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Layers of material is always a better method - so the seaweed/grass, plus some cardboard [which will also rot down] but then add a layer of rotted manure, or something similar - like hefty soil, on top instead of weed fabric, and that will be far better. Soak the soil thoroughly first, add...

I'd agree about moving it. Ultimately, it will do better if it isn't trying to get enough light during the growing season. If the soil's rich it will also tend to be more lush, and therefore a bit lax, so pruning it back will help. They get woodier as they mature too, so keeping it trimmed is...

In any supermarket I have been in that sells plants, I have not seen any evidence, ever, that would back up the notion that they should be allowed to sell them in the first place.Selling plants is not like selling tins of beans. The live plants need care whilst there to keep them looking nice,...

I agree. Also I look after some disabled people on benefits and one of them has lost his winter Warm Home Discount but not through any higher income (he can't work). They have moved the administration of it from the power companies (who just reduced their bills by the set amount if they were...

Wondering if anybody can recommend a good brand of long handled shears for cutting large wide hedges etc, not long handled grass edging shears. Most of the brands I have had a look at on the net are telescopic which in my experience are dreadful and after the last telescopic tool I bought which...

Yesterday RHS Bridgewater was open till 9pm for a special event, so i went to take advantage of the golden hour, when the sun is low in the sky. There was some thin cloud at times but the light was still good. The Camassias, Bistort and Candelabra Primulas were at their peak. There was a coot...

Spittlebug...

Mayflower, or Hawthorn. There are loads of varieties and all of them are lovely Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) - Woodland Trust

'Influencers' need to be taken out an shot (metaphorically speaking) and those gullible enough to buy into their claptrap should go with them.

I am a buy a plant and find it a space gardener. Whenever I have tried to follow the rules and plant in groups of 3, one always dies or at least only grows to half the size of the other two. With repeat planting I find that the repeated plants don't all flower at the same time. It's probably my...

Yes, you should leave the leaves, because they are manufacturing food for your tree so it may flower next spring, if you're lucky. However, the two little shoots growing from the base of the plant may be suckers from the roots. You need to remove those so they don't take goodness away from...