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Hi all I'm after some advice on picking the right trees for my garden whilst I'm really excited (I love trees),I'm also a little worried about picking the wrong trees for the area in question. Firstly,the area is a corner which is south west and has dappled shade in the morning as there are...

Hi @Redwing,so sorry it's taken me so long to respond to your last post!I am waiting for the book you recommended.My local library has been able to order it from another branch,I am really looking forward to reading it. Interesting about the beeches not liking clay soil?!I knew our soil here was...

Laura, leave the Hebe where it is, it WILL reshoot.

Until recently. To get rid of rubbish, waste whatever. Dig a hole in the garden and bury it. Now local councils provide at least a three bin service to dispose of waste. In my tiny garden. I have an island bed. It is made up of unwanted ballast. I built a wall aeound it from bricks and...

My pleasure If it is any consolation, I have senile moments all the time, and I am 42. Age is but a number, especially around here

May edition out today.Includes 2 for 1 entry card.

No worries @LincsJohn my friend if there is anything else you need just ask

Welcome to Gardeners Corner Eden1. We love questions, they challenge our gardening knowledge.

Thanks, Marley. I've been transferring the photos to the laptop anyway, but I just wondered if there was a quicker way of going about posting them

Thank you FC. Much appreciated. (Cheque in post)

Would need to see the tree in real life, but it looks like twig blight, its common in wet years, its the only thing I can think of that discolours the branches, it is fungal, so a copper drench and pruning out the discoloured twigs, when the dry times come, apply a high nitrogen feed fortnightly...

Other Smilies - DO NOT DELETECould they be moved to BIG ONES sub-list, or the tail-end of the main list?A few big ones near the top means the little ones get nudged down and more scrolling and faffing to get to them.Ta Title reminds me of the packet with "Photographs - do not bend"...

Thank you. If it does better in ground I will grow on in pot until rooted well and able to be transplanted. Good advice.

I know of the mould you are talking about @Mike Allen and I can't think what it is either.

There’s millions of tonnes about 4 miles from me, I went down the mine and got in a minibus to get to the rock face

Hello Strawberries. A warm welcome to Gardeners Corner.So you practice composting. Good on you. These sealed containers. Just my thoughts, but to me. Using them is simply like dumping the waste in a bin, sticking the lid on and leave the contents to rot away. As you say. Your bin now...

Hi The plant is a clemetis I bought from aldi. Hope that helps you

Thank you @JWK !I feel silly asking but I really was worried that I hadn't held my own

Tiny hairs on new growth which, as the leaves expand , get further apart or drop off.