What To Do This Month

Like those on seed packets; they are there to give you an indication and are based on average UK conditions. As they cannot know where you live when you look at the website. You need to take into account your conditions generally and also that year. I'm in South Devon and could, like Infradig...

Thank you. I normally cut them all by a third, but usually, towards the end of May.

Yes, I think people thought they were like palm trees. I blame those garden makeover shows again .

Cannas like humidity, just not cold and damp, which is often confusing.

It depends completely on what the plants are.

My La Diva cucumbers have been in the cold frame for a month now - with the front fully open on warm days Today hubby had erected chicken wire with canes for the cucumbers to climb and YO-YO supports are also in place on the south face wall of our house. If it rains the awning will be pulled...

Hi Everyone..delighted to see Feverfew/Knapweed/Scarlet Pimpernel/Marguerites and a pretty Pink Vetch flowering freely in Gravel in Car Park beside house that I am now going to turn into a Dry Garden....all self sown from hedgerow and so so pretty. I was pleased to see the Wild Flower Garden on...

I recently moved my Annabelle to a better, more prominent position but haven't pruned it as yet. Mine will just get a light trim

I never take much notice of those dates they give out, it's really just a guide. The longer you can keep a maincrop going the bigger the potatoes will be.

I put some in at this time last year and found myself picking them right till the end of October. So fingers crossed Sian you'll be ok.

Just an update, and I appreciated your tips Pete and JR.My fence was painted a couple of years ago with Cuprinol Shades paint in a pale green, but the price of the paint is eye watering, so I used dark oak one coat I found in B&Q ( although will do two coats) it was only £8 for a large tub.It...

With newspaper I get one entire section, and use garden secateurs to make small cuts across the folded side, spaced quite narrowly. I then tear off thick wads of narrow strips using those cuts as starts. I've found this a very easy way to generate a large amount of shredded material in little time.

If you use recycled jam/honey jar's and you have problems getting the old glue off the jar's use a little bit of coconut oil 100% raw, rub a little bit on the glue, leave for a while then wash off

Euonymus 'emerald n gold' might be a good idea at the base to thicken it up a bit - thanks for the suggestion @shiney .....

It was probably the hops in the beer that made them sleepy .....

I've only watched a few recorded episodes of Chelsea .....bit samey, not enough about the plants and, of course, more than a little artificial but still enjoyable.Nice to see Rachel de Thame make an appearance. She is battling cancer and I wish her well.

thank you @Linz and for your subscribing. not to good at responding to those that do.

Even the experts get hot under the collar about this Scudo so you will get a different view to mine ...that's fine However, I have recently been cutting down my dahlias just as I have always done. They do not suffer a jot. I do so for a number of reasons......one is I want to allow space for...

I accidentally broke off a piece from one of the Ribes yesterday so have stuck it in a glass of water. It's never occurred to me to actually take Ribes cuttings before . I googled it and they are very easy to propagate.

I recall buying an old Percy Thrower book at a car boot, the advise for pretty much every disease, fungus was to use DDT!