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Yes i had read this, but also that just over winter they can go like this and they recover but perhaps this one had a particularly bad winter, i'll maybe leave it a couple more weeks, I've left it opened up as you see in the picture which it may or may not appreciate.. I had wondered if it was...

Might find these interesting:Beans and Wheat Intercropping: a new look at an overlooked benefit - Agricology and Investigation of suitable legume species for undersowing in organic spring wheat - Agricology Two slightly different takes on intercropping with legumes. Click on the resource button...

Fish and chips smell great but not so much if you're not hungry.The smell of the hot oil they are cooked in is powerful, heavy and lingers and makes you feel greasy yourself - lived next door to one in my flat-sharing youf but they had a high exhaust flue so not a constant smell. Anyway,...

Hollyhock is in the mallow family and it does have that look about it.

It could be apple scab, but have a look at the examples on the RHS Site to confirm first. Apple scab and pear scab / RHS GardeningIf it is that, then you can use a copper-based fungicide to treat it. The general term for this fungicide is Bordeaux Mixture - recipes are on the web if you want...

Ah I don't know why people need lots of cars, the man with a motor bike I said about also has a car and a big blue van, and his wife has a motorbike. They also have a car that's never used and kept at the side of the house. Doesn't make sense to me.

Nope I take that back

Could 6 be some sort of Anthemis? Looks a bit like mine but mine are a greyish green, whilst yours looks quite silver Definitely not Californian poppies, I have those popping up here at the moment.

If it's on Facebook, it must be true.On Facebook, there are zillions of believers that the earth is flat. There are also zillions that believe you can heat a whole room in winter using only a tea light candle and a terracotta plant pot.

Yes I grow them from seed for a window box and they provide a lovely display over Summer. By around July they start to look a bit bedraggled so around mid-May I sow some more which will be ready to replace the bedraggled ones. I planted my seedlings into the window box a couple of days ago - so...

Well, I think we should admire its tenacity and give it a round of applause for persistence in the face of adversity. That teeny tiny rootlets can penetrate almost anything is a marvel to be wondered at.