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It didn't strike me that way at all. Just someone asking for advice, concerned about doing the wrong thing for their plants. In my book that is being sensitive to a plant's needs.

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...

We have catkins on ours already.

Went to gc early this morning to have a look at phormium not much there but I were looking at a little yucca called gold sword didn't think much of it until back home and reading Pete / plantminded comments I quite like the look of the mature plant colour and upright growth I'm looking for. I'll...

Depends what's going in the pot? Some plants will like the free draining soil others sitting in water. Perlite aids drainage

In the 1880's there were the 'Pogroms' in Russia where they oppressed the Jews and stole their land in mainly Ukraine and Poland (which were part of Russia at that time) which continued through to the revolution around 1905. A lot were killed and a lot escaped to other parts of Europe including...

A bit earlier this year I'm thinking lots of things are, its been chilly but frosts have been rare or very light since mid January.

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.

So much depends on your situation and what you are prepared to accept in a garden. Ivy is certainly an excellent addition for the reasons mentioned above but it can prove a total PITA for some. If you use a weedkiller on the leaves, it sometimes helps to scratch/scrape the leaves before...

I love Pyracanthas and, if I am being honest, don't really care for Nandinas, though I understand your point about symmetry If there is enough space, how about you plant a Pyracantha on the other side as well, to achieve the symmetry? Jokes aside, if you don't want the pyracantha, I still...

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...