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@noisette47, you are so right... I'm always planning how to grow hydrangeas here

Rats that are known/believed to have died from poison should not be composted; otherwise they can be readily added to the heap without regard. Best if the heap reaches 'effective' temperature, (50 deg C is sufficient)

Years ago I had a problem with bracken taking over my garden. Living rurally at the time root runners were coming in from the surrounding fields.I tried Roundup and SBK but neither had any effect. I then bought Gallup 360 and that cleared it all. After a second spraying to finish off the few...

When we moved into our house we had a massive pond, approximately 24' x 8' but lined with builders plastic (previous owner was a cheapskate!). In the Spring the noise from the frogs was incredible. When I had to empty and put a proper liner in I shortened the pond by about 8'. I eventually...

The term 'Ne'er do wells' always makes me think of Fagin .

There are a few websites out there with moss removal guides that I had a read of last year as we had heavy moss, a couple below. I bought a kit from Relentless gardener and followed the guide. I took action on the rear lawn and didn't touch the front lawn as an experiment to see the difference....

Thanks Nigel - will do those 2 things.Will it be ok to prune them in a few weeks ?

Why do you lift the bag out? I just put the bin out at collection day and they turn the whole thing upside down in their bin on the truck.

Thanks goodness it survived. It took months back then. Wooden planter is ordered, once it gets warmer, I will start doing it before I feel worse again in two weeks time.

I have got 2 Daphne plants that are not at there best, is it worth staying with these or just giving them up all together, any suggestions please, with so little leaf on one is it even viable?Thanks.

Thinking about it, it looks like there were once more horizontal arms but only the top ones are left. I have found myself that the upper arms tend to shade the lower ones and the sap tends to go up so the lower branches are less vigorous.