I garden on fairly heavy clay soil although I do add compost & manure each year but it still retains a fair amount of moisture for most of the...
A while ago I opened up my plastic compost bin & something very quickly disappeared from sight - rat or mouse I assume! This despite me having...
Some years back much mention was made in the gardening press on the subject of Hydroponic Gardening, there was even a Hydroponic Society of Great...
As one can see this plant is growing in a flower box is about 18" high. It appears to be an Isoplexis canariensis but those I've seen growing in...
Whilst the plants crop OK runners have never formed on my Strawberry Ostara. Has anyone noticed this before? The plants were young so I would have...
Can anyone identify the yellow plant that I've noticed in one of our Alpine troughs? I cannot remember planting it. The leaves are like a four...
Last year I planted a young crab apple that was in fruit. Most of the fruit fell in the winter but there are still a few shrivelled fruits hanging...
Does anyone know the history & development of the Dunemann Box which is a propagator which uses a sort of mulch of pine needles and other things...
Last year I noticed a rat on our allotment site so if I saw one I'm sure that there are more! I along with other plot holders suffered damage to...
A few years back I saw in the grounds of a private property what I would call a Propogation Box. It was cube shaped, about 3' square standing on...
Rats have been raiding our compost bin recently despite us only using leaves, grass clippings & vegetable peelings. I guess they're after the...
I've been growing potatoes for 30+ years & can honestly say that this has been the worst year for slug damage. In previous years we've had some...
Over the past few weeks a number of raspberry canes have died after appearing healthy. They all bore leaves & flowers then the leaves shrivelled...
Our friends have asked me the following question & as I was unsure thought I'd 'throw it open' so to speak! Last year they planted a Rhubarb root...
I was chatting to a friend today who has a large garden & wanted to put down some bark chippings - or similar material - to supress the weeds & it...
I'm looking to purchase a Mattock/Cultivator, one blade similar to an adze blade & the other a three-pronged cultivator but all I can find (in the...
I'm hoping to plant one of these this year & would like any tips on the plants care as I understand that they prfer a sheltered plocation & need...
We've found a Phormium growing in our garden, obviously from seed and it's now about 1' high. I want to move it it a more suitable space before...
Over the last two years I've noticed some of the upper branches have died off & this year the bark on the trunk has started to split reavealing...
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