Fat Hen - thanks - I thought it was called Henry VIII! :heehee: Will remove it. The trouble with a wildflower mix is that you don't know what to...
Update: the mint came up, not sure what else. Is that other one 'King Henry', if so I will remove it. Slugs already on the rampage despite two...
Herb garden 4/5 cleared & seeded with wild flowers for the bees - fingers crossed something comes up. May sprinkle anti-slug nematodes to give the...
Thanks, do you mean this material please?Decking | DIY at B&QCan't do any heavy clearance this year, the raised bed will have to limp along...
Have now removed 2/3 of growth leaving the Oregano which I hope will keep on going - it supports tiny, brightly coloured moths during the summer....
Thanks Alisa,That's a good idea, it would save me a lot of work. But the raised bed is in the middle of a lawn and grass is so invasive, it...
I'm on clay soil so water can be quite a problem.
Thanks. This may be a long project - but I will get there. There are things coming up later this year, which may get in the way, but that will...
Outdoors, it's only invasive species I strongly object to - some of which could have been contained & removed from the local environment by the...
I could (still) never tell the difference - I was aware that hornets pose a threat to bees but then so do arachnids. Never seen a hornet until...
Thank to all. Need to sort that raised bed. It's previous existence as a pond ceased when the owners discovered it full of mosquito larvae. Also...
Single hornet returns year after year, never two together. In high summer this beast moved so swiftly I couldn't see it to photograph it ~...
I'm in the West Country, North Dorset, we are plagued with ants, I have to fight to keep them out of the bungalow, they use any crack in the...
Possibly also explains why my oregano has survived, but the basil or rosemary had attained a woody nature, almost like a small shrub. I am amazed...
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Have a resident hornet, only one, it's been around for years. Total mystery. Appears in the summer, staggers around in the autumn, disappears all...
Thanks, going to have to think this out. The main herbs I used were fennel and mint, I never knew what the others were for in cooking - I don't...
Am receiving no alerts for this post from the forum, I have ticked the alert box & checked my email address which is current. This is why it took...
Thanks to all who have taken a kind interest in the progress & plight of my herb garden! :)
Thanks. The raised bed was a pond, that's what the liner is doing there. You suggest I dig it out please?The fennel had self-sown itself about a...
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