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Does anyone have a remedy for vine weevil infestation?

20 replies

13 Mar, 2020
Teatime

I've had my drive blocked paved with the lawn covered with a membrane and then slate covering

4 replies

22 Sep, 2015
Garrycooney

I have the same problem as Somerset with a rear north facing garden

4 replies

hampshire_novice

5 Jan, 2015
Hampshire_novice

we have just cleared a small front garden and we plan to put down membrane and gravel with some interesting feature shrubs

13 replies

10 Jun, 2014
Joeylouy

Hi. Thinking of gravel garden with area of raised beds for vegetable & herb growing and areas within gravel of native perennial plants which attract...

3 replies

12 Feb, 2014
Ajax

can i put supresive membrane on garden then put new soil on top to seed for new lawn thanks

3 replies

8 Aug, 2013
Chukles77

Last year I put a garden membrane on our borders with a bark covering

3 replies

21 Jun, 2013
Robertdann

Last year to reduce weeding I put down a garden membrane on our borders with bark covering

7 replies

21 Jun, 2013
Robertdann

I new regular borders with clay soil defined by sleepers

11 replies

13 May, 2013
Learnerchris

i cleared a few bushes away

7 replies

13 Apr, 2013
Whit

I have recently moved house and have a garden for the first time

4 replies

28 Mar, 2012
Dogslovechops

can I put black polythene over grass and the put gravel over it will the grass grow through i'm trying to save a lot of work by not removing the grass...

6 replies

13 Mar, 2012
Markburrow07

will covering over roots with black bags and earth kill all plants and weeds over the winter ?

18 replies

15 Oct, 2011
Lynda1966

can u put membrane ontop of grass then your gravel for a driveway instead of digging it all up

5 replies

11 Oct, 2011
Leeellery

I have just dug out my front garden

6 replies

15 Sep, 2011
Thegeneral

ive laid thick carpet over weeds up the allotment

11 replies

23 Aug, 2011
Sensei89

can i grow broad bean through weed control fabric

3 replies

16 Apr, 2011
Nickgriff

I have a large area of Lavender planted through weed suppressing membrane and need to get rid of the grass dock and chick weed

7 replies

30 Mar, 2011
Littlemark

I'm planning to construct a 4ft sq raised bed using new railway sleepers

14 replies

5 Dec, 2010
Damow

is it easy to dig up turf and lay down gravel

2 replies

28 Aug, 2010
Guest

5 replies

29 Jul, 2010
Badgerbrock

I can't seem to keep my rock garden free of grass

9 replies

28 May, 2010
Guest

how do i put down a pea gravel path

2 replies

14 Mar, 2010
Guest

Is it necessary to lift the grass before covering with sheeting for a gravel garden?

4 replies

9 Mar, 2010
Gardener08

posso colocar pedras de decoração direto na terra

3 replies

4 Feb, 2010
Guest

i want to lay weed control fabric, how deep should i lay it.

8 replies

3 Jul, 2009
Driff_p

6 replies

14 Aug, 2008
Kittybell

2 replies

8 Aug, 2008
Dragster

Underlay for stones (pebbles)

3 replies

8 Jul, 2008
Kirstyn