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It’s brilliant @AuntyRach

Well pansies do suffer if its really cold, but the rain can also allow some rot to get going, so a protected position is best but not too much codling.If going in the ground I'd time it to plant out in late Feb/Mar, then rip them out in late June and put in something more interesting You can...

Bit late for this year but if you have really claggy clay soil I'd try winter green manure, something like grazing rye, it works if you dig it in when the clay is drying slightly, wait too long and it will be hard work. The rye really helps the drying out in early spring and the roots make the...

That keeps the other lanes clear for us then .

Yes, I think slugs are a final resort for most predators, and who can blame them.Leopard slugs are pretty good at controlling them.

A good one to try which will tolerate clay @Andrew Funnell is Calamagrostis Karl Foerster. It has a columnar form, growing to about 1.5m in flower. Others include Panicum Northwind, also narrow and columnar, and Miscanthus Malepartus which is a larger, vigorous grass. The three have different...

Use your search engine and input - how to use manure for fruit trees. This will help.

Just passed a house with a young sapling in a small bedding in the front garden. Sadly they have piled on a lot of fresh manure and buried part of the trunk in it. I was tempted to knock on the door and explain to them the error of their ways but my OH would not let me.

Sounds as if you need to clear your search history and remove your cookies....

Proper plant talk.

Magnoliaflora (baby's bum pink )Jenny namaste