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A bit earlier this year I'm thinking lots of things are, its been chilly but frosts have been rare or very light since mid January.

Sorry, I wasn't clear.I meant why not wait until autumn to remove the moss and reseed, rather than spring/summer when the risk of weeds establishing is more likely.

My OH uses the MO Bacter granules and they are very good. He recommended them to someone who bought the instant product by mistake. By all accounts it was quite smelly, a faff to apply and not as good. OH couldn't understand why this would be until he realised the wrong product had been...

Went to gc early this morning to have a look at phormium not much there but I were looking at a little yucca called gold sword didn't think much of it until back home and reading Pete / plantminded comments I quite like the look of the mature plant colour and upright growth I'm looking for. I'll...

It didn't strike me that way at all. Just someone asking for advice, concerned about doing the wrong thing for their plants. In my book that is being sensitive to a plant's needs.

I always used a pressure cooker for meals when the kids lived at home. It became redundant when there was just OH and me but I used to love it. Also, having been used to cooking with/on an electric cooker and now we have a gas hob, I would not know how to gage a pressure cooker as I don’t 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.

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