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I bought this cheapo one. It's a bit flimsier than my old one but it works fine. I'm not sure what to do with the oil. Perhaps I'll read the instructions.Thank you all for your advice

It's a fox that doesn't like that plant. The plant obviously has got a smell that the fox doesn't like. Once in its mind, he/she doesn't give up until the plant is dead. Don't grow that plant. It looks awful with the chicken wire.

So, I have bought a Escallonia 'Iveyi' and I've potted it up and placed it in full sun- I need it to get taller before planting due to the wall.As farm land is 300m away & I'm wondering about Buddleja x weyeriana 'Sungold' which I gather is sterile. The previously mentioned varieties are...

Hey everyone, I got some Sunpatiens last year and the show of constant flowers were just amazing for months, it was the first time I’d ever bought some. Can someone please tell me when these will be available in garden centres as I can’t remember when I purchased them, I think it was May.

I'm still unsure, I will update if and when it flowers.

I have some Sweet Peas that are off any running, I’m going to cut these back to get more growth, I know Sweet Peas are very hardy, as they grow through the winter. So do these need hardening off.

I picked Sonata for myself. And they have plastic pots. I needed 9cm, one lidl didn't have this size, the other one did.

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The new season begins a bit later in North East Scotland, only two days ago we were still getting overnight frosts with the temperature down to two degrees inside the glass. However I have set up the little blowaway plastic grower inside to give an extra layer of protection and have Peas and...

NB All the tickets are now spoken for. Thank you to all who responded and I hope you all enjoy your visits. My apologies to those who missed out. The number of tickets I receive were reduced this year.

That's interesting 101, Do "robins" eat your pre-soaked dried mealworms ? Would make things a lot easier.

Thank you Infradig, I had no idea about Determinate and Intermediate potatoes, shows how much I have to learn .

It looks lovely.

Good call @pete - could well be.

The worse bit about computers is that there is a few ways of doing things to do the same job, you have to find the easy and best way for you to do what you want to doYou can't be to bad as you have joined this forum, if you had help may be you could ask that person if they can help you with...