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You’re right @Allotment Boy, a different concept. I've seen island beds designed as mounds which can be quite impressive.It's interesting what you say about the Beechgrove experiment @simone_in_wiltshire, it does sound like a bit of a mess .

Haven't listened to GQT recently but whilst producing Watercress in running water is the ideal method, it can definitely be grown and provide a decent harvest in a pot - or even in a garden pond. I've done and eaten both and still alive and kicking . Obviously depends on your site/surroundings...

@Philippa , grow lights allow me to start my chillies and tomatoes earlier meaning that when they are ready to braze the great outdoors in late May-ish they are already flowering or nearly there.This means I get harvest from around July, around a month earlier than without early sowing.And I...

People are looking to buy or rent somewhere to live and the developers build 4 and 5 bedroom houses on gated estates. Somehow they sell them, so the money is around, but would I pay the kind of money they want for one of those overlooked crowded places for the stupid prices. No way.

@PoppyB we have a Cytisus that was labelled as "Albus", which is meant to get up to 1.5m max, and it has reached 2.5 m. But that might be an exception.Regarding pyracantha, it all depends on your personal preferences of course. You can thin it out. If on the other hand they are clipped into a...

Agree with the bitter cress. The best way to get rid of it is hoeing when the weather is dry if you can remember what that is! In small areas I use a pointing trowel like a hoe to slice off the weeds. These sort of weeds come up thickly like that when you turn the soil so mulching bare soil...

The first morning sun for February has lit up the grasses and bamboo in my lower garden. I don't mind winter days like this!

If you follow the advice given above re ensuring the containers are able to drain well and raise the containers off the ground so excess water can run out, there is little more you can do whilst the rain continues other than providing some form of cover for each container. A few sticks in each...

Yes I agree with previous posts. You need to do a light trim now ( so as not to stimulate overgrowth) and a summer prune later in August or September. With the summer prune you will reduce vigour as you will remove energy from the sap and leaves being taken out. The reason winter pruning...

All my plants are edible but I wouldn't say they are decorative and some have never fruited eg my figs Some plants just constantly die eg my cranberries