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Hi No, i don't have a greenhouse... The other one is thriving... so i think it's because light isn't getting to the other one...interesting about the ornamental pots... do you mean the pot can then go in the planter... and the soil covers the pot... (makes it look like it isnt a pot)... then i...

About this time of year last year I was walking with my pooch in the fields by some trees and I saw several crows at work stripping lengths of bark from some quite substantial branches then flying off with it. I assumed they use it in their nestsWhen I brush my dog I put her hair on the lawn...

@Silver surfer may be able to help ?

No one, least of all myself, is saying that anti sematism doesn't exist - it does and, as you put it is "alive and well". As for your experience with that poor schoolgirl, I would hope most right thinking people would intervene just as you did. As for her assailant, I would describe him as a...

The soil is absolute crap ‍♀️ We've just gone to dog the first section and underneath the grass we've found absolutely loads of rocks and rubble and some black tarp. I'm actually worried I this isn't going to work ‍♀️‍♀️

I have a very sunny back window (door, actually, but I use the back door 2m away) where I grow mostly pillar and tall cacti and other succulents.I'd like a climber in the corner and am sort of considering Queen of the night.I have never grown it so would be grateful to see photos of yours,...

Hi @BOSullivan, Thevictorian is right, a fork job should be doable. Replace the soil with good compost perhaps mixed with some fertilising stuff such as Blood, Fish and bone, rotted manure or granular feed, water well and the Nandina should be just fine. If the Pyracantha is healthy, you...

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.

You can reseed four weeks after using Mo Bacter but it kills moss, not weeds. If you have only a few weeds you could treat these individually with a lawn weedkiller often sold in a spray bottle. If there are more than a few, consider using a weed and feed product like Miracle Gro 4 in 1 which...

I used the granular from Mo Bacter for the first time last year. It did seem to kill the moss, there is less of it this year despite the wet winter.

Phormiums can suffer in cold, wet winters, especially if you have clay soil. I thought of Yucca as an alternative too. They have an upright, less arching habit so might suit you better.

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.

Last year we had a thrush nesting in our neighbours’ ivy on a brick wall. The removed it all last month. I haven’t seen or heard the thrushes since.