Broken cloud/hazy sunshine this morning, forecast is dry. Maybe some rain overnight/early tomorrow. I'm hoping it will rain here tomorrow but stay...
We just had a short sharp shower. Enough to wet me but not enough to register anything in the gauge.
Just keep mowing for as long as it keeps growing, little but often which encourages it to branch and helps to discourage it from making flowering...
Rainfall total for May 20.5mm, all in a 5-day period 25th to 29th. Less than half of our long-term average for May (but the highest monthly total...
I think sugar on the lawn would attract ants and wasps.
Yesterday was pretty windy. Today still and humid. The forecast is for it to get warmer tomorrow afternoon then back to something more comfortable...
The overnight rain came as forecast, 4.5mm. More of the same please! I'd be happy if we got that amount every night, or even every other night,...
We got some worthwhile rain yesterday afternoon, 4.5mm. Not much forecast for today - small chance of a shower midafternoon - but a better chance...
I had to look up annual bluegrass. Turns out, it's another name for annual meadow grass (Poa annua) in case anyone else is wondering.
Nice to see you back @fairygirl :smile:
The plain green small-leaved evergreen Euonymus are sometimes recommended. Varieties like Jan Hughes or Green Spire. I haven't grown them though....
It was @waterbut that asked about the "chimney thing". I guess they mean the thing sticking up out of the lawn. About halfway along not far from...
We had some light showers yesterday afternoon/evening - 1.5mm. The forecast is for showers all afternoon today :fingers crossed:
Photinia Red Robin can look great if it likes the conditions, but if it doesn't it can look dreadful so check before you spend a lot on them.
We had a heavy downpour yesterday early evening but it only lasted a few minutes - added 1mm to the gauge. Today dry again, possibly some light...
I don't have any particular suggestions, but whatever you choose, don't plant it too close to the top of the wall. Roots need room to spread...
I hope the "scrap metal merchants" over there have a big truck!
We had rain overnight! 9mm, which isn't loads but it's almost as much as we got in the whole of April. Whether we'll get any more over the next...
More of the same here (dry), but fingers and everything else crossed for overnight/early tomorrow morning :fingers crossed: (OK so it's not...
Bah humbug! The possibility of rain on Saturday has all but disappeared and it's looking less likely for Sunday and Monday. What's the point of a...
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