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Thank you for your reply. I think I have to wait and see, I wouldn't like to destroy a quite good fruit producer, but it smells like blackcurrant :-)

Thank you for the replies, really appreciate the insights and advice

I use pencil, then at the end of season I collect all the labels. The ones that didn't break from the light get washed (using sponge and soap), then I use eraser to clean whatever written.

The last one for now, was on the Thorny olive tree that the bird table and hanging feeder are on. It's another variegated leaf plant. It's quite early in the year to be trying this, but I've got nothing to loose.As you have probably noticed from all the bird photos recently, they have become...

I’d be surprised if Beth Chatto’s gardeners use slug pellets or insecticides . Birds tend to be vocal here in the morning and out looking for worms mainly early morning and at dusk. Sound for me also includes wind through the trees and swishing through dried grasses in winter.

Thank you Ricky that's what i like the know, i haven't seen that page

Paving slabs with a few pots and containers for summer or spring interest.

Hard wood cuttings have stored energy so they can often continue to throw out leaves before they root. I would personally remove the fruits because they are just robbing the energy and won't come to anything. In water you get those little white dots as a precursor to rooting. It's a good sign...

Hello allI Hope you are Well.Well, the Weather was Nice This Morning so I spent 2.5 Hours catching up on Weeding in the Back Garden that I was not able to do at the End of Last Season.This is how it looks now:Ready for Spring, More or Less Now I just need to do the...

Nine thousand! Ri-ight. Well, we'll see what it does this year...

Within 60 miles of Dorset, do not net to prevent sunshine but it goes help to protect from wind drying, preventing some wilting caused by this and in other weather, creates a nicroclimate worth 2-3 degrees . Essential here for pigeon protection especially and butterflies I use scaffold debris...

If you did decide to remove your grass areas @machtucker, Hakonechloa makes good ground cover. I have it planted under an Acer in my lower garden shown below in summer, autumn and winter.