Ivydene Gardens Useful Data: S |
|
|
Item |
Description |
Website |
Spade, fork, rake, hoe, edging iron set, Lopper, Hedge shear, sharpener, pruner set and Trowel, hand fork and kneeler. |
Carbon steel long handled soil rake, Dutch hoe, edging iron, digging fork and digging spade for £25. |
|
Sewage treatment in own garden using a sewage treatment plant below ground level. Then use treated water in your garden. |
Install your own domestic waste water treatment plant underground or upgrade your own septic tank/cesspit. Treated water can then be used to water the garden. |
|
The Soil Pick is a selective soil excavator. Selective in the sense that it fractures, pulverizes and displaces porous and semi-porous soils at a high rate of speed, yet leaves non-porous objects unaffected. The Soil Pick excavates soil without risk of damaging buried utilities. The Soil Pick employs converging/diverging nozzle technology to accelerate compressed air to supersonic speed ( to 1500 mph). The high velocity air stream travels approximately 4 inches from the distal end of the Soil Pick - "the cutting edge" - before decompressing to atmospheric pressure with sufficient violence to pulverize and displace soil. The Soil Pick weighs 6.5 lbs., has zero hand/arm vibration, and can be used for extended periods without fatigue. This could be used to excavate soil away from tree/hedge roots without cutting through the roots. This would be useful for erecting a rabbit fence against an existing hedge. |
|
|
Sewage treatment in own garden using a sewage treatment plant above ground level. Then use treated water in your garden. |
There are three common types of holding or wastewater treatment system in use:-
|
|
Terram Ltd provide geotextile material to provide reinforcement for ground on a steep slope to prevent the soil from slipping downwards. They also can provide material to construct safe walkways up/down and across it as well as safe areas for maintenance of plants on that slope. |
|
|
Soil stabilisation on steep slopes to allow plants to establish themselves. |
MultiMat 30/ 100 erosion control Tenax MultiMat is designed to prevent wash out and soil erosion on slopes and embankments, to aid the establisment of grass and plant roots. Weather conditions, such as heavy rain, can result in significant loss of soil and formation of moderately deep furrows. All of this occurs due to the barrenness and fragility of the vegetation during its initial phase of growth because the root systems have not had sufficient time to become established. MultiMat 30 & 100 erosion control geomats are three-dimensional structures, manufactured from three polypropylene meshes that have been extruded and subsequently oriented. The products have a hign tensile strength and low unit weight which makes the goemats ideally suited for installing on steep and long slopes. To install simply roll out MultiMat onto the slope, fixing in place with staples and covering with topsoil. Grass growth can then be established either by hand seeding or hydro-seeding. Once installed the three-dimensional structures of the geomats protect the layer of topsoil and anchors the roots of the vegetation to the soil matrix, thus helping to minimise both the effect of rain impact and soil migration due to surface run off. |
|
Self Watering Pots with their water reservoir provide garden space on your window cill and garden boundary walls |
Self Watering Window Boxes To soften the fascia of cold concrete or the hardbrick look of multi storey buildings, so that you can grow herbs or annuals in your 770mm length 360mm wide 200mm deep window box. Self Watering Growbag Containers and Barrier Baskets Providing a unit incorporating a water reservoir into which a grow-bag can be housed to ensure full term growth and to provide a cascade of colour throughout the season. Ideal on balustrades, balconies and boundary walls. |
As of 17 February 2013 for you to see what the products are from Amberol, you must download their catalogue, so I do not know if this item is still in the range. |
Self Watering pots with their water reservoir can be mounted onto metal frames to provide a gardening area for wheelchair users or for the infirm |
Amberol Self Watering Precinct Planters and Pagoda Planters with heights from 600mm to 3700mm and the Self Watering Growbag Containers can be mounted onto metal frames created by you, so that your wheelchair can fit under it and you would have access to 21" depth of your garden whilst sitting in your wheelchair. The same system could be used if it is difficult for you to bend over or kneel down to your garden. |
As of 17 February 2013 for you to see what the products are from Amberol, you must download their catalogue, so I do not know if this item is still in the range. |
Skin shielding lotion helps reduce the natural oil and moisture loss when you are gardening |
