The woven stuff is much more effective than the spun fibre matting and will prevent most perennial weeds growing through. It's sold under various...
I have a lot of Penstemons, quite large plants 4 or5 years old, when the snow cleared they looked OK with just some scorching of tips. Now most of...
If you are doing heavy pruning, you will need a pruning saw as well.
Sadly there is much less chance of it surviving if it was in a pot outside than if it was planted in a border. Even 'hardy' varieties can be...
Quite agree! I remember the hard winter around 1981? we had lots of losses, some surprising. A 3-4m eucalyptus gunnii was killed off, bark...
Can you get hold of composted green waste from your local council? Sometimes it's available free, often very cheap. Great as a potting compost...
Don't know what the snow is like with you but a good blanket of snow often means the ground underneath does not get frozen. I dug leeks and...
Thanking you for sharing this with us -I hadn't seen it before and I'm sure there will be others pleased to see it
I think we could live for a month on what we have in the store cupboard and the freezer. Thats the way we organise it rather than 'popping out '...
The only consolation with this weather is that a good layer of snow can protect plants from the frosts to some degree. I dug up celeriac and leeks...
Don't forget the lovage!! A seriously under-rated herb - possibly little know here because it's not available dried. One of the few herbs where...
SimonZ - you do seem to be thinking a lot about pruning! Have you come accross the rose pruning experiment conducted I think by Gardening Which?...
The tree looks like a pink mimosa - probably Albizia julibrissin or Persian Silk Tree
Its always good to make plans for next year - especially when it's a cold and miserable day like today! I have got a greenhouse to finish before...
I love foraging in the wild but wouldn't pick watercress - you never know what is in the water. I remember walking in the lake district with a...
Circular would be really difficult - Octagonal would be much easier You might get away with 3in square for upright supports, 4in square would be...
I am thinking about making some hypertufa containers this winter to plant up with alpines. Covered an old sink years ago but I want to make these...
Not sure if the bugs are connected with the damage - the top picture looks like snail damage to me. Once lost a lobelia to snails - they wouldn't...
The Acers are lovely but if it's too much of an uphill struggle to keep them you could try some of the Sambucus ( Elder ) varieties like...
The problem with plastic sheeting be it black, white or blue is that it doesn't allow water through and all the rain we are getting now has to go...
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