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Hi,I take welding for granted because I've been doing it for so long but I never ever take safety for granted and I should have stressed this sooner; I don't want any member or anyone to get hurt because I've encouraged them to start welding; all types of welding has dangers; some not...

Hi,Thanks @ricky101 a very good point and why I'm so keen to get this area clear of couch grass allowing me to plant shrubs etc next springtime. Hopefully once the new garden starts to establish it will prevent further soil loss; I don't want to start mowing grass again up there umpteen times...

Hiyou can soak rice overnight and use that to water your orchids , and then you can cook the rice to eat , win win

Our allotment cage is just coppice hazel posts and netting stretched over the top. Tbh we don't need it anymore because there is such a lack of birds that we leave it open now.The only bird issues we have is the occasional wood pigeon going after the pea shoots or cabbages and for those we...

Sorry for your loss. And as you say, a little bit of Spring cheer for her.

I believe they like hot fairly humid conditions and mostly for longer than we are likely to get in the UK. They are probably an annual plant as well, growing the following year by nuts already buried by the parent plant, the year before, in a natural setting.

That's an off shoot, I cut the main trunk a couple of year ago as it was too huge.

There's a white one with a blue underside that went rampant for a few years in my London garden. It was sitting over the gas, water and electrics going into the house so maybe that helped. Then there was a really hard frost.....

My grandfather used to just break and bend the green stems over at right angles.