One of the functions of the outer layer of skin is to act as a one way barrier, preventing irritants from coming in but still allowing it to breathe. Shielding lotions restore the natural balance of the skin by helping prevent moisture robbing irritants from entering the skin while also reducing moisture loss but they do not prevent the skin from breathing. They often improve breathing because they help keep the skin pores free of outside irritants that are often too complex to be eliminated naturally. Because Gloves In A Bottle shielding lotion becomes part of the outer layer of skin itself, it doesn't wash off like conventional lotions. It comes off naturally with exfoliating skin cells. For continued protection, just reapply every 4 to 12 hours. |
|
Watco Grip-Master is available in two grades:-
|
||
Slugs are one of the most common and destructive pests in British gardens. Damage is widespread across many plant species and can be extensive due to the slug's ability to feed all year round providing temperatures are over 5°C. Many slugs live underground and this is where the nematode Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita targets them. The nematodes are watered into the soil and seek out the slugs, killing them within 3 days. The best time to apply these nematodes is between March and October and are most effective in wet weather. One treatment gives control for up to six weeks and is harmless to children, pets and wildlife. Natural pest control products offer a safe and effective way of controlling pests for both edible and ornamental crops, without the use of toxic chemicals, making them ideal for the organic gardener. Treatments are suitable for use in both greenhouses and outdoors dependent on the pest and take the form of natural predators, parasites, bacteria or parasitic worms called nematodes, all of which occur naturally and are specific to the pests they are targeted against. Full instructions supplied with each treatment. |
||
THE ESSENTIAL guide for gardeners on raising plants from seed. The great majority of flower and vegetable seeds will emerge from their big sleep quite readily if a few common sense guidelines are followed, and that's the purpose of The Seed Sowing Guide. It has been compiled by Thompson & Morgan's Horticultural Experts. The hope is that, with the help offered in this guide, the pleasure you get from sowing seeds will be both widened and enhanced. |
||
Top quality seed trays, ideal for sowing seeds, rooting cuttings or for transplanting seedlings into. Dimensions: Full Size Trays: 36.5cm x 22cm x 5.5cm Half Size Trays: 22.5cm x 16.5cm x 5.5cm |
||
A complete growing system for rapid germination, ideal for raising seeds or cuttings. Easy to use, supplied with a plastic propagation lid and easy to follow instructions. |
||
Reduce the risk of baskets, containers and Flower Pouches™ drying out in the summer by adding some water retaining 'Swell Gel@ to the compost, as it will help to retain moisture and reduce the time you spend watering. |
||
Spud Tub. If you only use containers, then you can grow your vegetables in these tubs on your concrete garden/patio/courtyard |
Part fill with compost and plant 3 potatoes in the 'Spud Tub', then gradually fill with compost as the potato grows. Simply unclip sides when you are ready to harvest. At the end of the season, roll up the 'Spud Tub' or store flat. Can also be used to plant other vegetables on the patio. Made of polypropylene and easy to assemble. Each tub holds approximately 42 litres of compost. |
|
Seanure Soilbuilder cares for the Environment and:-
Seanure Soilbuilder is used for amenity landscaping and maintenance. Seanure Root Dip is specified for the planting of bare-rooted trees and shrubs. Terrabind is used for stabilising soil and hydraulic seeding. |
||
John Bourne & Co Ltd classify their topsoils and applications:-
|
||
Instant safety and privacy for the perimeter area Wooden planter boxes from fully licensed suppliers 10 year guarantee Very low maintenance |
||
|
Useful Data - Subject Link Index |
|
|
|
From April 2016, all dogs in the UK will need to be microchipped by law. Anyone who doesn't have their dog microchipped by April 6th will have 21 days to comply or may face a penalty fine of up to £500. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Adonis Blue Egg on a leaf |
|
I have finally managed to find how to care for this Dulally Bird from "The Care and Feeding of Stuffed Animals" by Glen Knape, as mentioned in the book "How to Avoid Huge Ships and Other Implausibly Titled Books" by Joel Rickett. The Bookseller/Diagram Prize for Oddest Title of the Year, originally known as the Diagram Group Prize for the Oddest Title at the Frankfurt Book Fair, commonly known as the Diagram Prize for short, is a humorous literary award that is given annually to the book with the oddest title. The prize is named after the Diagram Group, an information and graphics company based in London, and The Bookseller, a British trade magazine for the publishing industry. |
|
