Nice to see the frog in action.I've always tried to encourage frogs to live around the garden because they are supposed to eat slugs. Now I...
While berries are fine the thing I don't like about the garden in winter is too many bare branches, so I like to have some evergreens. I like...
Moyra If you can't get at the root then get the growing tips and dip them in a pot of Round up for a few hours The more foliage you can wet the...
Mow when it needs it. Depends on temperature, and rain. Weekly would be quite usual. Feed it any time now it's growing. There are plenty of lawn...
Does no one use thyme? Thyme likes it warm and dry. It will easily grow in a pot, and has nice flowers. There are many varieties, most of which...
Amelanchier (Amelanchier lamarckii I think) makes a neat small tree. Have a look on Google images. White blossom in the spring, black berries...
By this time of year the weeds are growing like crazy and spreading seed, so wherever you prepare some bare earth to plant, the weed seeds will be...
Deet is pretty well the universal solution in the tropics for keeping off the mosquitos.As you probably know the mosquito larvae develop in...
Weeds themselves shouldn't survive the composting process, but I do wonder about the seeds. The way some things spread around the garden I suspect...
I'm with Oktarine on this. In fact I recommended the technique on another thread a few weeks ago. I don't cut the bind weed. Instead I get as much...
Yes, that's pretty much it. Check there is proper soil rather than cement, rubble, or anything else, where the slabs have been.
I would mow it three or four more times over the coming weeks, and if there is some decent lawn grass in there it will start to look like a lawn....
Yes green potatoes are poisonous, and there can be poison spread throughout the potato, even if only part of it is green. The poison is the same...
Why not use some weedkiller? Pathclear I think is suitable. It kills the existing weeds, and keeps them away for a ~ 6months. It kills all the...
The main reason patios sink is that the soil/subsoil underneath them is not properly compacted, and is full of cavities large and small. If the...
Laurel will withstand some hard trimming, that's not a problem. If you really want to take off two feet bear in mind that if you cut it now and...
Low cost and low effort; these things rarely go together.What is the cause of the poor drainage? Is the soil heavy or compacted? Is it the...
Not much to be done for the moment. Had it been dry I would have recommended watering it well, but I doubt that is a necessary given the recent...
Agree with Pro Guard. Round Up weed killer is absorbed through the leaves of the plants, so don't cut the weeds to the ground before applying the...
Thanks for the info. Now I have to decide whether to invest in such kit.
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