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One of the reasons I enjoy an electric car, it is still working well, running smoothly and saving me money, 9 years after it was first bought...

Thanks for the advice!@infradig Re:manure… dos it have to be the well rotted stuff you buy? I have friends who have horses so manure is no issue - but it’ll be fresh and someone once told me this is no good to go directly into beds.I don’t think have space for 2 trees which I hope to grow...

Hisounds exciting already, around the pool low growing thyme.

There are builders grade cheap gloves. Bright orange rubber palms, you should be able to see them even on a grey day.

Out at the ornamental planter today, some of the Pansies are still alive ( along with some big weeds). I'm not sure if they will flower again or not, but if they survive the Winter, I may move them to a sunnier spot in the wood to make space for something new. I may add some hardy Cyclamen at...

Bit late, but we use these low cost welders gloves which protect against Pyracantha, Berberis and Rose thorns etc. A bit firm to start with but soon become suppler.

One of my Uncles after retiring and moving into town, used to help a local gardener and plant breeder. After a few years the breeder named a new Primula auricula after him and a few years later named one after Fred's wife. You can still get P auricula "Fred Booley" from a number of specialist...

Go for whichever is available in the colours/varieties you want at a price that suits you. If you buy plug plants they should develop tubers that you can keep for subsequent years.

I once double dug a length of a 40ft long bed and gave up doing the rest of it. (probably an alien concept to many members)I then mulched the rest of the bed for several years using home made compost (if you haven't already, get yourself a compost bin made up as this will save you a lot of...

I don't like the smell of both.