You can tell if your plant is dead by using your thumb nail and s****ing some bark away at the base. If its brown its dead, if green or white,...
Its looking very good indeed - however it is not iceberg - which I have. The closest suggestion we had last year as to its identity was Windrush...
Whilst I have little doubt that after this time Maddie is dead - I just am not going to join the media speculation about the who and the what. As...
There are some slug killers that profess to be pet and wild life friendly, but I just won't take that risk. My visiting toads and thrushes are too...
I would prepare the whole bit of land well - breaking it up and adding any organic matter that you have to help break it down. (Just planting...
I just been a bit gobsmacked in respect of my findings on research.I diligently checked down the paternal paternal,(my grandfather) line, and...
Naive question - accidental garden, why does your husband want a veggie patch in the shady part of the garden, and expect you to deliver it?Have...
Prolly my most favourite bit of all the Lakes. I worked and holidayed at the ODG in great Langdale over many years. The Langdale Pikes, are...
Not sure about biennial fruiting. Happens with my apples, but I have a greengage tree as well , and that doesn't follow that pattern. I wonder it...
Congratulations, that is one tasty garden. Only one problem - you have been bitten by the bug - there is no going back :D :D
JBH - yes that is what I do with the ones I particularly like as well as taking cuttings.With both the secret of success if keeping them in a...
Fuchsias take easily from cuttings - either tip, soft wood, or heeled cuttings. Tip cuttings are when you just take the tip below the top...
I'm with WOO on the subject of roses - they are marvellous plants, and I grow just a few :D . Its minatures that I have a problem growing.My...
By little roses - do you mean the kind normally sold as indoor roses. If so, I wouldn't grow them - I tried once to see how they did, and they...
:D :D :DI trust no one tries that :(
Don't forget the roses - once established they could do very well in such a sunny border. Underplanted with lavender mmmm
Not sure I remember that winter as being especially bad - if you exclude the hurrican and the snow storm that is :D :DBut maybe your...
Thanks very much - for the list and the link.
Lovely pictures- and well done you in caring for them. The last two summers must have been really tough on hedgehogs - either hot and dry or...
I'd love one - tis a long time to wait til next year to see my first. Thank you for the offer.
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