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Let them grow taller before planting out, mine are slow this year with the erratic temperatures. The slugs and snails love them so don't be in a hurry to plant out.

Lavender doesn't need ericaceous compost - that's only needed for acid-loving plants like rhododendrons etc. Lavender apparently prefers a slightly alkaline soil but I don't think it's fussy about it - it grows well enough here on slightly acid. As others have said, the main thing is good...

I've just checked for aphids and there's no sign of anything at all- on the first rose it's almost like the leaf edges are starting to go brown as soon as they open... At the moment it's fairly limited because aside from the leaves affected it's put on a huge amount of new growth this spring!...

@REMF33, I read instructions and always think ‘pfft … too far apart’. I’m almost always wrong. Anyway, the 18” diameter copper pot by the shed has 4 plants, the 16” terracotta pot has three and the 6 -9” pots have one in each.In the 18” hay baskets I put 8 plants and I also have a sort of...

My apologgies @Butterfly6 for not making things clear. As a ZSL pensioner, I receive a number of complimentary tickets each year. I can't make use of them myself so I offer them to others . If you/your daughter would like any, I will just need your name and postal address to send them.

I have lived and worked in several countries: Holland, they loved the Brits, similar humour, and the war. USA, loved my accent [ yes really ] always happy to show off their country, I was invited out most nights during my stay. We give Americans a bad press, but I had a wonderful time. All the...

Mashua is a nice tuber to grow up a obelisk because it has ornamental appeal being in the nasturtium family. I also had quite a few people ask me what my yacon was as they like the leaf shape and the flowers.

The young magpies here are a pain in the proverbial - teenage hooligans, looking for trouble while Mum & Dad find them food! The first spring we were here (2020), the magpies fledged during lockdown, and certainly provided entertainment... the builders had stopped work, of course, but left...

Thank you for clarification @Busy-Lizzie

Very interesting post re bees and beans ..see link below. Beans seem to be self fertile but bumble bees have found a way to get the nectar via the back door...by utting a hole in the back of the flower. Clever.Any nectar given in peas and green bean flowers?