Well i did it. I went off on Monday and helped with the PDSA outdoor garden, it is a pet friendly garden. When I got there it was a 15 foot by 10...
Provado only lasts a few weeks so you may have been lucky and got the entire infestation. You are right about them walking so if you had...
You can still use Derris as much as you want, it is organic. Won't do anything for clubroot though cause it is an insecticide. It was Calomel...
If the fuchsia is falling over its not vine weevil adults cause they take out notches in the leaves. If its the grubs they will be eating the...
1) Plant in the winter - the trees will be cheaper and bare root fruit trees will be better than pot grown. Try Deacons on the Isle of wight but...
Are you kidding? I did not have vine weevil until i bought a single potted fuchsia from a local garden centre to brighten up my greenhouse several...
I think you need to bite the bullet and get squishing. You can use a spray as I recommended before but lets face it, would you prefer a quick...
No you can't they were banned quite a while ago. I don't think i would want to be putting something based on mercury on my veg though i think I...
Would go along with the above advice. i always start brassicas off in pots of compost even though i have not got club root and lime well. I think...
I don't think you have anything to lose by knocking it out of its pot. Water it and slide it out. They are white grubs with brown heads. You only...
Got sent this today in the Penlan Perennials newsletter and I thought you might find it interesting. Good nursery and the guy knows his plants....
Get Saracocca or winter box. The flowers are not showey but the scent!!! It fills the garden with scent in mid winter. If you have room get a...
Well I have been picked to help. I am off early tomorrow to start the build and then Tuesday if anymore work is needed. It seems to be just me...
How many acres do you have? Now if you were the Prince Of Wales writing under a nom de plume!!! Those busy bees get everywhere, as the previous...
Well most aquilegias are not very long lived so the originals will have died out and you are getting the result of hybridisation. Sometimes one...
I don't think Aquilegias will come true from seed if different kinds are grown together, they are very promiscuous with their pollen. Mine cross...
Why bother? It would just fudge the issue. The trees belong to the council and if they don't want to do anything to them they don't have to. No...
when I had a problem with couch in my first garden I used glyphosate (Tumbleweed) and it killed great mats of it stone dead. I find it works best...
A good yellow one is Aqulegia longissima which reputedly has the longest spurs of any columbine. It is easy to grow from seed. Try Chilterens...
There were some lovely gardens but remember they are only lovely for a few days of the show. Your border has to look beautiful for a much longer...
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