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Yes, I think slugs are a final resort for most predators, and who can blame them.Leopard slugs are pretty good at controlling them.

That keeps the other lanes clear for us then .

A good one to try which will tolerate clay @Andrew Funnell is Calamagrostis Karl Foerster. It has a columnar form, growing to about 1.5m in flower. Others include Panicum Northwind, also narrow and columnar, and Miscanthus Malepartus which is a larger, vigorous grass. The three have different...

Bit late for this year but if you have really claggy clay soil I'd try winter green manure, something like grazing rye, it works if you dig it in when the clay is drying slightly, wait too long and it will be hard work. The rye really helps the drying out in early spring and the roots make the...

Use your search engine and input - how to use manure for fruit trees. This will help.

I also passed a house near where I live and that had a nice couple of rhododendron in the border, quite close to the rose bushes, should I knock on their door and have a word? I didn’t bother as could tell by the label on the rhododendron it was a cheap one from Lidls*.As they say if you like...

Sounds as if you need to clear your search history and remove your cookies....

There is no prettier plant than the pansy (imho) when in spring with the range of colours, but when it grows hot and bolt, they turn ugly and need to be ripped out. The first real colour from annuals of the year.Last year I learnt a big lesson that light was everything in growing spring seeds....

Proper plant talk.

Magnoliaflora (baby's bum pink )Jenny namaste