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the main thing with nutrients is they get outcompeted by grass, trees, brambles, and in poor soil those take longer to colonise if at all. wild meadows were maintained like that with now extinct ruminents, deer and cattle doing that job now to an extent.there are many perrenial native flowers...

We began doing postal voting during lockdown. I had been diagnosed as “clinically vulnerable” before then and so lockdown just continued my vigilance. I was told that it was particularly important that I avoided gatherings. I haven’t been to a cafe or a pub or a restaurant or a theatre or a...

This week I have seen a butterfly and at least six huge bumble bees!! (the bees were sitting on my neighbours wall).

Go for it.

I don't use bulb planters because I have clay soil which sticks in them and it won't come out. I use a trowel. When I'm in OH's garden in Norfolk the soil is sandy and it falls out of the planter too easily, landing in the wrong place, so I use a trowel there too.

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...