Thanks for the responses folks.
I garden on fairly heavy clay soil although I do add compost & manure each year but it still retains a fair amount of moisture for most of the...
Many thanks for your help folks. As we just grow flowers & shrubs at home I'll wait until compost is rotted down & use on flower beds as suggested.
A while ago I opened up my plastic compost bin & something very quickly disappeared from sight - rat or mouse I assume! This despite me having...
This year is the first year I have used peat free compost & whilst I have no problem with the 'feel' of it & the plants seem to grow well I do...
Thanks for the updates folks, much appreciated.
Thank you. No special reason, it's just that quite a few column inches on the subject appeared in the press some years back but very little now....
Some years back much mention was made in the gardening press on the subject of Hydroponic Gardening, there was even a Hydroponic Society of Great...
Many thanks Pete.
As one can see this plant is growing in a flower box is about 18" high. It appears to be an Isoplexis canariensis but those I've seen growing in...
Thanks noisette. I had not thought of plants not being stressed so I think as they will not need replacing for a year or two I might place them in...
Whilst the plants crop OK runners have never formed on my Strawberry Ostara. Has anyone noticed this before? The plants were young so I would have...
Many thanks. I'll keep an eye on it as we're plagued by the brown-leaved species.
Sorry, forgot to upload photo!
Can anyone identify the yellow plant that I've noticed in one of our Alpine troughs? I cannot remember planting it. The leaves are like a four...
Thanks for your reply.
Last year I planted a young crab apple that was in fruit. Most of the fruit fell in the winter but there are still a few shrivelled fruits hanging...
Does anyone know the history & development of the Dunemann Box which is a propagator which uses a sort of mulch of pine needles and other things...
Last year I noticed a rat on our allotment site so if I saw one I'm sure that there are more! I along with other plot holders suffered damage to...
Thanks for your reply Dips. No it's not a Wardian Case. Best description would be that it resembles the old-style food safe, used to keep food...
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