Site design and content copyright ©January 2007. Page structure amended September 2012. Links to anchors rather than pages May 2013. Chris Garnons-Williams. DISCLAIMER: Links to external sites are provided as a courtesy to visitors. Ivydene Horticultural Services are not responsible for the content and/or quality of external web sites linked from this site. All links in Useful Data inserted between January 2007 and February 2013 have been verified in February 2013. |
The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest (BLFC) is a tongue-in-cheek contest held annually and is sponsored by the English Department of San Jose State University in San Jose, California. Entrants are invited "to compose the opening sentence to the worst of all possible novels" – that is, deliberately bad. It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents, except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness. The first year of the competition attracted just three entries, but it went public the next year, received media attention, and attracted 10,000 entries. There are now several subcategories, such as detective fiction, romance novels, Western novels, and purple prose. Sentences that are notable but not quite bad enough to merit the Grand Prize or a category prize are awarded Dishonorable Mentions. |
THE 2 EUREKA EFFECT PAGES FOR UNDERSTANDING SOIL AND HOW PLANTS INTERACT WITH IT OUT OF 10,000:-
|
|
Choose 1 of these different Plant selection Methods:-
1. Choose a plant from 1 of 53 flower colours in the Colour Wheel Gallery.
2. Choose a plant from 1 of 12 flower colours in each month of the year from 12 Bloom Colours per Month Index Gallery.
3. Choose a plant from 1 of 6 flower colours per month for each type of plant:- Aquatic
4. Choose a plant from its Flower Shape:- Shape, Form
5. Choose a plant from its foliage:- Bamboo
6. There are 6 Plant Selection Levels including Bee Pollinated Plants for Hay Fever Sufferers in
or
7. when I do not have my own or ones from mail-order nursery photos , then from March 2016, if you want to start from the uppermost design levels through to your choice of cultivated and wildflower plants to change your Plant Selection Process then use the following galleries:-
|
|
There are other pages on Plants which bloom in each month of the year in this website:-
|
|
|
|
|
|
This is how to keep your groceries from falling over when they are in plastic handle bags:- |
|
It is worth remembering that especially with roses that the colour of the petals of the flower may change - The following photos are of Rosa 'Lincolnshire Poacher' which I took on the same day in R.V. Roger's Nursery Field:- |
Closed Bud |
Opening Bud |
Juvenile Flower |
Older Juvenile Flower |
Middle-aged Flower - Flower Colour in Season in its |
Mature Flower |
Juvenile Flower and Dying Flower |
Form of Rose Bush |
There are 720 roses in the Rose Galleries; many of which have the above series of pictures in their respective Rose Description Page. So one might avoid the disappointment that the 2 elephants had when their trunks were entwined instead of them each carrying their trunk using their own trunk, and your disappointment of buying a rose to discover that the colour you bought it for is only the case when it has its juvenile flowers; if you look at all the photos of the roses in the respective Rose Description Page!!!! |
|
Copied from Case Studies Pages When you have the following 8 problems, then instead of building the building and conning the buyer, that the new building will not subside, then why does the builder not do something to solve these 8 problems - of a house built on clay - before sale? There is no need for the builder to worry about there being insufficient water for these new buildings well before 2030; as shown in the last row; therefore no need to tell the potential customer. |
Problems for Houseowners and Builders when the new home is surrounded by clay and how to solve them. 8 problems caused by clay:-
|
Builders do sell the original topsoil including
where the new building and its garden areas are to be built. The consolidated parent material (bedrock) is usually sand, chalk or clay with flint possibly. At the end of building; the builders rubble is covered with possibly only a 2 inch (5 cms) depth of imported topsoil, which might be the washings from the sugar beet in the sugar industry. This is covered with turf and the unsuspecting public is offered the result. As likely as not one of their gardens slopes towards the house and even with the modern depth of foundation wall, there is no guarantee that subsidence will not occur.
If every garden of a new house had a 12 inch depth of soil removed from its new garden area, then at the end of the building work, the Aquadyne Drainage System would be laid round the entire boundary. Next to it then plant the relevant Instant Hedge on the non-house wall sides to absorb the rainwater collected by that drainage system:-
And finally on the same day pour a depth of 11 inches (27.5 cms) depth of the builders soil mixture detailed below onto the remainder of the new garden areas and alongside the Instant Hedging.
