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Rats can certainly be a problem if they can access your house and that is when many people draw the line even when accepting them in the garden. I don't know whether methods have changed but years ago Pest Control people would always advise someone to stop putting out food for birds for several...

I thought the same when we first moved here and several clumps pf bluebells appeared the first spring. After 10 years or so they had spread all over, into the bases of shrubs etc. I've been digging out as many as I can and slicing off the rest every year since.

Would shortening the number of pages per thread help in the short term? I was just thinking that some that are only a month or so old are already very populated.

I always manage to find neighbours willing to help with the heavy stuff and we don't have many neighbours. We usually give them plants in exchange for their help, either from some we have grown in pots or if they like some plants in the garden we propagate them for them.

No, thats factory formed. Proper gates are hand forged but totally unaffordable.....

I like the stepping stone idea, will mean a softer look to the small lawn with grass inbetween the stones, rather than a hard edged path.I'd like to put in some natural stone but it seems hard to find at a reasonable price.I would probably need about 20-25 pieces, 400mm x 300 would be nice...

The second picture is a cotoneaster, probably cotoneaster horizontalis. It looks fine and will burst into leaf soon. The first a mophead hydrangea and it's likely to be fine. The mop head part is important if you want flowers this year because they flower on the previous seasons growth....

Turkey Tail mushroom on an old tree log. Brings something very different, I love to look at it.

I agree with @jungle Jane’s points above. By making the lawn the dominant feature of your garden, highlighted by the path and edging, the maintenance of your lawn will become an obsession, then a chore as the weather takes its toll.When parts of my lawn start to look scrappy due to summer...

We manage our own stocks and shares ISAs. Much more fun!

Lady in red .. but will be a lot smaller

Hello @PhilippaThanks for the Reply.I think I will keep it on the Kitchen Windowsill until, maybe, the End of March and then hand it over to them.Hopefully they will not Kill it ThanksKevin

Our local shelter which is carefully scrutinized to make sure donations are not wasted and staff are kind have just, at the beginning of the month, received a $10 million dollar gift. They need bigger facilities and this will make that possible. It's nice to see these very generous acts...

keep trimming the suckers to the ground and it should eventually run out of energy.