Mahonia Soft Caress.
The best time is when you have the material available. Spring is probably better when the sap starts to rise, but it can be done now.
Sadly the only way is to graft a piece of your Corkscrew Hazel on to a rooted ordinary Hazel sapling. Hazel does not (or very rarely) grow from...
Definitely not Fireblight. Having seen it before I know the signs. This Sorbus just slowly 'dried' as it would in Autumn rather than looking as...
Well, the stump is now lying on the ground. Very heavy it is too. There is no sign of any fungal root thingies in the soil, so hopefully we are...
yes, but not as much fun as a pair of scissors!
Our neighbour tells me that he often finds a slug in his kitchen with no idea as to how it is getting in. We have had them here, but we think they...
We were worried that it might be a fungal infection. There is a long time dead sycamore about 15 feet from it (in the hedgerow so not removable)....
Must be about 50 years old. It rather quickly went from green leaf to dead. Not Fireblight as the leaves just went dried rather than scorched. In...
I know that, I just wondered if there was a tiny form of a hybrid Hosta around.
I grew 6 Hostas from seeds last year. They all look very much like the plant from which the seed came, except, that 5 of them are about 6 inches...
The wattage is 700 to 800 (what it says on the machine)and the number is how many can fit on a side plate, single layered.
I slice open the nut, put them on a plate and in the microwave for 1 minute on high. Then they are peeled while still hot (they are easier to peel...
Hawthorn buds are called Bread and Cheese and were often eaten in the past.
Cyanide has no effect on creatures which lack the enzyme that makes it deadly. Blackbirds do not have this enzyme, we do. I cannot find any record...
It was just a point of interest. If I was really worried about it I would have added the water whilst I was turning the material. The new heap is...
After poring 800 litres of water on it, none ran off the sides. Not inclined to go delving into it to see if the inside is damp. Certainly plenty...
Just turned over my compost heap and much of the bottom material is dust dry. So emptying the water butts on top, just wondered if the water will...
My version of Arkell's ode.More Flowers of the mind.The Hysteria's pulling the support from the wall.You can't see the Fibroids, they are...
Found this one again. Last winter, when I was in bed with the 'FluAnd a temperature of a hundred and two,I was telling the gardener what he...
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