Years ago I was in a pub in Edinburgh having a drink with friends before going to a six nations rugby match. At the bar I started chatting with an...
Looking for suggestions re what is going to be a huge surplus of mange tout and I think they are dreadful if frozen. I found a fairly old packet...
My cucumbers were a bit slow and sickly looking for a few weeks despite the great weather which the tomatoes thrived in. However, they have now...
I had a ghastly great aunt. During WW11 food was rationed and the choice of what you could get was extremely limited. It was common place to join...
Nice plant but to keep it going I had to lift it and over winter in an unheated greenhouse. Got a bit fed up with that so you won’t need 3 guesses...
Has anybody ever had anything half descent from T&M? After a couple of bitter experiences years ago I vowed never to buy anything living ( living...
It never fails to amaze me how different our gardens are. Ok a lot has to do with climate but gardens can vary within a few miles of each other. I...
I have 3 Sorbus Sargentiana that I planted about 15 years ago. They were the biggest bare rooted I could find to buy so are now quite substantial....
It depends, often the sections obliging separate themselves but if not take your courage in your hand and get the knife out. A friend literally...
Not sure if it is the same in Scotland but when I lived in Edinburgh I lived in a Georgian flat in a conservation area. Opposite my block there...
We too do a very good line in clover in the grass which equals loads of bees. When cutting the grass at clover flowering time I have a sit on...
I dig up and split peonies regularly as sell loads at my charity plant sale. The best time to move them is when the top growth has died down...
Just demolished them, yum!
Slightly going off the immediate subject I would just mention about the dreaded Clematis wilt issue. I have what is now a substantial Marie...
The tree looks like my favourite Rowan, Sorbus Sargentiana. If yours has red sticky buds and huge bunches of orange berries then my guess is...
I have 2 Bloody Butcher which are all but ready for the picking. Despite having grown tomatoes for many years, the first ones ready for eating...
Good old Sungold, my go to every time. I thought Bloody Butcher was going to be earlier but they are still stubbornly green. I have to remember it...
I remember stonking sized Mars Bars at 3d…..am I showing my age? :)
To me dead heading Rhododendrons means, breaking off the seed heads to allow the plant to put energy into growing not producing seed. You can...
Just a wee update on my Peace Lily saga. The person who was meant to be buying the lilies for £15 messaged me to say they could not get someone to...
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