Could well be so and nettles are also essential for butterflies as so many of their caterpillars like a good meal of nettles too."Nature is a...
Just coming in to bud! Wow - that really does say something about latitude. Mine have long gone to seed.
It might be worthwhile to carry out a survey of members' gardens. Which ones are slug free, where are they and do they have any common factors:...
Fran is right. Digital zoom is useless and the same as enlarging a photo too much on your computer. You just get blotchy pixels. Go for the...
Snakes-head fritillary are wild flowers that are happy in wet places. Famously growing in water meadows at Oxford, they are now very rare in the...
Depends on how big the tree is. If it's not a mature oak (for example), dig the soil away from the roots and then saw through them. The roots...
If the flower has been fertilised it will start to form seeds. That will take some food and energy
Any roses in flower yet? My ancient Fruhlingsgold is just opening and should look good tomorrow (if it stops raining!)
It's not a border, jjordie The bottom half of the garden is an old orchard solidly planted with trees, shrubs and perennials. A path winds through...
Don't know what else I can say, matyr4. If you care to read back over this topic and then put any specific questions, I'll try to help organically.
The rain has really brought my hostas on and at the risk of being branded an organic bore - look no damage (well one tiny hole) The first photo...
Luv you too, Daisy. I guess people just have to find out for themselves. Some resent us preaching 'cos it sounds like some kind of hippy type...
These ferns look great as single specimen plants too. This one was cut off and moved in April just as it was starting to unfurl its fronds....
Aubretia grows best on vertical walls so they don't like to get their feet wet. The green algae on those seed trays looks like they are much too...
No the roots are not too deep and they spread underground by runners a bit like bracken but never a problem. The ones in the photo are by my...
Maybe its just me, but I have always been turned off by Chelsea. It seems a bit snobby and designer led. Can never see why gardening should be...
Even if you use chemicals, you are still going to have to get stuck in to remove the dead "remnants"Wait till things dry out a bit. Cutting wet...
Bright sunny photo on a wet grey day! You can grow alpine hardy geraniums too. This was Ballerina in one of my scree gardens last summer. Thrush...
Wet wet wet! More rain over the last few days than during the entire winter. Most things coping well though and my ostrich feather ferns just...
RHS says that you can spray at dusk with permethrin, pirimiphos-methyl or HCH :eek: :eek: :eek: OR you can put inverted pots stuffed...
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