Monty Don is presenting a new series on Sundays, BBC2 from 9-10pm, looking at some pretty impressive world gardens. It's on at the moment (sorry...
Excellent, thank you David. There's a Ginkgo right outside Osterley tube station, but it lost all its leaves in August. I'm not sure if it...
Hmm, Picasa doesn't get on with this forum!Earlier photo is here and today's photo is here.Will try and figure out a way of putting the...
As I said when I introduced myself last week, my mother suggested I take up gardening to beat the post-nuptial blues. And because I'm a nerd I...
I've just bought potatoes, elephant garlic, radishes and hot chillis for containers, but will start with them indoors and then in a frame (even...
1 wood pigeon 1 great tit 1 blackbird 1 parakeet :eek:Although usually where there's one parakeet there are soon a dozen, so I'm rather glad...
My 6'3" husband can aim into our compost bin no problem (funny how he can hit a 5' high hole at night in our wind-tunnel garden, but not the 2'...
I'm going to pass these suggestions on to my mum - she was lamenting how she can never grow anything underneath her copper beech - it's so dark...
I was absolutely flabbergasted by it! The Cycas revoluta had been in Homebase for �£24.99, and I didn't want to pay that much, so when I saw it...
Thanks for the clarification Pete. I have slow-growing Wollemia nobilis and Magnolia x soulangiana, and I think I'm good for 10 years or so with...
Is there a "rule of thumb" for how big a tree is likely to grow in a certain sized pot, or is that dependent on the species as well? And should I...
Eek - definitely not touching one of them with a bargepole then! Ah, my Californian friends do like to mock me for essentially having about 20...
Thank you for the warm welcome everyone. I've potted up my witch hazel now, and will take some photos when the sun is on my side. I'm not sure...
I checked this out between Christmas and New Year. It's run by the Forestry Commission. Not far from Tunbridge Wells.Costs �£6.00 to park,...
I write about my Jurassic garden about once a month on my science blog:The Ethical PalaeontologistShould warn you it has a few swears when I'm...
Hi all - been lurking for a couple of months but thought I'd introduce myself. I took up gardening six months after getting married (suffering...
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