I just got some of this from my mums garden and I dont know what it is. I just know it has beautiful lilac/blue flowers, deep lustrous green...
I've got two pear trees that have been in the ground now for about 2 months. They are both around 5 foot tall, very skinny and with no branches...
I have a darker side to my plot in Glasgow and was wondering if anyone knew anything about this shrub as it apparently likes a lot of shade. I saw...
Thanks but how can you tell the difference?
I have planted a sea buckthorn in my allotment and was hoping to get some berries off it sometime in the future. I have since read that I need to...
Will the seeds grow if sown directly into the garden just now?It would be great if you could post some pictures of your hellebores Waco!!
Great thanks Palustris. Will I have to cut the flowers to ground level too? [ 01. April 2006, 02:15 PM: Message edited by: sawfish ]
My friend is going to give me a large hellebore which he doesn't want, it is looking a bit straggly and old and I was wondering how I would go...
[img]Here's a couple of folk taking a break from the sun in Largs.Must be due to the huge amount of sun we get in the west coast of...
I think the bit beside the hutters is incredibly picturesque Dendrobium. Although obviously not as good as the West Highland Way gets farther on.
Not that this has anything to do with growing them but try mixing olive oil, honey, fresh ginger and garlic in a tray then rolling bits of swede...
Scorzonera, salsify, skirret (ancient carrot thing), purple carrots, loads of colourful beans and peas of all types, good king henry, apple...
Earth up your carrots as mentioned before, also soak some string in paraffin and tie it up beside them. Either that or put a little paraffin...
I dont know if anyone has tried using google earth to find their garden or allotment from above?Its great, here's Springburn Allotments.[img]
I got all my veg books from second hand shops. There always seems to be loads for a quid each, some great old ones too!
Woolworths have some great deals on bulbs shrubs and trees just now.
I'm going to be growing many colourful beans and peas, weather permitting. I like the idea of growing beans over stuff like chairs, ladders etc...
I have a lot of wood ash I dont know what to do with as I have a wood burning stove.What should I do with this? Is there a time of the year I...
Yes its an amazing feeling. Cant help thinking the dreaded weeds are still there waiting to rear their ugly heads despite me getting rid of...
Thanks for the fantastic responses. I'll definitely think about a worm farm type thingy.In clearing my plot I moved many dirty pieces of plastic...
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