My sister is very intolerant of garlic. It makes her quite ill, and she can smell it on other people even if they've had so little that they...
Now caught up on Monday's programmes. My favourite segment was Carol's piece on "cottagey" plants/planting.
When you aren't going to use a whole cucumber in one go, which end do you start slicing it from? The stalk end or the end where the flower was?...
A slightly late-in-the-day Happy Birthday @Punkdoc :Wino:
Hmm. I thought I was late pruning my buddleia - I did it in (I think) March and it already had substantial new growth that was pruned off along...
This is exactly the point - beauty is in the eye of the beholder, people have different opinions on what feels like a good garden and the old...
I am gradually changing email address over to my gmail one as and when I log in to accounts. I have come across a few sites where the email...
There was just a tiny drizzle of rain when I stuck my head out of the door an hour or so ago, but OH says it's stopped now and the forecast says...
I seem to recall they changed the judging / marking scheme several years ago to make it more objective and less subjective, so that the...
I can see someone peeking out from behind the leaves!No speed/loading problems here, as far as I can tell.
Now that I see the picture, I think I would put something in a big container standing on the gravel area. Maybe a variegated or golden-leafed...
Ah I see. I don't think of symmetry in a garden because mine is all shapes that don't lend themselves to formal symmetrical designs.If the...
Is there space to make a border or an island bed in front of the raised bed, away from the canopy and root zone of the oak, so that the bare area...
I forgot the Aquilegias @fairygirl . They are self-sowers here and I mostly treat them as biennials, same as foxgloves, honesty, forget-me-nots...
I also have Helianthus "Lemon Queen" and Aster "Little Carlow" (yes I know it's technically not Aster any more) in the pointy corner between the...
I don't really have much east-facing planting space.In my north-east-facing border (yellow/white/blue theme, mostly) I have acanthus (tends to...
I always thought that tall plants/flower spikes leaning away from the back of a border was due to downdraughts of wind caused by the fence/wall,...
Lots of possibilities.If you buy an Advance ticket you get a reserved seat and the ticket is only valid for that train although in my experience...
I haven't watched the TV coverage yet but hopefully will catch up over the weekend/next week when I have a few days off work, so no thoughts yet...
I got 12.5mm of rain in the gauge yesterday. Not a patch on what @fairygirl got, but pretty good for here. Now forecast dry until Sunday or Monday...
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