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Good idea but they may then get her another one

Rosemary is a good idea. It flowers, used in cooking, grows quickly and growing cuttings is easy. Tough plant as it grows up mountains in Greece.

Hi,Not in my back garden so it's ok?I served my apprenticeship down a deep coal mine from the age of 15 but although coal dust is dangerous in a number of ways first thing I was taught was strict safety; all our lives depended on it. So many coal miners died terrible deaths from coal dust...

Crush a clove of garlic in a mug, good squirt of lemon juice, teaspoonful of honey, boiling water. Stir and drink while soon as it's cool enough.

I grew 3 wisterias from seeds from a seed pod from my wisteria years ago. They grew into plants but mine died.The one I gave my daughter grew well and flowered some years later then she moved house and left it behind.The one I gave a friend grew well too then she also moved house but she...

I usually overwinter some of my plants but, of course, with no greenhouse they are having to try and survive in the car port. I'm not too hopeful about that as we have already had some heavy frosts. We tried to keep one plant on the kitchen windowsill but after a few weeks it became infested...

Cut three or four appropriately sized sections off a bamboo cane and wedge them horizontally between the inner and outer pot. Should aid stability and allow humidity to rise.

Well, they never turned up. I hope that they discovered a better purpose to their existence than bringing joy to my Christmas feasting. The stilton tasted better with port anyway - so there. PS. To rub pickling vinegar into the wound, there was a recipe involving pw on the television today. I...

I have not had any blooms yet on mine planted in April '23 but still looks healthy ....