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Wales and Scotland have a number of pumped storage hydro schemes, some are being enlarged. Batteries yes you can have large battery systems for storing surplus energy, however all the various chemistries would have difficulty getting planning permission, the Nimbies would be very vocal even if...

Has anyone mentioned hemp agrimony? Great for butterflies etc. Saw them covered with red admirals at Aberglasney

Maybe I'm mixing them up - I used to grow lots of different primroses

A lot of those look like the sets Morrisons were selling relatively cheap a few years ago - the blue ones. About £40 or maybe less for a set of 4 in nested sizes. So I don't think you'd be able to get that much unfortunately.

It is that time I think when they go out into the fresh air ... so I had T'Other Half bring the small ones out. I think a couple may not survive ...I will have him bring the big ones out tomorrow.

I don't have any experience with them, but I do recall from another forum (now closed) that the main negatives about the plant that others reported is that it only flowers for around 3-4 weeks, it grows very quickly and can be hard to maintain as it only flowers on old wood so can quickly become...

These are paperwhite narcissis which I planted before Christmas. They have come up this far and stopped. Two other pots planted around the same time have flowered and gone over. Any ideas why they have stopped and what I can do to get them to grow and flower, or should I just dispose of...

I always look around at this time of the year and what needs doing seems overwhelming, but it usually all gets done, once you get some half decent weather it's surprising how the jobs get sorted.

Hawthorn, sloe, elder all take well from cuttings if you want to fill gaps. Stick prunings in the ground in autumn. Also consider hazel, bird cherry, guelder rose and wayfaring tree. Consider drip irrigation or a leaky hose along the base of the hedge and use regularly. If you search for...