Hmmmmmm! No replies in a week is disappointing Anyone know of a good forum for recipe discussion????
Congratulations! Gooseberries are a really under-rated fruit - easy to grow, productive and versatile This year I have made gooseberry...
Seed is perhaps the easiest way to produce a number of average aubretia and can be sown now to flower next year. However if you have select named...
I have a special sealed heap for perennial weeds, kept covered to exclude all light for about two years everything eventually composts. Not sure...
I used to work in an old country house garden whre they set fire to the straw after picking all the fruit. On a dry day the straw would burn...
Still not too late to put in Leeks, Kale or PSB If you already have these how about a Green Manure - I think it's a shame to leave the space empty
Interesting thread - wish I'd seen it before, I would have suggested GARDENING FOR ALL As someone who has worked in horticulture with...
Interesting thread following through from Oct to June I usually sow in spring but might just try overwintering this year. I really prefer...
Currently I am over whelmed with currants! Picked about 10kg yesterday and put in freezer only to find 2 bags still from last year and we still...
I agree, and netting protects from the pesky pigeons too. I got as much debris netting as I could carry simply by asking when scaffolders were...
I think some confusion comes from the terminology Suckers are shoots which grow from the root of a plant. In some cases like roses or grafted...
Lovage does flower, but its not that decorative. Yellowish umbilifera flowers at 3-7ft - but it does produce seeds which can be stored and used...
Don't forget the Lovage!!! Extremely useful herb, versatile, very productive and tough as old boots
we have a Choisya 'Sundance' visible from our kitchen window and through the drab days of winter it looks like our own shaft of golden sunlight -...
David Austins's New English Roses have a distinct advantage over many of the older shrub roses and that is - longer flowering season. Although he...
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