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Adding shredded or simply ripped up paper is the easiest way to balance a wet compost. Any non-shiney paper will do so newspapers, envelopes, egg/fruit/mushroom cartons and cardboard.We add far more than we used too and it’s really improved the consistency and speed of our compost.

Google reckons -Conservation statusVulnerable (IUCN 3.1)[1] Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Clade: Tracheophytes Clade: Angiosperms Clade: Eudicots Clade: Asterids Order: Lamiales Family: Gesneriaceae Genus: Glossoloma Species: G. martinianum Binomial name Glossoloma...

That's a lovely transformation Anguisfragilis.

Traditional tarred jute (fillis) string would solve the problem, if you can find some. It remains weather resistant but should 'give' under increasing load once the tree expands its girth. Test to see if you can break it with 'bare hands' . Jute should break, hemp- not so likely !

Good stuff. Thanks very much.

My cuttings arrived. Very healthy so potted them up ../Some good information here ... How to Grow the Pencil Cactus

I like your choice of large paving @Ian Clive White, it certainly makes the area look more spacious . I agree with @noisette47 about using large pots, just make sure that they are elevated on pot feet or similar to drain well and avoid marking your paving. I'd choose medium sized shade loving or...

Hello allI Hope you are Well.I have some Heuchera 'Melting Fire' in the Garden, the Originals and some Self Seeded.Unfortunately, due to some unintended Neglect over the last Couple of Years they are not looking their Best.Can Heuchera 'Melting Fire' be Cut Right Back?If not then what...

wow thats amazing, thanks so much for sharing all that!

As I haven't asked you to pay for it, the cost needn't concern you.

Thanks Lizzie, I do love Rosemary.I guess for a good few years most the western side of the order will be very sunny as the trees are still small. So sun loving plants should thrive in there at the moment. I guess I will have to modify the planting over time.

Thanks @lizzie27 I wondered why you had to wait and you’ve explained why, thanks.

I put my head into hedge, only to be confronted with a pair of robins flying back and forth along the length of it. Scary at close range. So the pruning will have to wait.

Yes i have noticed this and am ok to apply more compost but my issue is always that the compost can only be applied to the surface so im never sure as to whether nutrients in any newly applied compost will actually get to the roots

Now is a good time to prune, before new growth appears.

A first visit to the greenhouse this season

I grow Catalpa here @Butterfly6, quite a feature. I pollarded mine for the first time last year, after ten years, the leaves were definitely larger .