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I think I'll just do my usual and mix jacks magic with ji no3 and sharp sand.It works ok but was hoping for a cheaper option.I bought a bag or two of some unknown stuff a couple of years ago and nothing grew in it, god knows what it was contaminated with.

I remove the spray gun after every use and keep it inside. The hose itself is fastened on the sheltered back wall of the house.

I had a good look but there are no snails or slugs to be seen anywhere, all I could see was one or two tiny little flying things, perhaps white fly by memory long ago!

You can do either Spring or Autumn, it really depends on whether you are happy to look at the moss and weeds over summer. Both can progress between now and Autumn, encroaching on and weakening your existing grass.

Get the ivy off the fence. It will work its way through the paneling and eventually damage it as well as upsetting your neighbour.

HiGabion baskets would work a treat and can be made into a seating area at the same time , depends on how much you have to spend ,.. but if using wood you bein the same position in years to come

According to the manufacturer’s details, the Instant formula works within 24 hrs at killing the moss which you then need to rake out. The granular form works over a longer period and the bacteria which it contains breaks down the moss which then feeds the lawn, with no raking needed. There are...

Not to mention Huw Edwards and Gregg Wallace. Seems to me the BBC sometimes believes its own publicity about its "star" turns and fails to check thoroughly before appointing them and again when problems are first reported instead of the long drawn out accusationsa and denials that have gone on...

After chopping out a 40yr old pyracantha last summer I'd never entertain the stuff, it was in a neighbours garden. Diabolical stuff.

That looks very similar to the one my brother has. We had colder than -5c here this year and it suggests burgandy spires can only take a lite frost, so perhaps similar cultivars are the same.

From the new picture I agree that the stems and bud do look like an ash. Looking at the old picture again where I thought it had lobed leaves, I believe that might be your neighbours tree. I took the green to be one tree and not two and I could only see leaf detail on one half.

A lovely cluster of Pagoda Red ...

I don't have Queen of the Night, but I do have some Epiphyllum. Plants often look the worse for wear.

My olive has been happy in its pot for almost 30 years. I used the same compost mix as you describe in your first post. I used a load of stones/pebbles I gathered from my garden to cover the bottom of the pot by 2-3" then added another 2" of grit, then the compost on top of that.I often forget...