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I'd avoid it too at that stage, infradig! I was thinking ahead, though, as IME once established, seeded lawns are much weedier than turf. Birds, cats, wind....they all contribute It's a good suggestion hoeing off the first couple of batches before sowing, though

Taking shape KTSJ Forget the grass....it will recover quickly enough. We had a couple of days of heavy rain last week and it was enough to restore a lot of greenery down here

Saturday it is.. excited now

That sounds ideal, Kevin I hope it does come back, but if not, good luck with the replacement!

Sadly it does look like japanese knotweed to me. It is a bit of a ****er to get rid of. The shoots are so strong they can break through patio's, drains etc so you do need to try to get on top of it. Your landlord could be held liable (I think) if the knotweed escapes from their property and...

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Well done Trunky, A gold star for that I think.

P.S. Suggest you start a new thread for each question, otherwise replies to various questions overlap each other and get confusing Also helps other folk who come along later haveing Googled a specific question

I like them too.

That's the original chemical treatment from the Bible. The downside is it'll spread from the driveway to everywhere else. Better not really.

"The soil on that bit of the bank quite stony and rooty. What do you think?"If you're still looking for a shrub, I'd say Skimmia would do a good job here as it will tolerate very poor soil and even builders' rubble. Skimmia Fragrans is the one I'd choose as it has a glorious scent in the...

I'll check to see whether 'public transport disease' is one of her qualifications. She'll give you advice and try and sort something out for you when she has a spare moment today.

sort of babysit now and again

Agree with Infradig, probably everything will be all right and the plant roots and worms will work their way through the different soils.The only issue would be if the planting holes were very small and the clay soil around undug. Even then most plants should be ok. (I have that situation in...

Hi,There are several types, but that probably is the Fibrous rooted type vs the Corms/Tubers, plus there are uprights and trailers and smaller bedding types etc.Yours looks very healthy so hard to say what caused it rot off like that, could be over watering or some disease ?? As said we...

I bet they loved the TLC though

Thanks so much. I’ve planted up now so I’ll post a photo soon. This forum has been so helpful and supportive. Xx

I used to use teabags but for years have been using one of these with loose tea and mine's big enough to get at least two Mugs of Tea out of it, and the tea leaves go either on the Compost Heaps or into the borders. 

Good points, ok, I’ll get the bulbs as recommended on here