On the Allotments, I am just putting up my cage to protect the brassicas. I have Broccoli, Cauliflower, cabbage and sprouts waiting to go in,...
I must admit we gave in and got the sprinkler out yesterday. The back garden got a thorough watering. My wife did a bit at the front garden too,...
Very heavy cloud, quite cold, bit of a shock after the last two weeks. Still dry.
I agree with JWK. One way to test soil for contamination is to plant Broad beans into pots containing the suspect compost. Apparently they are...
@Penny_Forthem , many years ago I needed physio for a bad knee. When he asked about exercise I told him about gardening and the Allotments. He...
Many commercial composts have a wetting agent added. When a soil or potting medium is bone dry water will often run straight through. Stand the...
Put the plants out of the greenhouse again to continue hardening off. Then went round the back of greenhouse and emptied some pots of what were...
Good afternoon, I had a hospital appointment this morning first thing, been in garden since we got back. Got to go back tomorrow for results....
Thanks, yes it is a long way off for most of us which is why I said "if you are up that way". That said I told some of the Apprentices at Capel...
The Japanese garden at Cowden, near Dollar Clackmannanshire Scotland. Still undergoing restoration since 2014. Widely considered one of the...
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Hello everyone, we've been in Scotland for a long weekend, and birthday celebrations of a couple of ex work colleagues. We went up Friday and...
I would just take the fully white branches to begin with. You can do this now as they are certainly dead. I would leave the others a while to see...
I think you have done what you can for now. Let them rest a while, hopefully they will pick up. Don't try more feed or anything as they are...
Welcome Liz, as you are in N London, do you have a car, or access to one.? There's an area called Crews Hill in Enfield, where there is a whole...
Acers do "shed" branches naturally especially if they are stressed. The very pale almost white ones are definitely dead and can be removed now....
Young Acers have very fine roots so they are easily damaged when planting even if you are careful. Remember they are naturally woodland edge...
We did a tour of the garden centres in Crews Hill. We bought some bedding so we can redo some pots that have faded bulbs in at present. I have...
Ah , well that does point to the quality of the bulbs then. @Butterfly6 sorry to have stated the obvious, you obviously knew.
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