Okay, thanks Pete, I'll try pruning them back.
I recently was given a lot of very young plants and cuttings all at once, so it was a real baptism of fire to get over my fear of failure. It's...
Speaking of failures, I've just opened up the plastic bags on some of the cuttings and two of them have mould growing in the sharp sand/compost...
Hi all,I was given two very young climbing roses last Sunday that had self-seeded in a large planter. (No idea about the parent rose, it might...
Sorry @Mike Allen, not sure how I missed your post. I'm definitely learning that a lot of gardening is trial and error (and everyone has...
Thanks @pete!
Hi all,,A few days ago I took some softwood rose cuttings (and put them in a mix of two-thirds sharp sand and one-third compost).A lot of...
Thanks @Mike Allen, @Graham B and @JWK.I've taken out a lot of the concrete and stones now.My soil pH tester arrived and the reading is pH...
Hi all,I was digging up weed bulbs in my garden and noticed that in one area the soil was of the clay type but also felt "crunchy" when my spade...
I'm in Enfield in London.Apparently parrots are everywhere now - I remember seeing them in south London more than ten years ago.Wrt to the...
Sorry John, should have said - I've already dug them all out 1-2 weeks after using SBK Brushwood Killer.I was hoping the cardboard would...
Hi all,I'm going to lay down cardboard and other mulch layers over raised perimeter beds for a year to kill/surpress a wide range of massive...
Thanks Victoria.Having a great time gardening so far - spotted parrots, foxes, common toad, a cheeky robin and almost ate a weed I thought might...
Ahhh, that looks right @Silver surferThanks everyone for your help. Years ago I did go on a hike once and the hike leader found some wild...
Thanks @Liz the potIs there anything I can do before I start fresh in Sept/Oct to prep for the new lawn?
Haha, it's definitely off the menu.I didn't realise you could get pink bluebells! Bluebells does seem the closest bet...
It's worth mentioning that while digging up all those weeds, there was plenty of worms and bugs in the soil. (Less in the clay areas.)Does this...
When should I give it the weed and feed? Is it worth seeding lawn patches now (caused by raking dead matted grass away). At least to stop weeds...
Hi all!I actually joined the forum last year but only properly gardening and posting now. Complete novice (part from some expertise in battling...
I thought the bulb weed in the photos might be wild garlic because of the shape of the flowers but they're light purple and not white. It also...
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