Thanks for replying and putting my mind at rest!I'm in Devon so it's milder here than elsewhere which is why I chanced them without the...
I was in my greenhouse just now cutting all the old dead brown leaves off my 2 red banana plants and accidently snipped the top off the new growth...
Can see them now - thanks!
Some kind of geum perhaps?
I've just got boxes with red x's in as well
If you are going to be keeping fish in the pond then you will need the filter running all the time.
I've found a huge ice cream tub with a skeleton of what looked like a rabbit or guinea pig, lots of cotton wool, plastic food bowl and water bottle.
A phalaenopsis orchid would enjoy it there and would look great too.
My Mum has had the same problem with her tulips and when she investigated she found it was slugs!
I used grey water all through last summer on all my plants in the garden and still now despite all the rain on plants in my greenhouse that dry...
Here's a recipe for strawberry jam http://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/home-made-strawberry-preserve,1056,RC.html You can probably find recipes...
good luck!
The light green plant with red stems looks like some kind of euporbia to me.
You mention that you have no pump or filter. I really think you might have a water quality problem and suggest you test it for ammonia, nitrite,...
You can buy a pond medication called Pimifix and also one called Melafix. These two work well together and are made of all natural ingredients....
just a test to see if my avatar works!
Would be a really good idea to test your water for ammonia, nitrites, nitrates and PH. Illness in fish is almost always caused by poor water...
Spiders are good to have about. Why not leave them to it and work around them?
That answers my question then! Will buy myself some ready for when I put my baskets up. Thanks for your help!
Has anyone used one of these hi-lo pulley type devices for their hanging baskets? http://www.ferndale-lodge.co.uk/pd_568277.htm I'm thinking of...
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