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Hi @Butterfly6 and @Dovefromabove here are some additional images. I do not believe it flowers, if so it's nothing spectacular. In the winter it doesn't die back, but it does start to look a bit scraggly so I generally cut it back. Quite hard showing a clear picture of the stem/base but I've...

The difference is, you are not planning on moving the pots on growbags, but if you are going to plant out the pots, it strikes me as a bad option.

I like reusing my plastic pots until they are on their last legs or passing them on to people that need them down the allotment, so for me they aren't really that disposable. Saying that I like the idea of wool pots because the problem with the alternatives is that the paper pulp ones just...

Can someone identify this suddenly growing out of the dead Myoporum trunk please? Thank you.

Lots of the willowherb tribe are annuals and pull up quite easily, but annoyingly, some of them look exactly like the annuals, but are perennial and spread by thick white roots. Rosebay willowherb is one of the perennials. They all have an amazing ability to masquerade as something you love,...

Another intake of trainees today. They're landing on the fence - so far

@fairygirl I'm curious about where you grow your lettuce indoors as cut and come again? Do you basically treat them like a houseplant on a windowsill?

I reckon it's due to the weather. It's been a lot cooler this year so things like courgettes are suffering. My pumpkins and courgettes are the same.

This is what I would do as well. It can be done quickly and without too much effort.

Thank you @Grannybee that is reassuring Despite completing the RHS Level 2 Diploma, I did the practical Course at Hever Castle, so only had practice at pruning roses and buddleji, so everything else is a bit scary, as I can be a bit heavy handed!Thanks for the responses, really helpful

Yes, @Busy-Lizzie, that is what I meant. It makes perfect sense now you have told me what it is. At first I thought it was protective garden fleece. Thank you for putting me right!

I always start feeding when the flowers come, works for me. Once the flower truss shows it means the plant has switched from vegetative growth to reproduction mode.

Maybe take a run through these…

If you are just shredding green waste an old lawnmower will outperform a shedder especially a small one . Dad got a large Chipper / shredder its not a domestic machine take 5inch branches with a large shredding hopper but sappy privets are a no go just clogs it up. A lawnmower will soon mash...