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I was thinking about trimming my honeysuckle too but too hesitant as to when I should be doing it. Thank you for all your advice!

You've got a decent garden there for a first home!I moved into my first house in summer and the forum has been so helpful! "M"'s advice is good, but my garden is in the front (it's rare to even have a garden in my type of house in my area - all terraces) so I felt I had to get stuck in...

We grow them anywhere - beds, pots, baskets etc.

That may work but the big problem Iv got is that the garden slopes away from the house and to lay turf I'm going to need to move a load of Earth from the rear of the garden and use it to level the middle where I want to turf... Also earth will be moved from the front to the middle to even it...

Its a long time off planting a summer display Kyre Cookie . The time to plant up a basket outside is early May . Beckies suggestions above will be perfect . The garden centres and supermarkets will be full of these in late April. As Wee Tam said use water crystals and slow release feed ( the...

When did you sow it? At this time of year, it should either be quite well underway (if sown by the start of last autumn) or not even started yet.Did you prepare the ground before sowing? if so, how? Is there anything casting shade on the lawn, such as large trees?All of these factors have an...

Good evening @"M" my friend it sounds like a belt and braces deal to me my friend, plant some seeds, you can sow some now indoors just in case

By the way, had so many in the above pots, had to break out a third to thin out the crowd

I'd take a chance and prune out the older canes, hopefully you can still see the remains of the flower bearing branches - the older canes will also be a darker colour.From the RHS:

French Lavender grown from seed in a 8.5cm pot.I don't want to contradict the advice already given above because it is good general advice, however, it is possible to propagate plants from seed sown directly into vermicompost (aka worm-made compost).I haven't tried it for lavender but it...

The average temp is 15 degrees celsius, on a south facing window sill so they get plenty of light. In regards to watering i have been spraying them with a mist keeping the soil moist really every 2 days. I think i might have the same problem then @Scrungee

I make my own comfrey liquid feed and I swap some of this for ashes from a wood burning stove with another plot holder, with this I make another liquid feed.Half fill a bucket with the wood ash, top up with water and leave for a few weeks. Drain off the liquid, allow to settle and bottle....

I actually had great success with willow (Salix integra) rooting in just water on my kitchen windowsill! I eventually repotted into soil. They grew tall and straggly so I chopped a good 6+ inches of growth off the top and they started branching out brilliantly.

My big avocado it`s 5 years old , doing really well but not outside yet , they can only cope with -5c when big enough , male or female will not matter as they will not set fruit unless giving the right heat , but that is not impossible , giving 10/15 years in pot . The yucca rostrata , many of...

Thanks will leave them where they are then cheers.

Ok, fair enough. Yes, it's a small area, but the garden itself is small. I live in a mid terrace, so hemmed in on either side by neighbouring gardens. Can't really do anything about that, apart from buying a new home!I'd prefer to have a nice-looking green grassy area than covering the whole...

Ha! Very true - I already have problems with my plans for the garden without slugs eating away at them too!

Crossing branches are those that overlap another one and those branches will eventually rub together creating damage. Think of it like crossing your fingers.

Thanks all for the advice, I have a narrow border down one side of the garden against the fence so the idea is to grow as many mixed climbers as I can once the spring arrives. Its maybe 10 inches wide so Im thinking up rather than out is the way to go there.The rate this is growing I dont...