Happy Birthday Barley! :ccheers:
Introducing Tiger! He's a four year old retired racing greyhound and very handsome as you can see: [ATTACH]He came to me last month as a...
I've only just spotted this thread and would like to take the opportunity to commemorate dear Ken my retired racing greyhound, who I had to have...
Tiger in the garden
I am pleased with the progress the four pittosporum Tom Thumb I acquired for the front garden (with advice from all of you!) are now making. As...
It's a true geranium - i.e. cranesbill. Do you know what colour flowers it has? There are many many different varieties, an RHS search brings up...
As you've got such a beautiful rural outlook personally I'd go for a traditional mixed hedge of native species. That would look both lovely and...
I'll be interested to see what responses you get @Kevin Cowans! I have a similar situation here with a crab apple "Laura" and a rowan "Autumn...
Sounds good to me. I have always found it helpful to try ideas out on the ground as well though - using washing line to indicate a border, a cut...
Do consider rainwater run-off, which is becoming a real environmental issue as more and more people in towns and cities pave their gardens over....
Similar here in London; we have had just a few nights of frost over the last few months. That wasn't enough to shrivel plants like pelargoniums...
This story popped up on my BBC homepage this morning and I thought others of you might enjoy it too - Tony Kirkham the chief arboriculturalist at...
I'm wondering if it's some kind of fennel!
I would like to try it with a Cedar of Lebanon cone! Will have to look out for one on my walks with the dog.
I've used Compost Direct in the past, and found their soil conditioner very good as well as reasonably priced. Because I'm within the M25 the bulk...
I live not a million miles from Wimbledon and have something very similar growing in a pot on the patio, acquired as a cutting from a neighbour....
You could use woody and twiggy waste which you can't compost to make a "dead hedge" in front of it - great for wildlife: Woody waste: shredding...
Doesn't look to me like a spider plant (=Chlorophytum, as in link above) but rather a Phalaris known as gardener's garters:...
Lakemont is the only seedless variety this specialist nursery feels able to recommend as suitable for growing in the UK: Lakemont Seedless Grape...
That's too complicated for me to work out! There is a standing charge as well as the price per litre, which again varies even within the Thames...
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