Guess we all have a our own 'pet' thugs. A particular one of mine is everblasted pea Lathyrus sylvestris, been having a 2 year fight with it and...
Just back from watching the solar clipse in Side, Turkey on the 29th March.Soo...Here's the Sun taking a break[img]And what could be a...
Thanks for all your good wishes. I'm packed up and rarin' to go now. Cold and grey here this am but spring shouldn't be too long so here's a wee...
I'm off tomorrow to Side, Turkey for a week so you'll all get peace from me 'till I get back. Hope to catch the sun 'taking a break' during the...
Lady G, What you want is one of these! :D
Thanks for the compliment but the idea is 'open source' for anyone that wants to make their own. Consider it my contribution to helping aleviate...
Been there :D
Hi Fran:I bought and planted mine when it was in flower so providing your soil isn't too cold I would get it in the ground when you can (there...
Fran: delighted you have bought a Prunus Incisa "Kojo no mai". I planted one last year and it seems to be full of bud and relatively unscathed...
Going by what I found 'Silver Dust' grows to 8m (25ft or thereby) which looks about right given the car in the foreground of Paladin's pic so I...
Yep, I should have known better but I'd broken the ash shaft of my large Bulldog fork and couldn't get a replacement (funny that, no one seems to...
And why I don't like them :mad: Give me well tempered carbon steel any day![img][img]Bought from Focus on 19th Feb, today was only the...
OK, some pics of my DIY home made seive 'thingy'. I had a bit of chain kicking about and the wire came off a coathanger. Only tool needed was a...
Good advice Liz, digging out will reduce chance of regrowth and any that does will be easier to deal with. A fork is better than a spade as the...
Then there was m' dear old Mum's method (Ex Land Army). After planting out she would give em' a watering then stand there with a defiant look on...
I use a pressurised spray/mister set on a fine spray. You have much better control and can stop as soon as stems start to bend with the weight of...
I normally use a large muck bucket with a home made hook on chain 'thingy' that supports standard 10mm and 6mm seives. I'll see if I can get a pic...
Best pic I could come up with, a Dutch site but self explanatory: Cupressocyparis leylandii 'Silver Dust'Ordinary Leylandii are bad enough, it...
The pointy end of a plastic plant label works for me. :D
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