So true @Mike Allen !We now plant all trees and shrubs with a watering tube in place, end of the tube just below the rootball. After 3-4 years,...
Not much to be done in the garden today, as the temperature climbs into the upper 30’s....This morning I fished out some leaves from the bottom...
Hello and welcome!Lovely to hear that you want to go wildlife-friendly....it is so rewarding. Even just wandering round the garden at dusk,...
Yup, I agree with the others... both plants next to the fence look like roses. Top right is possibly a hybrid tea - with lovely healthy foliage....
Yesterday it was a little cooler, just 30 degrees, so I did some weeding, picked some mangetout, and wound in the jasmine officinallis, the...
In the 1970s there was a children’s drama series based on electric pylons. Some people were affected by them, to the point that they went mad and...
I help look after the gardens at my church. There was a box hedge under the line of windows for the main worship area. It has succumbed to box...
Hi Gwen. I have never stored the flowers in a larder - they will very quickly die there, I fear.Most recipes call for 20 heads of flowers, so it...
So pleased!! Hubby just said “not yet” when I mentioned the Belgian conservationists (looking for midwife toad tadpoles in our pond) suggested a...
Don’t think I’ll get much done today.... last night it was so hot and humid (28 degrees at midnight, “cooling” down to 21 degrees at 7am this...
Another approach would be to scatter some yellow rattle seeds there. This is used in lush grass areas to slow down the grass growth rate to allow...
They are beautiful, aren’t they?! And a buddleia bush can afford a few leaves to feed even a hungry caterpillar - Or three!
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