I have done very little if anything in the garden for weeks. Not sure why, although the weather hasn’t helped. We have had some lovely days but...
We have had hardly any blackspot this year
I enjoyed last nights show. It didn’t seem as forced or contrived as previous Halloween shows despite still having all the usual themed costumes.
Any leaves which fall onto the beds are left in situ here. All the ones on the grass are collected and chopped up by the mower and then go...
I always chop up the prunings and put them straight on the compost. I gave up worrying about blackspot, rust etc some years ago after spending...
Campanula portenschlagiana is pretty and will cope with some shade as will Soleirolia soleirolii and Mentha requinii (Corsican mint)If it’s...
They are usually quite vigorous so I would expect it would regrow from the base. I suppose the question is would you have somewhere for the spare...
You can go on the app and check what recordings of any conversations it has made. We did a couple of times out of curiosity, it was only ever the...
We have an Alexa. You can set up shopping lists on it and then I suppose it could be triggered by a conversation you have to add something to but...
Just a warning the new shoots are from the rootstock they may not be worth keeping. The rootstock is a vigorous and less floriferous variety so it...
After all the fretting over the summer, we are now enjoying a pretty good crop. Lots still ripening on the plants, slowly but then that’s better...
That image and text refers to Craetagus laevigata, I thought you had bought Craetagus persimilis? It may be the different varieties have the same...
The first photo (ending 212) is the prunifolia or broad leaf Hawthorn. The other is the simple Hawthorn. I haven’t got my books handy but I think...
I’ve kept them outside overwinter before I had the options of a greenhouse or cold frame. Just kept them tucked in somewhere sheltered, mine were...
We just put banana skins in the compost but I may try @Obelix-Vendée water pot method. Does it get very smelly?
I’ve used them , good plants and well packaged
I usually roast the tomatoes with a bit of garlic and seasoning and then whizz up, skin and all
Use “perennial tulips” as your search term as that’s the phrase nurseries and garden writers often use for ones which are more reliable at...
I’ve used supermarket garlic a couple of times in the past and I’ve always had a crop but the cloves are usually smaller than those of the...
We have lots of single yellow and very few orange ones. I wonder if the orange are less vigorous? I let them all go to seed but never seem to get...
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