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Hello Eddie, If you can PM me with your full name and postal address, I can put 2 tickets in the post for you. Philippa

Mine is starting to bloom ...

Try and make the side's of a dish taper inwards

Enjoying reading all the tips! Here’s mine:1. Use 3x5 modular cell seed tray inserts - sow 15 different plants in 1 seed tray! 2. Fill cells with seed compost, half-fill outer tray with water, soak & drain before sowing. 3. How many seeds per cell? With seeds the size of cosmos or chillies, I...

A bit odd for new turf to act that way only after a short time. You've probably got drainage issues with the clay soil being a contributing factor and also if its a new build then the soil is not very good under that. Then you have the north facing and what looks like a down pipe running into...

After the rain

Thanks for the tip. Will definitely try them next year. I usually order from Chiltern Seeds but are unhappy with the germination rate as soon as cultivars are used.

Well you could go for a weed and feed but most peoples "lawns" have weeds, its only those that practice proper lawn care that really have weed free lawns.Personally I'd just give it a feed to get the grass growing, which it should be starting to do now, it will take a while but the grass...

You can leave them in a cool light space for a while if you're not ready to plant out yet. The shoots will green up and strengthen a bit. Plant carefully as already said.

You could actually smell them when I took the pictures late morning,Look forward to seeing yours ... later in the year.

What a fantastic reply. Thank you so much

Yes a few years ago we visited a garden in Suffolk. They had a border with some very old Lavenders which still looked fine. They said they cut back hard in February-March each year.

I have a trellis with artificial climbing leaves on it to cover the ugly oil tank sitting on concrete which is near the back door. We replaced the previous one which looked a bit tatty after five years. Current one is 3 years and still looks fine.I'm not sure that I would want one in a seating...