Some suppliers will give heights of plants for sale at say 2 year old and a rate of expected growth. Maybe she could extrapolate.It's...
A lawn needs drainage or you will get moss and most compost is designed to retain water so you would need to add about 50% sharp sand to it and...
Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa) Wikipedia A member of the Goosefoots and related to 'Fat Hen'I came across several references to this when I was...
How's about one of these Beefy? [img]
Err... Pal should have said of course 'Fred Flintstone' :D
My friend is in her 60s and sub 5' (we don't talk about that!) She also has arthritic hands and had to give up cutting her own grass and the...
Just caught up with this. Wallpaper paste normally has an anti fungal ingredient added and it will hold a lot of moisture for a long time without...
Thanks chobart. Before planting seemed the obvious time to split but I've never really though about it before. I haven't used sulphur the last...
Thanks for the replies [img]Interesting to read about harvesting vraic in the Channel Islands PeterS. I've seen it being collected in...
I'm lucky living near the sea and this time of year we get loads of seaweed washed up (mainly kelp but other stuff too)What's the best way to...
They are still going great so I haven't lifted any yet, normally I wait untill there's a good frost which levels them.Question is; when's the...
Och! You'll be wantin' thermal bagpipes next!The last few winters have been fairly mild but I do tend to treat things a bit hard. They're either...
Awweee! Don't be a wimp Dendy :D Crocosmia is indestructable and any piece of corm will soon throw up new leaf no matter when you plant it. I...
I hasten to add it's not mine :D
Blackthorn: Yep, it's an Edwardian house and the garden is totally enclosed.Hornbeam: Fab pics as always. [img] As a side note about trees....
Ah! I usually get into trouble for this but my granfather used to swear by gorse clippings taken from the common (briar or berberis works as...
Should be invisible by next year but if there are any bare lines just give them a very light sowing with grass seed in the spring. A top dressing...
Love the old hand made bricks Rodders (or are they 'new' old bricks?)
One of 'my' work gardens; these were taken today after I cleared the border this week, just the top wee bit still to do by the wheelbarrow. It's...
:D Yep it's all good fun! The standard is so high both technically and artistically that it really does makes you look hard at what's going on...
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