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Your photo is not very clear so if my reply seems wrong, let me know. I would avoid tilling by machine totally. Its only a small area, which you tell me had large trees and therefore roots. This will frustrate rotovation. In addition, good lawn preparation requires the soil to remain structured...

Do you know what sort of rose it is? Climber, shrub etc? Do you know how old it is? Does it only flower once in summer or does it repeat flower? Without knowing I would just cut off any dead bits, very spindly stems and bits that rub each other and cut off all the bits that flowered last year...

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Its always better to just put a couple up at a time rather than lots with fairly silhouette type pictures. Maybe two pictures of each, a long shot, showing habit and a close up of foliage and flowers, if any are present.

Correct, if there is nothing growing inside the bag, or its not left outside to get soaked, then the fertiliser will still be in the compost.When somebody buys a full pallet and they are intending to store some for the following seasons, just keep it in a dry shaded area, ideally a shed or...

Just beginning work in the greenhouse, strawberries that were in pots are now in the border soil as they were struggling in pots last year, I have plenty of room as I am not growing sweetcorn in the greenhouse this summer.

So long as the ground is not frozen or waterlogged I'd get it in. What happened to the beautiful flowers idea you started with? Privet flowers are plain white and I find have an offensive odour.

I'd try a combination weed and feed product @Meomye then rake or scarify your lawn once the moss and weeds have died, followed by regular mowing, starting at a medium/high height, depending on how high your grass is, and then lowering it. A photo of your lawn would help with more specific advice.

While the ground is wet, you should be able to cut the main stem leaving sufficient length to grasp and pull from the soil*. You can remove that within the shrub at any time. Infact, once severed, it will shrivel and become more visible, assisting removal from the shrub gently. *assuming its not...

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I would specifically request confirmation from your household insurance provider that you have third party cover if the encumbered tree should fail/fall , given the proximity to the church carpark. This may result in engaging a qualified aborist to survey the tree(s) and you should respect his...

You could have two problems simultaneously there. The nibbling may be weevils, the leaf drop may be euomyous scale. If the latter is a factor, the leaf drop will get worse so keep an eye out for that.

Oh thank you,I am lucky to have wonderfully mature shrubs and trees, best to ignore the “ short meadow” it does not really justify being called a lawn