For all sorts of reasons, not least of which because I can be disorganised, easily side-tracked or just plain interrupted, I can often spend as...
No - didn't seem much point just for 23rd April! And on the subject of football, can anyone explain to a mere woman why, like a DFS sale, one...
I'm no expert, but I was always taught that hybrid tea, floribunda, ground cover and patio roses should be pruned mid Spring (round about the 3rd...
Whilst in the garden centre recently, I decided on a 'just in case' basis, to buy some 'RoseClear' to deal with possible black spot problems....
I went out this morning to buy a friend's birthday present - she expressed an interest in '.... a couple of Wilko's cheapie hanging baskets..' Is...
Ditto. And foxgloves and Russian Vine and physalis and Japanese anemone, not to mention the poached egg plant. :flag:
Why, when I see a 6" x 6" bit of bare earth, do I not only give in to the overwhelming need to visit a garden centre .... but come back with at...
My Dad drove some old scaffold poles into the ground at each end of his rows and ran some stout wires between them, top and bottom - he then grew...
I have a slightly different, yet similar, problem. Our previous house had no front garden to speak of - unless 4' of old bricks counts - but it...
And can be manufactured in China :hehe:
I can't remember where now, although I don't think it was a National Trust property, but I have visited gardens which offer 'private tours'...
I'm in total agreement with Doghouse about the supposed benefits of 'green initiatives', many of which seem to contradict themselves. Despite...
If I've only got a few, I favour the 'old kitchen knife scraped between the slabs' technique to remove weeds. Whatever you do, don't take any...
Poor thing indeed! She does have her uses though. For several years she's acted as my cousin's gun dog when he's pheasant shooting so when our...
Certainly where my parents lived quite a bit went to landfill that was destined for re-cycling. They were provided one 'wheelie' bin for...
We've got a golden retriever to whom the word 'No' is seen simply as a challenge, even when delivered in the sternest of tones. Forget all that...
True, we have 2 bins, the 'proper rubbish' (as my family refer to it) is collected once a fortnight, the 'green' recycling bin on the alternate...
Yes, I know I'm sad, but for the last 5 or 6 evenings I've had to get the hosepipe out - these hot, dry days play havoc with my sandy soil. Today...
Were it me, I'd tell the Judges you suspect it's home to a rare species of ... something! Failing that, I'd suggest one of two things: either,...
Somewhere on this board are detailed instructions on how to post a photo using photobucket which, t'other day I tried for over 45 minutes and...
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