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Oooo... just my thing!I have a nostalgic twist of character and need a dose of seriously bad food every now and then- anything ultraprocessed, overly salted and eaten with fingers is my hit. Sadly, I'm actually not able to eat more than a mouthful or two of the stuff before becoming...

hmm reading these comments have concerned me. I have a fig tree and the stem looked a bit green last week but i just scraped off the green part. It also produces suckers instead of figs so im wondering this may be the issue

Forgot about jester the leaves do have a arching dropping habit lovely colour though. I do fancy it just don't want it leaning on others but local nursery has some good size plants cheap.Problem with the fancy colour ones they lose the vivid colours when they mature they look worn out in a...

What does the mature bark stems look like?

Yes it is. When we 're working in our veg plot we have to rescue worms before the chooks get them. Not always succesful.If you add Ile de France to your profile, people will be better able to tailor advice - climate and soil make a huge difference to what grows well.

Do you have any other materials around the garden, can see a few stones in the background. Dry stone wall should be straight forward to do and will last.

Good luck on the gardening adventure potted, unfortunately they are sellers mainly on ebay / amazon have false advertisements for plants. They are some good sellers on ebay though. A trip to the garden centre is needed if possible, you don't need to buy anything just write down what you like and...

as someone who has Ivy running across ground as well as taking over shrubs and trees I use glyphosate 360, but you need to spray a couple of times maybe.Ivy growing up trees is easy, once it takes over the ground it becomes a real problem, given the chance it will completely take over your garden.

HiAre you confident it’s a willow , it maybe a Ash tree and they havnt started to come into leaf yetwe had a very hot dry summer last year , maybe that as wellSpruce

Just watch out for the thorns on the pyracantha. Heavenly (Sacred) Bamboo called Nandina domestica is not a bamboo as such it just looks similar. RHS describe it as "A small, upright, elegant evergreen shrub with a bamboo-like habit to around 2m in height, with compound leaves and lanceolate...

Thanks regarding the dog violets as well, I have loads of them in the back garden. They seem to really love it there in the shady places and also edges of the lawn

@ViewAhead It does matter as other countries are already creating alliances and accords and making overtures to sideline the US out of world trade agreements, find new partners for individual and collective trade, modify NATO behaviours and armament policies - not buying US military tech, create...

Over many years I've bought from CPA Horticulture - mushroom compost & horse manure every year and I've had bulk composted bark chippings and 25T top soil. All of it has been of very good quality. Even substantial amounts of manure or compost are available in 75 litre bags which makes life...

Was eaten by East Enders here too after the war, so OH.