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ASDA do cinnamon and apple hot cross buns. As well as yeast they use fermented wheat flour. Not something we could get our hands on, but maybe that helps the raising issue.

Many years ago I grew some of the dust like seeds - petunia, begonia, and I think gesneriads. It was so hard to get them growing because the seedlings were so tiny. So for those sort of things now, I buy plug plants and let the supplier take the risk of germination. You can always take early...

It does look very much like a fuschia. The only other option that springs to mind is some sort of lonicera

I found that Phlox is pretty much bullet proof. If it was me, I'd dig it up, rinse all of the soil from the roots. Pull all of the grass and then re-plant the phlox. I think it would forgive you.

That planting plan shows what I've always felt with new builds that everything is planted way too close together.Maybe its me but that planting plan doesn't mention the heather you look like you have at the back by the windows.I'd personally go for low maintenance shrubs that like clay soil....

Trailing Rosemary would be suitable and more attractive in a small area.

That sort of stupidity boils my blood - it was clear to anyone with eyes that a fair bit of snow was due and there is muppets like that going walking up in the mountains putting themselves, their pets and their rescuers needlessly at risk.

Well I can't think of much else you can do, maybe remove a couple of shoots at tuber level when new growth starts, but it might just look a bit thin then for a while.

Get rid of all the rubbish and plastic and follow the suggestions above so you have a clean slate to work with. Then with some graph paper plan out your garden. If you enter your location you will receive better advice as you could be anywhere between the Orkneys and the Channel Islands or the...

I find the normal "cloche covers" work well enough whatever the weather. It allows light and some moisture but obviously you would still need to water in very dry periods. If necessary, you can drape green shading material over the top to lessen the amount of sun. I avoid any actual netting -...

If you are growing them outside then I wouldn't bother about feeding them at present - not worth it given the current wet weather. I have some of mine in the cold GH and even down here, they aren't showing much signs of new growth yet.

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