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They are far too low, especially when offset against the costs. People rant and rave about tube drivers being on £65k a year, which is a decent wage to be fair.. but conveniently, folks forget that a 65k salary means that the take home of that is roughly £40k-£45k depending on pension...

There was a place near here where they would rescue abandoned animals, cats mainly but also dogs horses and anything else too. It was a registered charity, and situated on an old farm. They turned the out houses and barns etc into lovely places where the cats could live the rest of their...

I think that's the point ie you can remove them from your garden but not the wild unless they are Spanish. Some sites don't make this clear Im off to pull out some now

They should be removed at the potting up stage IMO, after they have grown lots of roots through them its not easy, but the propagators dont care if the plant lives or dies in a couple of years.

I blame TV gardening shows, they have no relation to real gardening and growing. Instant effect, not keen on garden designers personally.

I would go for smoother curves rather than the wobbly amoeba shapes, and some deeper areas of border. Maybe an oval or pear-shaped lawn, or two interlocking circles. The path doesn't have to be the same width all the way, for example in the attached sketch there are some wider areas where you...

Hello allI have had some Satellite Anenomes in a 2L Pot for a Couple of Weeks now and the Pot is currently sitting on the Kitchen Window Sill, facing South East.The Plants started with 3 Leaves and I have now got 7 Leaves so it seems to have taken well.Quick Question, if there is such a...

Looks a bit old for me.

I can understand why you need a path now @Dan1981, clay based lawns are a challenge. I'd try to locate the path on the shady side of your garden, if there is one, allowing the lawn and plants in the borders to get as much sun as possible.

Done. Thank you.

The variegated Pittosporum Elizabeth could work well - one of my neighbours has a very attractive hedge of this. I liked @Plantminded's suggestion of a flowering climber for the arch itself, too.

Personally I prick all seedlings out into those cell trays, the ones I don't are things like onions which I sow three or four seeds to each cell and plant out the whole cell when it comes to that time.I don't think you will find any hard and fast rules how you do things, people often find...