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It looks like it. Lift up the pots and carefully look around the base and under the rim for slugs and snails. You can use slug pellets. These are now based on ferrous sulphate and don't harm birds, hedgehogs etc.

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.

Unfortunately I don't have any other materials in the garden to use, and there is quite a large area to cover so I fear putting in a drystone wall would be beyond my level of skill.

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

They deliver it to me on a pallet and I used a wheelbarrow to move the bags about 200ft to the end of my garden and left it there for a month or two - it's a good workout! I find the the mushroom compost is often still a bit 'hot' so leaving it for a few weeks allows the composting process to...

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

It survives around here is all I can say, dont have it myself but have seen it in gardens.

@Plantminded Who had thought that my garden was fox main road

I always take mine in during winter. I'm sure the hose itself would be fine but in the past I've lost several spray guns (both Hozelock & B&Q's own brand) when they've frozen and then burst, so now I don't risk it.

Queen of the Night seems to be the consensus here. I've got a few red ones that keep coming back year after year but honestly couldn't tell you what variety they are anymore, the labels vanished ages ago. The red ones always seem the most stubborn about returning which suits me fine.

Well done all worth it in the end no time to rest its spring well occasionally

Good plan.