A fortnight later the following type of turf containing RTF (Rhizomatous Tall Fescue), bred by Barenbrug Research USA, could be laid over the proposed lawn areas. The roots of that grass will reach the clay below and stabilise the new builders soil mix, before the proposed owners view the property a month later. The mix to change clay soil into a friable useful soil in less than 4 months for the above domestic garden problem was in royal blue colour typing. Builders Soil Mixture
If water with 150 kgs of clay was first added to the Concrete TruckMixer and then the required volume of cullet followed by the required volume of waste plasterboard, the mixture is then mixed for an hour. If the cullet/waste plasterboard mixture is passed through the poultry houses to mix with the poultry litter on the litter floor before being collected into the next Concrete TruckMixer, then the houses would be cleaner and smell less. The required volume of waste from beer making could replace the Peat above and the requisite Sulphate of Iron and Sulphate of Potash could be added to the Concrete TruckMixer before that mixture from the Poultry Farm litter floor is added. That soil mixture could then be mixed for 30 minutes before applying it to the garden areas of the new houses built by the builder to an 11 inch (27.5 cms) depth. The resulting mixture would then integrate with the clay and create a deep topsoil within 3 months. All the requirements for a soil as shown in the figure above would then have mixed together and time will increase the bacteria and get a new soil structure created. The following type of turf could then be laid over the proposed lawn areas a fortnight later:- RTF (Rhizomatous Tall Fescue), bred by Barenbrug Research USA, produces rhizomes (an underground stem) that send a shoot up to the soil surface while extending new roots downwards. In fact, RTF can root to 1.5 metres deep giving it a chance to tap into water reserves that normal lawn turf cannot reach. |
Lack of water by 2030. 20 million homeless English before 2030 as a So the water companies use this escape clause without fixing the problem:-
4 out of the 5 chemical cocktails identified in English river sites from analysis of official Environment Agency Data contained banned - by the UK - toxic 'forever chemicals'.
|
Copied from Ivydene Gardens Case Studies: When you wish to sell a property, then the work done to the garden and the house is different. |
|
When a property is to be maintained, then you need to know for what purpose. I was asked to mow the lawns, prune the shrubs and weed the beds for a property that had had no garden maintenance for a year. After the first day of cutting the overgrown lawn and weeding the front garden; knowing that the property was going to be put up for sale, I wrote the following email to my client in the left column with work done after the client's response in the right column:-
|
|
Some observations, suggestions for you and possible actions by me about the external part of your property and your neighbour's (to improve the visual look of this property before it’s sale) |
Client requested that I carry out the work for all 29 of the observations, suggestions for you and actions by me. |
Front Garden:- |
|
1. Action - Your neighbour at No 6 did say that the verges were the council’s responsibility, but that they have not cut them this year. I asked her whether I could cut her verge and she agreed; since she has not cut hers. I hope you agree that the cut verges do provide a better first view, since I intend to keep on cutting them as well as the lawns until they look like lawns. |
The verges, caravan parking area, vegetable garden, front and back garden lawns were cut using a 21" Honda Self-Propelled Mower every fortnight. The front and back lawns were scarified using a Honda Scarifier by scarifying along the lawn, vacuuming the lawn with the lawnmower, scarifying at 90 degrees to the last way, vacuuming, scarifying along the diagonal, vacuuming, scarifying along the other diagonal and finally vacuuming. |
2. Action - Your tarmac drive has weeds and moss growing in it. I intend to use my high pressure hose to clean them off and brush off the loose tarmac shingle. |
The drive was swept, the weeds removed and the moss removed by high pressure hosing it. The loose material was put into into a Hippo bag. |
3. Observation - Your top pane of glass in the front door is broken. The draught excluder at the top of the side on the door frame is not on the door frame. |
Bell Glass of Gillingham replaced the glass in the front door, the cracked glass in the scullery window and the workshop window. I painted the door before replacing the draught excluder and the respective windows after their glass replacement. |
4. Action - I intend to remove the ivy from the door and its frame between the drive and your internal patio. |
