Glad you got a wee bit of the wet stuff @Allotment Boy :blue thumb: We're hopefully getting our first totally dry day for a while, but I don't...
If you're going to keep power washing them, then a dry mix [sand and cement] brushed into the spaces is a better option. You can buy it ready...
You'd need a big bank balance if you want to use grit to help with drainage @Pepe ! It's all very well for Monty Don to bang on about adding it -...
I don't think it's worthwhile having it. Apples - along with most other woody shrubs or trees, need a lot of attention in a container, and you...
I agree with you re these plants @pete, but that's a particularly poor specimen. It looks very badly damaged. I also agree with where it's planted...
The individual 'bits' are more useful after the gr'house gets knackered, than the actual gr'house itself! We never get 2nd broods of great tits...
Not tried borage feed @Escarpment, but I have loads of it [the white one] so I might give that a go if I run out of comfrey food. :smile: Our...
That's a proper PITA @Selleri . I'm lucky that I don't really have any allergies, but I can understand how difficult that is for you. I get the...
I agree with @Escarpment . If a rowan is rotting, and it isn't just old age [fairly unlikely in the site] then something is wrong down below. The...
The tree being at that angle and the level dropping so considerably all the time, suggests the mix isn't right, but also the poor support. Levels...
They don't really cause any problems either @Jiffy . I know they can suck sap, but I've always had some in the garden and don't notice any...
This just highlights the difffering conditions. @Adam I has honesty reaching 1.5 metres. They get to about half that height here. I've grown...
The first thing you need to do is remove that chicken wire [why is it there?] and the cane. The ties on that are very tight from what I can see,...
I think it would be better to just cater for insects - bees/hoverflies/beetles etc. You wouldn't need to bother with any 'perimeter' and if you...
Yeh- but what have you made out of it @Robert Bowen ? :biggrin: Nothing done yesterday due to weather, and it was wet today [mostly smirry and...
Maybe a young shield bug @Jiffy ?
Funnily enough - I find that one easy to remember @Tidemark . It's the one for Dicentra that floors me! Lampra...lampo..lampro... Oh ****** - it's...
I wouldn't bother with the tomato food - it's more for heavy flowering annuals and perennials rather than woody shrubs. Feed the soil instead with...
There's literally thousands of annuals which will provide a food source for insects/pollinators, but it's that succession of plants that matters...
I'm the same @Adam I - around a fortnight [at least] for first toms. I haven't looked at mine for a couple of days, but they'll be fine. There's...
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