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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...

I always used a pressure cooker for meals when the kids lived at home. It became redundant when there was just OH and me but I used to love it. Also, having been used to cooking with/on an electric cooker and now we have a gas hob, I would not know how to gage a pressure cooker as I don’t like...

Do you have any other materials around the garden, can see a few stones in the background. Dry stone wall should be straight forward to do and will last.

Last year we had a thrush nesting in our neighbours’ ivy on a brick wall. The removed it all last month. I haven’t seen or heard the thrushes since.

Around here Pete they always seem late, normally so late I think they have died overwinter.

If the pyracantha is small you could probably just pull it out (but agreeing with Nigel, the thorns can be nasty).At this time of year you can lift and move perennials easily, so you could plant it elsewhere if you wished. For this you might want to gently try and lift it with a garden fork,...

Don't worry @potted - I won't tell you how many mistakes I've made - but the pile of labels from plants I no longer have would give you the idea! You just have to pot up what you've bought in good sized pots (or the hanging baskets for the begonia and petunia) and look after them. The wisteria...

@pete I agree, but when concerted attempt were made within living memory to wipe your religion off the face of the Earth, are you going to give anybody a second chance? There is certainly the irony that the powers that be in Israel seem to trying to do precisely that to the Palestinians.

I don't think that it's a willow either. The growth isn't twisted and the leaves look like they have lobes.

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

It didn't strike me that way at all. Just someone asking for advice, concerned about doing the wrong thing for their plants. In my book that is being sensitive to a plant's needs.

You can reseed four weeks after using Mo Bacter but it kills moss, not weeds. If you have only a few weeds you could treat these individually with a lawn weedkiller often sold in a spray bottle. If there are more than a few, consider using a weed and feed product like Miracle Gro 4 in 1 which...

I used the granular from Mo Bacter for the first time last year. It did seem to kill the moss, there is less of it this year despite the wet winter.

Phormiums can suffer in cold, wet winters, especially if you have clay soil. I thought of Yucca as an alternative too. They have an upright, less arching habit so might suit you better.