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Don't worry @potted - I won't tell you how many mistakes I've made - but the pile of labels from plants I no longer have would give you the idea! You just have to pot up what you've bought in good sized pots (or the hanging baskets for the begonia and petunia) and look after them. The wisteria...

It doesn't matter for those in charge in the US, @Obelix-Vendée, as money has no borders so they can move their wealth around. If ordinary Americans suffer, through job losses, etc, why would they care? It may translate into fewer votes at the next election, but as it is a two-horse race and...

I always used a pressure cooker for meals when the kids lived at home. It became redundant when there was just OH and me but I used to love it. Also, having been used to cooking with/on an electric cooker and now we have a gas hob, I would not know how to gage a pressure cooker as I don’t like...

A simple way to think about it is that a tree or shrub feeds from its roots. The roots spread through the ground so it is not feeding close to the trunk/main stem. So no need to mulch/compost right up to it.With smaller plants you don't want to smother them so just don't bother to mulch too...

This is P. Cookianum Tricolor. Phormiums do tend to be upright when young but develop an arching habit as they become established, developing longer leaves with more weight

What does the mature bark stems look like?

Yes it is. When we 're working in our veg plot we have to rescue worms before the chooks get them. Not always succesful.If you add Ile de France to your profile, people will be better able to tailor advice - climate and soil make a huge difference to what grows well.

Do you have any other materials around the garden, can see a few stones in the background. Dry stone wall should be straight forward to do and will last.

I have an area about 30ft x 30ft at the end of my garden that was ignored for about 15 years and was totally overgrown. There was a thick layer of ivy on the back fence.Like @pete I used glyphosate 360 on the whole lot. Most of the unwanted plants and weeds were killed on the first spray. The...

Funnily enough I do have opera glasses, and they are useful, even if I don't go to the opera!

Just watch out for the thorns on the pyracantha. Heavenly (Sacred) Bamboo called Nandina domestica is not a bamboo as such it just looks similar. RHS describe it as "A small, upright, elegant evergreen shrub with a bamboo-like habit to around 2m in height, with compound leaves and lanceolate...

Thanks regarding the dog violets as well, I have loads of them in the back garden. They seem to really love it there in the shady places and also edges of the lawn

Over many years I've bought from CPA Horticulture - mushroom compost & horse manure every year and I've had bulk composted bark chippings and 25T top soil. All of it has been of very good quality. Even substantial amounts of manure or compost are available in 75 litre bags which makes life...

Was eaten by East Enders here too after the war, so OH.