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The only thing im planting new is lingonberry though im not 100% sure when they are arriving. I have been mulching and putting compost around my plants for years without a hole so i dont have the original containers any more but i can go around the base of all of them tomorrow.

HiBirds are about to start or have begun nesting …October November is ideal if you can hold off removingSpruce

@CanadianLori , what are chicken sticks please? I want some now (Having a finger food moment while the healthy soup is bubbling on the stove)

HiAre you confident it’s a willow , it maybe a Ash tree and they havnt started to come into leaf yetwe had a very hot dry summer last year , maybe that as wellSpruce

Just watch out for the thorns on the pyracantha. Heavenly (Sacred) Bamboo called Nandina domestica is not a bamboo as such it just looks similar. RHS describe it as "A small, upright, elegant evergreen shrub with a bamboo-like habit to around 2m in height, with compound leaves and lanceolate...

Thanks regarding the dog violets as well, I have loads of them in the back garden. They seem to really love it there in the shady places and also edges of the lawn

You are probably correct, @pete, he could have been thinking of Greenland, which he kept calling Iceland, although it is Denmark that he said wouldn’t hand it over to him. Or maybe he meant the Chagos islands, but I don’t think anyone was offering to give them to him? Who knows what is going on...

Over many years I've bought from CPA Horticulture - mushroom compost & horse manure every year and I've had bulk composted bark chippings and 25T top soil. All of it has been of very good quality. Even substantial amounts of manure or compost are available in 75 litre bags which makes life...

Some of the posts look like they have already rotted at the base and should be easy to remove. I would try to remove those loose ones first, then see if the others can be levered back and forth like removing an old shrub or tree. The easiest option would then be to replace them like for like,...

Hi @BOSullivan , welcome to the forum! What an exiting project you have ahead... best of luck and please share updates and photos of your journey.Adding your approximate location into your profile information is helpful, there are many climates and soils on this island which makes a big...

I'm not surprised you getting 10 different answers, there's not a lot to go by at the moment until it gets some leaves at least.The growth habit looks similar to Hibiscus but that is just a wild guess.

Thank you CarolineLI have not done very well, I was so keen to get into this that I bought items before I asked for advice, I was not aware that sellers would mislead to sell their stock, as a previous post mentioned. It looks like I will have to put everything to one side and start again with...

Was eaten by East Enders here too after the war, so OH.

Hi AllI was recently getting ready to remove the moss from my lawn (or more properly green space, as it predominantly moss) and re-seed with grass when I had second thoughts.There are a few weeds in there as well, and I understand that if I remove the moss now there is a good chance I will...

Hi AllI bought some Mo Bactor Instant to deal with a considerable amount of moss in my garden.Before I get around to applying it (probably later this year) I am now wondering is it actually any good and would I be better using something else?Thanks in advance for your sage advice!