NickMy, you've been busy!I understand your wish to plant something colourful but the areas you've cleared look as if they might need...
RobertJust had another look at your photos. Is that some kind of gall growing on the shoots, at their base? You might want to Google "apple...
RobertHmmmmmm. The fact that it's a Ballerina would explain why it hasn't branched much but has retained its "pole" like appearance with...
I thought Roman roads were made of stone, topped off with stone chippings.Surely a "pot hole" is called a "pot hole" because the hole just...
RobertBy the look of it, both those shoots seem to be from the rootstock. Which means that their fruit is whatever the rootstock was - it's...
Could it be some tasty morsel buried by a fox or dog "for later"?
The "big bonus" culture for the banking and investment industry has developed enormously over the past 10 years. These people have rigged the...
Apples!I'm certified "apple dependent" and need to eat at least one apple a day but more often two. I always try to buy British apples and my...
When I grew tomatoes under glass, I used to plant African marigolds in between them as companions. I think they were called Crackerjacks? I can't...
Without knowing how exposed your plot is or what kind of soil you've got, I'd say your overwintering onions should be OK just as they are. In...
This is a turf stack I made last summer. You can get a lot of turf into a small area if you stack it carefully, like building bricks.[img]...
hmalletMy veg beds (only semi-raised at the moment!) don't get as much sun as I would like but last summer they produced some good lettuce,...
For the best explanation that I've found anywhere, click onto this linkhttp://www.thislife.org/radio_episode.aspx?episode=355It's a...
All good advice above.I've found lettuce and leek seeds to keep particularly well but like everyone says, you have to give them a chance by...
I agree 100%. And as a nation, we're very wasteful with food, throwing away about one third of it even when it's still fit to eat.There are...
Lovely picture, Roders. Your snowdrops are a bit ahead of mine which are only just showing the very tips of their leaves at the moment.But I...
I agree with Kristen's approach.All I would add is that weeds that are propagated by seeds which can survive the digestive tract of a large...
I used to grow many dahlias and would lift my favourite ones in autumn and store them in the shed for winter. One winter, I had a big bonfire and...
men8ifrI found both the pink and the white versions of dicentra in my new house's garden when I moved in. I decided to transplant them...
SteveHaving a three-bay "composting complex" like your Dad's would be ideal but it's possible for those of us with small gardens to get good...
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