Hi Quaedor36I wouldn't spread fresh manure where I intended to plant root crops like parsnips or carrots for two reasons:1 - fresh manure...
I'm with Fidgetsmum. I've used the coarse sawdust produced by chainsaws cutting up live wood both as a mulch and a "brown" ingredient for my...
Hi MandyIf your lawn was only seeded in April, it was a bit risky giving it a weed and feed treatment a few months ago. That said, the...
Hi StarbarThose look like tiny caterpillars but it seems very late for butterflies, moths or flies to do such damage. I'd give them a squirt...
Hi BorrowersI've never grown a mulberry of any kind but I'm sure I've heard that the mulberry which is grown for its fruits bleeds badly if...
Alan Titchmarsh is a time-served professional gardener with a confident and fluent presenting style. He knows his stuff.I'll certainly watch...
Hi BallyI think cotoneaster cornubia is one of the big, vigorous cotoneasters so you will need to prune it hard back in late winter/early...
After the first flush of flowers, I cut my lupins back to a low side stalk, not right to the ground. I get some secondary flowers but they're...
Hi DerwentI think it's only the rodent species like rats and also squirrels that cause destruction of cables and building fabric. Stoats are...
Lots of good advice already.I'd just add:1 - don't be in a hurry to have the "perfect garden". It'll take years, your ideas will evolve...
MadamemortyHas anyone explained how your bulbs are supposed to "do harm" to your trees?The bulbs themselves will not harm your big trees...
Hi QuaedorTraditional advice was to add manure one year and then lime the next year, never both in the same year. I think they counteract...
Beautiful - especially the first close up shot of the acer leaves.Thanks for posting.
Hi CathyWelcome to the forum.I note that your hedge is "long established" and I'm afraid that's likely to be the cause of the problem....
That's interesting. But I'm not sure if I could reliably tell the difference between carrots and parsnips if I were blindfolded when I ate them....
Hi GPZRXWelcome to the forum.I think your mum's "parsnip with the leaves of a carrot" is in fact a white carrot.Carrots come in many...
Hi BeltoDid you dig in manure before planting? I know this causes forking with carrots - might be the same with parsnips.
Hi BeltoI'm convinced that swede are tricky little devils. I used to find they either never swelled up properly or keeled over with chronic...
Hi RobThe addition of an autumn feed to lawns is, I suspect, a matter of personal preference among gardeners.There are gardeners who give...
Hi CluelessBare patches - if they're not too big, I fill them with turfs cut from some other part of my lawn. Since I've been steadily...
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