I've been charging between £8 - £10 per hour cash in hand (naughty!) this year for a small gardening round - doing fairly routine things for...
I suppose it depends what you mean by "do gardening". I suspect the majority of people grow something, even if it's just a pot of herbs. Does that...
It's worth a try Andy. I'm trying cut and come again lettuce indoors for the first time this winter - 'Salad Bowl' and 'Lollo Rossa' types. I...
My sweet peas have been lovely, and I've been regularly cutting bunches to have jars of them round the house from early summer until the last few...
That looks pot-bound to me. The roots are probably getting too moist. Succulents need very sharp drainage - re-pot it in a bigger pot, with...
I've decided not to grow onions next year. They take a lot of ground space for a long time, and since I only really use them for cooking...
Cut and come again lettuce is dead easy, and takes up less space. I grow Lollo Rossa and 'Salad Bowl'. Big fat lettuces like Cos are slightly...
Also, don't grow it in full sun! I've made that mistake this year with mine, and it's looking quite sorry for itself.
I want to propgate my Hollyhock - Alcea Rosea "Charter's Double". From what I can gather this is a perennial kind, but you are supposed to...
There seems to be a lot of wasp activity in my garden at the moment. There are always at least 3 or 4 small wasps foraging round my bed and...
Yeah it's a trailing plant. I have it on a dry bank by the pond, but it would probably be good for baskets too. Masses and masses of pink flowers,...
Beetroot, pak choi, rocket / salad leaves, turnip. The pak choi will be best for stir fries, and looks nice. I've just sown some Mizuna in...
Well, the £3 is my annuals. I've spent more than that in total on new plants. But, being completely skint, I've learned a bit of patience and...
My entire annual bedding has so far cost the grand total of, give or take, £3. For about - I don't know - a hundred or so plants, perhaps. 39p...
No, it's not just you! I was going to post a similar question, but from reading forums, talking to people etc I know the answer - it's a very bad...
True. But you can make sure that you aren't contributing to the problem yourself, and keep the worst of it out of your own garden!
I always think that organic gardening should be the aim for every gardener though. Chemicals should be a very last resort once there's no other...
You won't go far wrong with a bag of multi purpose compost from the garden centre with a few stones in the bottom for drainage. You want nice...
My highly specialised sweet-pea growing technique is: 1) stick some 6ft canes in the ground and connect them with strings horizontally 2) stick a...
Yep, remove the weed / lettuce (I'm sure it's a lettuce - what soil did you use?). More importantly though, get them re-potted, and don't...
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