Hello,Last spring I planted a willow in the garden, however so far it has failed to give new leaves or branches. The tree was planted on a slope...
Hello,I water my garden using a hose fitted with Claber (I guess the brand is known in the UK) hose couplings. However I have a problem, the...
Hello,I have just bought a sprinkler however I would like to know how to manage it...how many minutes on should run it at a time, especially at...
Hello,We have a loquat tree (Japanese plum tree) in our garden which at the moment is giving us a bumper crop. However the tree was brutalized...
Hello,I would like to know what is the best way of defending one's lawn against the effect of a hot summer? I live in NE Italy and after a whole...
Hello,My mother insists that one cannot water the lawn during the midday hours when the sun is out as this will damage the grass. Is this true...
I have an area in my garden with heavy moss infestation...I have applied iron sulphate however I don't know how many applications should I do and...
How do I get rid of stumps? I have several in my garden, some dead, some alive. A stump grinder is not an option, I live in Italy and have yet to...
Hello,I'm continuing my fight to restore a part of the lawn destroyed by last summer's drought, however I have reached a slight stumbling...
Hell, I've seen grass seed germinate overnight after a good storm!Cheers Nicholas
Alas the worms haven't found their way intro this part of the garden yet...so no great loss.Cheers Nicholas
I tried leaving seeds both exposed and buried and burying them gives the best results. Birds are not an issue here, courtesy of the three furry...
Sorry, I used the term "a couple of weeks" incorrectly, in a generic way. In fact it was over a week ago and only in a few limited places.I used...
Today I spent the day dealing with part of the garden which was damaged by last summer's heat wave. A couple of days ago I sprayed weed killer and...
Hello,Yes, the area is mostly limestone - I live about 15km from the foothills of the Dolomites. The area is also moraine country, which means...
Dear ladies and gents,The back part of my garden is located in a slope and ever since we took over the property a couple of years ago it has...
Hello,I've spent the last few days reseeding the lawn around my carport. This was planted late last summer however due to the extreme heat...
We had the whole front of the house dug up because we had to lay a new underground drainage system to try and counter rising damp inside the house...
In my case it was a case of too little, too late... my mother was out and I was busy in the laundry room. I only heard the excavator thunder by......
Once more, thank you for posting. I have added a picture to my previous message.
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