Dont forget a puff of Nippon ant killer should that be acceptable to you.
They are fine in a container for several years, and they are tough as old boots. Transplant in the autumn I would say, and don't worry. They don't...
They annoy me though the flowers are beautiful. If placed at the back of the border they are too low in flower, if at the front they leave a huge...
You can try dabbing them with a cotton wool bud dipped in meths. They just kind of disolve. Since they don't move too fast doing it once a week or...
And that isn't it...For some inexplicable reason I don't have pictures of the orchids, but I will take them this summer!
How about hearing it for the stripey lawn? My clients love them. Don't need weedkillers, just a bit of fertilizer aqnd a rear roller on the mower....
And a v. exciting compost heap (slatted, 6ft x 4ft minimum, preferably 6ft x 8 ft x 4 ft high, and a cotoneaster or two and hawthorns or similar...
And some hoverfly/bee nest things made out of straws, and some nettles in the corner, and some wild cherries perhaps to get the harvest mice in,...
Nice and sunny down in the big smoke today. Forecasters reckon 20 degrees (ha ha). Might get the shorts out and frighten the local wildlife....
Don't like to tempt fate but there seem to be NO aphids around in my gardens this year. I do mean that - none. Can't work it out. A few fair...
Yup. Ants, worms, whatever turns ya compost. They will lodge a while, make a lovely crumbly mix and move on.
er I have just bothered to google Podophyllum hexandrum. Looks a dead ringer. I think I might be a little slow off the mark... apologies for...
Is it too late to ask for a seedling? Whatever it is looks very interesting. It isn't a trillium undulatum by any chance is it?
Sounds like wind or sun scorch. They don't like it. I've had plants that have ben fine for 10yrs+ then get scorched and just seem to fade....
Look for road builders and heavy construction. They dig this stuff up,mix it, and sell it loose to the trade. If you have a pick-up they will...
Let it be lazy-g, invertebrates are always good in compost heaps. They will move on if they run out of fodder so no need to carry them to their...
They like exposure, and I think they don't do well in shade or enclosure. Just come back from a jolly day out at Arundel, the tamarisk is growing...
I have a client who insists on leaving his manky old wallflowers in the ground if there is anything resembling green on them. They look terrible...
Not sure if I'm on or off topic now (!)No I don't have any objections to grass clippings. I produce approx 8 tonnes a year of compost from just...
Might I suggest that if you buy a couple of clematis they should fall into the same pruning group, as they will get all tangled up immediately and...
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