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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.

Shame. Ivy provides flowers for bees and berries for birds and can provide a nesting site for small birds too. But just chop it down to the ground and it will soon die if you chop off any small shoots that appear after that. No plant can live without leaves.

I thought most pressure cookers used weights, to hold the pressure, the one we had years ago did, so if the pressure got too high the weights just lifted and let the steam out.

Shame. Pyracantha provide flowers for bees and berries for birds. Bamboo just spreads and makes a nuisance of itself. But just chop the pyracantha off at ground level and wait for the odd shoot to appear and chop that off at ground level. It can’t live long with no leaves. Shame.

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 there stock, as a previous post mentioned. It looks like I will have to put everything to one side and start again with...

Are they not still in the process, these old buildings need constant attention, a bit like cathedrals and stately homes. Problems occur when they stop the constant upkeep and then it cost millions to get them back.

Do you have opera glasses or binoculars? You could see if there are buds starting to open. I wouldn’t necessarily expect leaves but Catkins. But I’m not an expert in this. I checked my images when I took a picture of a willow and this had male Catkins at the end of March.

Not found anyone local, they only do topsoil and mushroom compost and aggregates, the delivery charges always makes it more expensive than the GC bags in the end unless local, plus you dont really have any idea what you will get, a ton of something pretty awful is not good. I could try a pallet...

Hi @lizzie27 They are definitely posts which have been cut down and driven into the ground, they are not log rolls attached to wire.Although maybe that is an option for replacement.

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

Trees, particularly young trees, generally prefer not to have anything in touch with the trunk (other than air). I always leave a gap around the trunk when I'm mulching around a tree, no matter what i'm mulching with - it's like a doughnut with a hole in the middle...

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!

Hi EveryoneGardening novice here. Having bought a house with a mature garden I need advice on removing moss, removing ivy and improving (or re-creating) a lawn, amongst other things. All of which I will post on the relevant forums and will be very grateful for your advice.

I can't remember the exact name of the yellow variegated one I had - it was no taller than about a metre, so probably one of the cookianum hybrids, not tenax which is the huge one. Called something like Maori Sunrise? I took it out because it was becoming a huge clump and then weeds would grow...