Really?! Good on her for refusing!
Sorry this is off-topic, but I agree: a friend did post-graduate research with UK Jains, and much of what she told me was depressing. Not only...
I am very grateful for all but one of the answers. Nature doesn't "intend" anything. Intention requires consciousness and thought. Nature is...
Again, I totally agree with the answers above. I only hope my college do as well, otherwise I will either have to fail the module or leave the...
Hi JWK, hi Ziggy. Thanks. Actually I agree with you - I've no desire to use insecticides. It is more a theoretical question. Moreover, I am...
Hi. I realise it is not common in mainstream growing. But an often heard riposte to vegetarians/vegans is that a vegetable diet kills more...
Thanks.
I have been asked to "tidy up" a pyracantha. It is rather large and the elderly lady whose garden it is in refers to it as "the monster." All...
Thanks for that Kristen. I'm slowly getting there.
Because I simply wish to know ;)
Thanks - those are beautiful pictures. I can see there are some branches ending in purple leaves, others ending in stubby wood with nothing...
Thanks - looking forward to seeing that ;)
Thanks. Where do these leaf buds appear? The Berberis I see are full of purple foliage. Will the buds appear on the existing stems? Should I...
What is the "cycle" of the plant? I'm a mite confused as to when it produces new growth. Whenever I see B. thunbergii it seems to be in purple...
So a small piece of onion peel in a compost heap will be broken up ("decomposed") via microbial secretion, and if I had a microscope powerful...
Does this, then, also mean that such a perennial might grow at a lesser rate or less healthily following a hard winter or other unfavourable...
Hi. I have wondered for a long time about two very simple practises, yet can never get a straight answer from anyone when trying to establish if...
I'm sorry Steve but I can't find the link to a postcode plant finder :(
Any habitat whatsoever...just name the first three that come into your head!
What are some herbs native to Britain? If you can narrow it down to England, Scotland, etc, that would be great...not to worry if not.
Separate names with a comma.