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Congratulations on owning your first house and garden You seem to have a good idea on what to do already. Concentrating on the front garden initially will give you a good sense of what tools you'll actually need. I'd say that a border spade and hand trowel should adequate for that area...

At this stage consider cutting the tray into strips to seperate varieties, so you can remove those germinated. This is not an ideal remedy but needs must. Scissors likely to be effective but least destructive option. Life is a learning curve. Place cut strips upon a gravel/seed tray to...

Wildflowers can be tricky to establish because they like poor soil. They can do ok for a year or two but then fail. I would definitely give it a go but have a look at which specific mix you want. Some are marketed as wildflowers but have species that aren't native to our shores. In reality if...

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The Nerine Bowdenii is pretty hardy, some of the other varieties are somewhat iffy, although you living in the South unlike me in Scotland might have better luck. From my experience of more years than I care to mention! Nerine bulbs need to be planted really high with a good 1/3 of the bulb out...

Living in Scotland makes trying to grow Lavender even worse. I personally hate the stuff, every year without fail I am asked dozens of times if I have lavender in the charity plant sale.Answer NO! What did I spy in Lidl yesterday? Lavender for sale….in February having been under glass and heat...

This morning, we had a family trip out to Green Lane nursery, as they have a really good café! While there, Lynne got her eye on some pre-made hanging baskets. We had one at the front and one at the back last year, but the rear basket is starting to fall apart.So Lynne's plan was to buy a...