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Hello @JennyJBYes, I have the Time Due to my Autism I do not get out of the House, much, which is why I am really looking forward to March and the Warmer Weather when I will be able to get into the Garden more.When I place it Outside would you recommend that I place the Pot where I plan...

Well we tend to remember the very good and the very bad, so it must have been just so-so.

Any recommendations for a good quality compost for growing vegetables like tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers? Last year was a disaster and the compost I purchased was infested with fungus gnats.

Will do. Thanks

@CarolineL That was what I thought, it was around certainly all morning and into the afternoon. That rosemary is in flower just about all year round and over winter on a sunny day plays host to various bees and flies.

I have found they grow well in an east facing border next to a wall where it is quite dry. I started with 5 and over the years they have multiplied well. Yes they do grow better halfway out. I think the bulbs ripen better then.

If you want something unusual try Ugni. They are related to blueberries but the fruit ripen much later and have a fragrant taste - we liked them, more for snacking on than pies I suspect. I bought the variegated one and have it in my front garden. I think it would be OK in a pot.

Oops! Sorry @cactus-girl I repeated what you said. We must watch the same programmes.

My oldest wheelbarrow may have fitted your criteria as it had a few holes but they were from rust. There was one drawback with it. The wheel that was on it rusted off last year . It went into the skip with the old greenhouse that was falling down.The greenhouse was only 50 years old and the...

Me too! Lots of early colour there, We do have daffodils, but currently the naturalised ones near here are sitting in puddles of rain water, so I hope the bulbs don't rot off in the ground.

@Perki I bought that Acer in 2020 out of naivety that red leaves look nice. Reality was that in the first spring, it lost all its leaves to leave scorch. I took it out of the ground and put it into a barrel pot for 2 years to have it in a shade corner. It had a poor life because a tree in a pot...

They arrived today, the rootstocks have rather poor root systems so i potted them up instead of planting them out. Give them summer and see if the grafts take.Good lord it was exhausting grafting them all. I decided to graft the scion then do 2 bud Grafts in the hope at least one of them...

24th February 2026The 24th marks five years since we moved to this house. I've never stopped since we got here, what with all the decorating, landscaping, observatory build, railway build and gardening, but we love it here. Part of that is my new found connection to nature.I've always...