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Give the dahlias a good soak the day before moving will help

What type of soil have you got and have you done pH tests?

I will take a picture when the plant has recovered from being dug out from under a shrub.

I use low fertility, sieved seed compost for germinating plants but once the first pair of true leaves is thru I get them pricked out into compost with some nutrients in it. I do all this in the polytunnel except for tomatoes, chillies and squashes which get started on heat mats indoors.Even...

Our youngsters are very fond of any yellow flowers. First went the yellow Crocuses, then it was the Cucamelons.They don't dare to touch Toms though.Personally I believe they just think it's fun.

It’s great that we have had a number of owls in both the last two places we have lived. Mainly Scops in the last place and mostly Tawny and Barn owls here. Sound like a Tawny to me as well. Xeno here is a good site to hear their different calls.

If it is a philadelphus don’t cut it back .. hopefully you’ll get beautiful strongly scented blooms in the early summer

I'm not sure whether I want wool insulation in my roof, what about moths and other vermin?

Some garden centres give away used pots, they are usually in a container tucked away somewhere. My Community garden also has a used pot box. Failing that I have used cut off milk bottles, big yogurt pots, big tins and fertilizer buckets to grow plants in. You can make holes in the bottom of them...

Cotton wool balls, great for starting seeds off

Leaves look wrong for the nightshades.

Would depend on the future use envisaged but if you have just one batch of conifers, or you are 'reclaiming' a neglected garden, remember that you might usefully hire a small professional machine ,such as this: Camon C5I 50MM Petrol Wood Chipper 59Kg | Speedy Hire It may well be cheaper than a...

It would probably be better to remove the flower bud, you want all the plants energy going into its roots.