I don't seem to have access to smileys when I write posts. How can I find them?Chris
I'm not a great fan of membrane in beds, unless you have a thug of a weed you want to eradicate. As long as the mulch is really deep, 10cm at...
Boghopper - Bogtrotter we're all hedge poets from the good country Clare!Chris
It is indeed Sue, Trachelospermum jasminoides, Star Jasmine. That's a lovely specimen you've got there. Water it freely and give a balanced liquid...
I think this was a bargain. I bought a Ryobi strimmer, with free hedgetrimmer attachment for £99 from Screwfix. I've been doing my research,...
Noticed today that a couple of the pear trees where I was working have had their leaves attacked. Lots of holes, a few leaves curled up with...
Thank you for all your answers. what a great forum this is!Just to clarify what I bought from B&Q. Westland garden health organic chicken...
Bought some organic pelleted chicken manure from B&Q, buy-one-get-one-free, seemed like a bargain. Have any of you had experience of using it and...
Mr T is currently recording a rival gardening show for ITV. It's going to be screened half-an-hour before GW on Friday evenings. Be interesting to...
I heard one in the middle of April here in East Sussex and another only yesterday. Perhaps you've said something to offend them in Somerset Mrs...
Thanks everyone for your lovely suggestions. I'm wating for a reply from my friend as to why she wants it and where she's going to plant it and...
A friend has asked for a suggestion for an evergreen tree but NOT a conifer. I immediately thought of evergreen Oak but I'm sure the esteemed...
Missed seeing them live when they were in Cranbrook Claralou, but have heard them on the radio so know that you had a treat.Chris
I'd be interested to see what otheres think. I bought some Alliums from the 99p shop and it says not to plant until the Autumn and I wondered if I...
I think he's getting as fed up as I am. He's not sitting in the cherry tree on the front lawn any more, but in a tree, 20 metres or so away. He's...
Nice pictures Zig. I have very happy memories of staying in my Uncle's caravan at West Bexington when we lived in Poole. I loved walking through...
Definitely Cardoon - Cynara Cardunculus. We had a magnificent specimen in the garden we just left, that I'd used at Chelsea, and luckily I've got...
Although my favourite tool, after my secateurs, is a mattock. I wouldn't bother trying to dig that many out by hand. A digger, the biggest you can...
It must be clashing with Jack in the Green in Hastings Woo. Perhaps the dancers are dashing between the two events!Chris
Happy Birthday Victoria, from a thundery Sussex. (Did you send it?!)best wishes, Chris
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