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If vine weevil grubs have eaten the roots there may be no saving it, but give it a chance. Wait and see if it starts producing any new leaves when the weather warms up a bit. Drought last year followed by some cold spells in the winter won't have helped it.

Landrace Gardening by Joseph Lofthouse is an interesting book about this kind of thing.

I think I poked them vertically into the compost. If I remember rightly they're quite big and easy to handle individually. If you have lots of seed you could try different ways and see what works for you.

Another great suggestion - thank you. The fact that I might be able to pot up some of the Salvia from my dad's memorial does appeal to me so thank you.

One thing I would do if I was planning my garden anew is to put a paved path all around the outside, wide enough to stand a stepladder on or push a wheelbarrow. It provides safe access to the back of the borders for weeding and to hedges and fences for trimming. You think it is going to take up...

Heathers with one iris

Nah, that was happening before King Alfred's time, way longer than 250 yrs ago!

It needs a good prune, I'd remove perhaps half the branches coming from the base, any crossing branches and any obviously dead growth. I wonder if it could be a red currant rather than a black currant.

I'm giving up with vegetables this year too, they're too much work for me now. I'm going to grow cut flowers in my raised bed where I used to grow vegies, but I may put a few onion sets in between them

So just had a look what tomato seeds I have.1x Gardeners Delight 2x Red Cherry (free with Gardener’s World Magazine)** 2x Roma 1x Alicante** 1x Red Cherry 1x Hildares* 1x Marmande (opened)*Expired 2024 **Expired 2025

Thank you for the replies, really appreciate the insights and advice

I use pencil, then at the end of season I collect all the labels. The ones that didn't break from the light get washed (using sponge and soap), then I use eraser to clean whatever written.