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As @redstar claims I am misinformed about rape victims and abortion here are some links: 13-year-old rape victim has baby amid confusion over state's abortion ban and Girl, 13, gives birth after she was raped and denied abortion in Mississippi It's inhuman!

I like the S shape, when planted around it will "disappear" to the left, creating a bit of discovery that is not immediately seen from the patio. Having the path on the side would make the maintenance of the centre bed difficult without stepping stones, unless you just want grass and nothing...

Most of our garden plants can be fairly easily propagated so I always take cuttings/ divide clumps just in case.To be honest, that's not always the best policy as I'm unable to get rid of the surplus so often end up with not a neat threesome but with a thirteensome Obviously, the...

Good lights for little cost! @CanadianLori My problem at present is lack of places to put all my propagators! Even if they have lights (so don't need windowsills) they've got to be near sockets.

These Cornus have a root trainer (right word?) round the base. They don't look plastic so I assume its safe to plant out as is, rather than taking them off before planting? I don't want to rip it off and somehow disturb the roots, but equally dont want to leave it on if it will restrict them. ...

Choose a couple of stems and scrape a little bark off. If it's dry and brown then it's dead. If there is any green it may still be alive. If so when the buds are beginning to break spray with a dilute seaweed TONIC (not feed). This may help stimulate new growth. I agree Lornicera, or...

That one’s a good vibrant blue @Clare G, now on my list .

Thank you @On the Levels, those small irises really do have one of the best blues in the garden, shame they don’t last long .

Something I’ve done for years but a few years back, the Levington compost I got was so damn woody that the germination was really poor. Usually, I’d just scatter some seeds on the top of a pot full of compo then rake them in with my hand. Got a different method now.

First bloom of 2026, Hibiscus Red Pagoda ...There s a Standrad Red and an April Yellow to open soon.

Landrace Gardening by Joseph Lofthouse is an interesting book about this kind of thing.

I think I poked them vertically into the compost. If I remember rightly they're quite big and easy to handle individually. If you have lots of seed you could try different ways and see what works for you.

One thing I would do if I was planning my garden anew is to put a paved path all around the outside, wide enough to stand a stepladder on or push a wheelbarrow. It provides safe access to the back of the borders for weeding and to hedges and fences for trimming. You think it is going to take up...