The ivy was removed. |
5. Observation - The garage door handles and the side door to the internal patio are not the same colour as the rest. |
The garage door handles, garage doors and side door was repainted. |
6. Observation - The caravan parking area has concrete slabs and small pea-shingle directly onto the clay earth below. This has no Geotextile at the base with no 8” deep Type I MOT foundation above or no 2” of washed sharp sand on top and below the slabs to prevent the underlying clay from heaving or depressing the top surface to the detriment of any weight of caravan or vehicle placed on top. |
The weeds were removed, Plantex laid on top and a fresh layer of pea-shingle (supplied by Allsand Supplies Ltd who sell by the cubic yard as against by the ton - 1 cubic yard of stone is 1.8 tons) applied. Creating the correct foundation etc would not have been cost effective from the point of selling the property. |
7. Observation - The middle post on the fence between you and next door is broken at the base and it’s metal support is not keeping it upright. |
A wooden stake was inserted into the ground alongside and screwed to the post. Replacing the broken post would have required replacing the fence sections on each side of it as well, which would not have been cost effective. |
8. Observation - The paint is coming off your front soffits, and next doors soffit. The paint is coming off your front asbestos/concrete downpipes. |
The soffits and downpipes were painted. |
9. Observation - Next door has asbestos/concrete guttering facing your garden in need of painting (perhaps black to match the black plastic guttering and downpipes which you have). The Windows of Next Door and their wall has ivy root fragments on their glass and frame, from the ivy that was cut down from your garden. |
The guttering was painted. The ivy roots were removed using water from a high pressure hose. |
10. Suggestion - The Asbestos/Concrete downpipes and guttering along the front fence in the caravan parking area need removing. |
This was removed. |
11. Action - Concerning the climbers on the front fence: Honeysuckle - leave alone, Clematis – prune to ground, Rose – tie to fence with vine-eye/wire support system below trellis, and Climber at end – cut to ground. |
This was done. |
12. Action - The 3 remaining trees in your front lawn are to have 1’ radius of grass removed from their trunks, to allow the trees to receive nutrients and water. |
This was done. Grass mowings were used as a mulch in that 1' radius to provide nutrients for those trees. |
13. Action - The 2 front borders to be weeded, pruned, prunings shredded and shreddings applied round their shrubs before covering with grass mowings to feed the plants. |
This was done. |
14. Internal Patio:- |
|
Observation - if the internal patio climber is removed with its string support system, then the ceiling beams that it is supported by could be stained the same colour as the rest. |
This was done. |
15. Back Garden:- |
|
Action - The buddleia by the external ramp will be removed, as will the grey juniper tree, grey leylandii tree and yellow juniper tree at end. |
These were removed. |
16. Observation - The paint is coming off your back soffits, asbestos/concrete guttering and downpipes. |
These were cleaned and painted. |
17. Action - The garage rose needs vine-eye support system. |
This was done. The vine-eye support system keeps the plant at least 3" away from the building, thus allowing airflow behind to stop fungal growth on the climber. |
18. Action - Back Garden beds to be weeded, pruned, prunings shredded, shreddings with grass mowings on top to be used as mulch on the beds. |
This was done. |
19. Action - All support systems on fruit trees to be removed. |
The tree posts and straps were removed and put into a HippoBag for disposal. |
20. Action - Either the rose trellis is replaced and the rose tied to it, or the trellis is removed together with the rose. |
The rose trellis and rose from the vegetable garden area were removed. |
21. Observation - The back garden slab patio and slab path are laid directly onto the earth with the cement grouting having weeds in it. Either remove cement grouting to replace it with Geofix to allow for drainage, or lay the slabs correctly with correct depth of foundations etc. |
The patio and paths were high pressure hosed to clean them and the lawns abutting them were edged. Creating the correct foundation etc. would not have been cost effective from the point of selling the property. |
22. Suggestion - Suggest you eat your raspberry crop and maybe your rhubarb. |
The raspberries were eaten by the birds and the forced rhubarb left for the new owners. |
23. Action - Remove the 3 gooseberries from the vegetable garden and plant them where the trees, which will be cut to the ground, are. |
