Horsetail is a swine to deal with. I followed a root down when we were digging a sewer pipe. I gave up after 3 metres and the root was still going...
Equisetum arvensis, Horsetail.
They are the dreaded Lily beetles. Carefully catch them and stamp on them. They will destroy your lilies. Watch out they tend to fall off and lie...
Having just put a good 6 to 9 inches depth of conifer shreddings on a piece of unused(as yet) garden I hope it rots down as quickly as the...
Bonfires not allowed here. And there is a hedgehog home underneath it.
Just me and the Boss. Not only do we dislike Leylandii, I am allergic to it as well. I have to be well gloved up or I get a very itchy rash on my...
We have been removing a Leylandii hedge. This is the brash pile. Going, going, gone.[img][img][img][img][img]And this is where it has...
Heathers
Looks like a Pieris. If so then the most likely problem is that your soil is alkaline and they really do need an acid soil.
Mining bees? We used to get a lot of these in our old garden.
Stupidly managed to break the part of the chain saw which operates the fast brake feature. If you have a Bosch saw then you will know which part I...
You may get locked up for going out like that in a few weeks time!
Ground elder. A weed of the first water. Avoid like the plague.
Willows flower (catkins) on wood produced during the previous summer, so pruning is normally done once the flowers have finished, as Sian advises.
And from me too!
Taken this long for the plants to become dry enough to drench them again. So Neem oil at the recommended rate (4 teaspoons to a gallon of soapy...
Ta muchly. Spent the day decorating!
The ones you have there are C. persicum which are on the tender side. You need C hederifolium and or C. coum for your scheme which by the way...
You may be one of the lucky ones who have never lived in a house with these creatures. They got so bad at our previous home that in the end we...
I planted out a lot of the seedling Auriculas when we first arrived, just so as I did not have to spend hours watering them. I have found a fair...
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