If only it were that easy. Mr. F'smum is a great 'planner' (if you get my meaning!) on top of which, he spends 6-7 months a year working in The...
Hi Louis, welcome. My advice would be, first and foremost, to pop down to your local 'shed' or garden centre and get yourself a soil-testing...
I know nothing, but Mr. F'smum is related to an electrician - the same electrician who put in the dedicated thingummy which supplies the power to...
No fruit? How old are your plants? If they're young, then it's quite possible they won't fruit in their first year. I had 6 new plants last year...
Talking of using a 'barrer'. When Mr. F'smum ordered 3 cubic metres of pea shingle to make my paths and to use as deck foundations, it didn't...
I planted a clematis about 7 years ago, to ramble through some trellis along one side of our decking. I ensured it's roots were/are in the shade...
Before I give you my twopenn'oth, you need to understand that as a pre-decimal child, I can't 'do' metric (even though topsoil is sold by the...
Some of my strawberries are grown in one of those 'strawberry planters', which means the plants at the top are some 18" off the ground. It may not...
I'm sure no-one would want to see how I re-cycled my old water butt that had developed a split just above the tap - mainly because I cut off the...
I'm not an expert at anything in the garden, so wouldn't want to suggest I could give a definitive opinion either way on this, but ..... My...
I'm fiddling with the TV remote and come across 'Yesterday' showing repeats of 'The Victorian Kitchen Garden' with Harry Dodson and Ruth Mott....
According to a project my daughter did at school many moons ago, the Romans also ate dormice. Well, that's Sunday lunch sorted then!
Thanks for the replies. We 'kinda' know what we want, something about 3' 6" high with a gentle bubbling trickle and perhaps the occasional...
Well, for what it's worth, this is my twopenn'oth: All tomato plants will produce a number of 'trusses' (look on the Edible Gardening thread,...
Thank you for that. I don't know which is more exciting, watching my pea-pods filling out, or watching the pea-like pods of the Lupins. At...
... what should I look for to know when to harvest lupin seeds? ... once collected should I store them (how/where?) or plant them immediately?...
Ideally, we'd like a small water feature to bring some 'life' into the dark corner (formed by the house and our neighbour's fence) of our patio....
Like Alice, I have childhood memories of my Grandad's garden and its lupins of myriad colours. I've never had much luck growing them, wrong type...
Last year, for the first time, I bought a 2' high strawberry 'planter' and 6 small plants. I had a few fruits but didn't expect too much although...
Hi giggler - welcome. I'm surprised you haven't received a reply, 'cos there are some people here who know everything there is to know about fruit...
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