Has anyone tried rigging up a blind attached to one of the thermo roof vent thing so it only gets shaded when it really needs it? I have a small...
I'm not sure what size they need to be but I believe the females need a certain number of hours at a certain temperature to produce eggs for the...
Common name beauty bush, very apt.
It may seem pointless to leave the door open but you will be surprised how much of a difference a plastic green house can make. I overwintered a...
I can see a mother in-law joke here somewhere.
The link makes it sound as though the Queen is personally going into the countryside and spraying wild flowers with weed killer!:heehee:
[ATTACH][ATTACH] My Semi raised pond 1foot above ground 1 foot below. made from blocks laid on the side for better insulation. It wasn't the...
Didn't Japanese knotweed receive an RHS award of merit when it was introduced?
This is a pond I made from loft water tank. they come in different sizes and prices. This one was about 3' by 2' and about 3' high. At my old...
I think you can prune them any which way you choose, I think I saw them pleached once.
For me the real beauty of mexican orange blossom is the smell of the leaves when crushed.
A weed is a plant that grows where you don't want it to. I find the blue of the speedwell and grape hyacinths contrasts well with the yellow of...
or mend the splits with fiberglass and use as a water butt
As a temporary solution, given Kirsten & Armandii's input re polycarbonate flexing could you brace it place with bamboo canes on the outside...
The trunk grows down as well as up so you may have to dig deep. A trick garden centers use to keep tall "cordys" in short pots is to saw the...
I was told that too, it didn't work for me. What is the value in spraying the plants the gnats live in the soil. I'll try this, the little...
Could you not go for over kill with the number of clips used to keep them in?
I dare say fewer people would have watched the program if it had been called "harmonious allotments" or similar (I didn't see it myself), The...
Thank you, that's exactly what I needed. I have a couple of straw bales arriving soon. I'll let you know how I get on.
Has anyone either heard or tried this? It's an American idea using straw bale as containers somehow "activating " them to decompose in the middle...
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