This was done. |
24. Action - Remove raspberries, keep the rhubarb, level the ground to path level and sow lawn seed to create lawn in the vegetable garden. |
This was done. |
25. Suggestion - The rocks and bricks leaning against the chainlink fence in the vegetable garden are removed together with the material behind the shed. |
The Medibags from Hippowaste were used to remove this waste. |
26. Suggestion - If the shed was painted perhaps black, it would not look so shabby. |
It was painted chestnut brown. |
27. Action - Remove honeysuckle climber from shed. |
This was done. |
28. Suggestion - White emulsion underneath conservatory roof to be removed, to provide more light in the winter. |
Deniva Cleaning Services removed this emulsion as part of their cleaning preparation of the house for sale. |
29. Action - Prune trees. |
These were pruned, prunings shredded and the beds mulched with those shreddings. |
Does this help? |
|
The property was sold within a month. |
It is worth remembering that especially with roses that the colour of the petals of the flower may change - The following photos are of Rosa 'Lincolnshire Poacher' which I took on the same day in R.V. Roger's Nursery Field:- |
Closed Bud |
Opening Bud |
Juvenile Flower |
Older Juvenile Flower |
Middle-aged Flower - Flower Colour in Season in its |
Mature Flower |
Juvenile Flower and Dying Flower |
Form of Rose Bush |
There are 720 roses in the Rose Galleries; many of which have the above series of pictures in their respective Rose Description Page. So one might avoid the disappointment that the 2 elephants had when their trunks were entwined instead of them each carrying their trunk using their own trunk, and your disappointment of buying a rose to discover that the colour you bought it for is only the case when it has its juvenile flowers; if you look at all the photos of the roses in the respective Rose Description Page!!!! |
|
Table B - UK running out of food Row 1 - Britain will run out of food by summer of 2024. |
Row 1 Britain will run out of food by summer of 2024. "New post-Brexit controls on food imports 'will fuel price inflation' - Overseas suppliers could be deterred from UK trade, reports Cahal Milmo. " from Page 12 of i newspaper for 27 April 2024 |
|
Row 2 When you wish to buy British grown vegetables and fruit, you will have a problem with many farms being forced to close within 12 months from November 2023.
25.8% of households with children
|
|
Row 3 Farmers fear food shortages caused by green schemes - they are warning that vegetables and grains could be next to the egg shortages as environmental schemes take large areas of land out of use for food production. Stephen Holt's main crop is winter wheat, but to ensure its success he grows a "break crop" of oil seed rape and beans between wheat harvests to break the cycle of weeds, diseases and pests and to improve soil health. He sells the break crops as a commercial product to make money on top of his wheat harvest. |
|
Row 4 Waste Britain: How tackling UK's shocking food waste saves country millions - report by Fareshare on 16 May 2023 |
|
Row 5 - Worker on State Benefits loses 12% of their gross wage because of these new border control food charges. Britain runs out of food during summer of 2024. |
|
Row 6 - UK adults who cannot afford to buy food - Tax receipts have recovered strongly from the worst of the pandemic, rising by £120,000,000,000 (15.1 per cent) in 2021-22, and are forecast to rise by a further £90,900,000,000 (9.9 per cent) this year; with an extra £24,000,000,000 raised in 2022 Autumn Statement - the UK overspent by over twice the total tax received by the UK government in 2006-2007 during 2021-2023 tax years (from Tax Expenditures in OECD Countries by Joe Minarik 4127867.ppt),
|
|
Row 7 - The Big Six Supermarkets are misleading shoppers into beliving that they are buying food from Britain's Family Farms. From Guy's News on Farmers against Farmwashing of Monday 30 September 2024 from riverford.co.uk Uncover more at stopfarmwashing.co.uk." Since the majority of British Farms will go bust in the fairly near future, I wonder if the supermarkets will buy them up and turn them into the required 1,500,000 new homes, plus a few thousand business premises within the next 5 years, They will be quietly forgetting that mains water pipes laid in the Victorian times of the 1800's can only supply a certain volume and when the new housing estates take their water from that pipe, it means that buildings further along that pipe will not have water. It is also the point that as more land gets devoted to roads, homes, concrete parking etc, that the combined raw sewage and stormwater pipes will also get overloaded, so the estates will have raw sewage/rainwater overflowing onto their estate road network. |
|