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Mrs LS's hanging baskets

I don't bother with weedkiller - I pull it up or snap it off at the base, and leave the stem and leaves to wither and die. I don't do any untangling. It only takes a moment to do. It grows back weaker, slower, smaller leaves. I snap it off again. I find that after the third time, it tends to...

I wait till the leaves have dropped in late autumn so you can see what needs doing. I cut right out 4 or 5 of the oldest, gnarled branches at ground level each year so that every year you get new branches growing which flower better. You can also just cut back the remaining branches to the size...

Well done both of you - that is certainly some project!That was an interesting idea about using a jetwasher so thanks for that but just imagine the mess! The builder says he'll deal with it as he also wants to do something about the soakaway drainage in that area.Might it be a good idea to...

Thank you everyone. No idea why, but I was wrongly thinking of summer squash such as courgettes which need picking early to prevent them becoming massive. I was hoping for a regular crop of honeybear through the summer, but I now realise I will likely have a glut in Autumn that I can store. ...

I think 50 x 50 x 50 is rather small for a birch tree so, if you can, give it a much larger pot but first of all, stand it in a saucer and give it a good 10 litres of water and let it soak up any that seeps out. Leave it 3 days and repeat. When you see water coming out of the bottom you'll...

Some excellent suggestions. I had taken to hosing the pigeon gunk out, but now with a hosepipe ban, it's back to scrubbing it again. Perhaps I'll look into smaller ones. Erecting an arch or similar might provide an opportunity to hang some smaller ones. Thank you!

My nan used to say that whistling while you're peeling/chopping onions prevents your eyes watering. It doesn't work very well for me!