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I seem to be having bad luck with compost this year - or at least, germination is extremely poor, despite using grow-lights etc in a fairly constant 22ºc environment, so I am blaming the compost. It never used to be like this, that is for sure.

I understand what you're saying but most of our mines are under built up areas. Here in Nottinghamshire we are surrounded by old mines/pits (as we call them), there was about 50 of them. With the pit in my village, we have tremors/ mild earthquakes every so often when the shafts collapse. It was...

Dark purple sounds a lot better than black, so long as they stay firm they should be alright to plant.

Fed to laying hens for protein. Despite 'free range' , many hens choose not to leave their shed and the range does not provide sufficient without supplement

Hiand looking great and very neat and tidy . I also bought some grasses from Parker’s and the word small is the wrong word to use lol .. mine have been planted in Malaysian huge pots, the roots were huge so they will soon get going.Spruce

That looks fine That's about the height that I reduce my Verbena bonariensis to. Your Perovskia shouldn't be tempting for slugs anyway because of the strongly scented, tough, silvery foliage. They don't touch my Salvia Caradonna which is in the same family (mint).

The tulips have already finished blooming, and I've planted dahlias in their place. It's the first time I've grown them... I hope they do well and can handle the heat and high temperatures.Here are some final photos of the tulips. Which do you like best? The 'Merlot' or the 'Orange...

Thanks Pete. now planted.