are bones dry and free of dust - I suspect they weren't when the duct tape was applied. The product linked above doesn't quite work as the colors are slightly different. Any thoughts on how to do something similar with the jointing...

Really struggled with this today - the duct tape didn't seem to want to bond to the underside of the flags for some reason. Do the underside of the flags need prime first before applying the duct tape? The tape was attempted to be put on approx an hour after it finished raining- could that...

So the pointing should be right to very edge I.e including the overhang? Is that how you would joint it?

Is there a way to joint the overhangs on our step section? Or are the overhangs typically left un jointed?

Thanks. Think we're giving up on trying to blend the pointing and are focused on just finding a colour that will match the yellow/grey riven flags. What colour would you choose for the pointing for those? We're inclined to go for a dark grey (basalt/charcoal) but can't afford the £100 per...

Thanks again. We've been doing some of the pointing today and we've used buff on the spinning circle (on the left on the pics below) and black on the modak rose sandstone (on the right on the pics below). We're happy with both. However, to try and blend the two together, we've tried using a...

Thanks. So should we just leave the stains until we've pointed? Or rub down frequently with a sponge and a lot of water? Re the weeds, would we be better using the terram 1000 over plain old bog standard black matting?

No worries, thanks again for the reply, and hope you had a lovely holiday!! Things have definitely moved forward, that's all the hard manual work finally done and just a few finishes touches (bedding plants, decorative stone, potting plants etc to go). For what its worth, we did dig over the...