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I can only identify the ivy in your photos, do you know what species your hedge is? The ivy has undoubtedly taken a hold over it, depriving it of light, nutrients and water. A close up of the hedging with leaves visible would be helpful.

HelloNot to be Controversial, but.....Never use a Roller on the Lawn to Flatten it. the only thing you will accomplish will be to Compact the Soil which in turn will affect the Growth of the Grass.If you need to remove a Lump in the Lawn, Cut a H over the area and Lift the Turf, remove any...

My hubby once had to audit a slaughter house - it was cattle. He had to do a stock check. I think it was pretty smelly. I would have refused as I would never be the same again. I hate going in butchers because of the smell.

I have planted Deutzia which not only have a lovely green from early spring to late summer and allow planting of flowers around them. but they also have lovely flowers which are loved by bees and butterflies in May/June. You could plant a Deutzia in the middle of your beds. They don't need care...

Nothing dead here, although most Heucheras are looking shabby. They are currently on the review list which precedes the departure lounge . The bluebells are back with a vengeance though .

I have just made a new bed with roses and perennials, mostly sunny, clay soil with lots of compost worked in. These are what I planted between the roses, campanula, veronica, salvias, pink penstemon, hemerocallis, anchusa, nepeta and lychnis coronaria. There is a nearby bed with lots of shrubs...

Thanks so much @Selleri . I will post some updates soon - really looking forward to sharing this journey (thanks for the top about location, I will update my profile).

the main thing with nutrients is they get outcompeted by grass, trees, brambles, and in poor soil those take longer to colonise if at all. wild meadows were maintained like that with now extinct ruminents, deer and cattle doing that job now to an extent.there are many perrenial native flowers...

I used to start mine in autumn and keep in a cold greenhouse over winter, did that in Essex and for a number of years in Devon. These days I chit them in February and then into root trainers in the cold greenhouse. Why the change? I found that with the milder winters they were growing too much...