Put a plastic sheet or newspaper on the ground around the plants and gently shake the stems... the beetles jump off when disturbed... and they are...
Does any one know of a way to deter badgers from digging up the lawn? Better fencing isn't an option. I hope this is in the right section!
I've bought loads of Clematis, honeysuckes etc from Morrison's £1 79 each, a little on the small side, but great quality and they're all now...
I disagree, it's an awful answer, and slightly offensive.
For the Small gardening one... I'll ask gardeners.......... Thank you all for your Horticultural advise. For the "large workplace" one..... You...
Maybe part of the problem was it was a cold winter following a wet summer, some things didn't get to harden up before the winter came. We'd been...
POWER TO THE PEOPWE! I'm all for revolting peasants!:oops:
Yep, get them outside!.. (especially as you are in Plymouth, you can get away with things earlier than the rest of us!) Mine are out! If you...
Interesting!... a simple question.... should I need to roll clay soil?... seems to end up in an arguement of whether or not I should leave my job!
Yesterday she tells me not to "tread down the compost/muck heap... she can do that herself." .... I was looking forward to turning it!
I do value your response!... I've been here for a month, the last gardener left under a cloud. The owners don't understand why all their gardeners...
Not nessesarilly, some of our native Bluebels can naturally be pink or white.
I've E mailed the RHS advise centre... (with the initial question on here).... to see what they say. I'll report back!
I'm paid to be a professional gardener... using good horticultural practice.... I never like the "You're not paid to think" mentality! The...
If it's huge, let it flower now, then, take the shears, hedge trimmer, or what ever to get out as much as that tangled mess underneath, there's...
Chelsea cut......... chopping down herbaceous perrenials at the end of May (during Chelsea Flower Show week). the plants will regrow, flower later...
It's not so much an allotment as a large, private, kitchen garden. I'm being paid to do it... but still think that it's not only a waste of...
That's what I thought, but the owners are insisting that it "needs" rolling, but the clods are nicely broken... breadcrumby....down to at least a...
I've just taken over a garden with heavy clay soil. It had been dug and mucked in the autumn and I've rotivated the plot several times and it...
You've already answered your question... No, it's not necessary to spray anything. I would only ever spray if you have a specific problem, which...
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