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Aaaarrgghhh! They're at it again! I'm religiously masking all the unwanted stuff from my timeline and started having a clearout of one-off contacts made through Messenger, so now they've started filling my contacts list with complete strangers. Not 'suggestions' for 'friends' which I did...

Foxes are known to play with dogs, so it might have been inviting her out to play.My foxes aren't coming in the daytime at the moment. They are clearly coming at night as evidenced by the holes they dig, though I don't seem to have much of a problem with poop. During the spring/summer when...

I’ll avoid the spray so it’ll just be the paving smelling of vinegar I hope . (I also hope next door’s cats don’t think fish and chips are on offer.)

A malted crunch loaf with walnuts Jenny Namaste

Maybe you just later and missed the flowering, you can see where the flowers were.

The grass will be growing more slowly in cold weather, and it might stop growing if it turns cold again, so it might take longer for the glyphosate to do its job than it would in warmer weather. If it doesn't seem to be working, I would give it a month or six weeks at least before even thinking...

RSPB just posted this on X, it's a conversation between a wood pigeon and a starling about how to scupper someone's count.x.com

You could buy small plants from the GC but there’s nothing better than seeing a seed that you’ve sown grow into a plant. Salads and herbs are a great start. One tomato plant in a big pot is a good ‘experiment’ to see if you enjoy the nurturing required - try a short, bush variety of cherry toms....

I've always found G de M a well behaved plant. I've used the hard green wire netting to grow it up in my current garden to camouflage my oil tank. I have plenty of common Ivy too and agree with @Thevictorian that the flowers are very attractive to bees and other insect life. Not always...

Hello allWell, after much deliberation, I have decided not to have the Patio, Paving and Setts Sealed, there are just too many variables and possible issues.I will just endeavour to Pressure Wash the Patio, Paving and Setts a Couple of Times a Year, hopefully that will keep it all looking...

Agree @NigelJ they grow with their "feet" in the cold and their "heads" out in the sun and that is why we planted out some outside which have done brilliantly since 2010 coldest spell -10.

Blood, fish and bone for anything shrubby when planting. Also for foliage promotion on herbaceous perennials if necessary - both in the ground and pots. I use tomato food for boosting flowering including roses.

They’ll probably wonder why they don’t have bright red flowers .

Biblical gardens are more popular on the continent, some churches have their attempts on the grounds.Maybe pick a small number of useful plants. We get a small number of figs in hampshire. Grapes are fun to do but need netting from birds, we eat the leaves more than the fruit because a local...

Or solar, when some of us live in the cloudiest part of the world!Thanks for link @pete - yes I use the Inkbird controller, as I find the ones inbuilt on heaters pretty random.

Hi Guy's, yes I have also got cottager's kale grown from seed this year. It seems to be a lot more slug resistant than the curly kale. But the one I am referring to is grown from cuttings because it doesn't flower. I think that is why it is perennial because it doesn't waste energy on flowers...

Royal Mail became IDS in autumn 2022. IDS is currently being sold to EP Group. EP Group is owned by a Czech billionaire. This deal is expected to be completed first quarter 2025. A different company, also owned by Daniel Kretinsky, already owned 20 to 30% of IDS.

How tomato plants protect themselves from some insects

There might not have been a great deal of difference when regular compost was peat-based (peat being slightly acidic) although I imagine the pH would vary depending on how much lime was added by the manufacturer. Peat-free composts are much more variable in many ways so I wouldn't be surprised...