While we do need tax rises, they need to be targetted at those (individuals and business) who could and should be paying more, by closing...
Our green bin collections are (for the time being anyway) included in the council tax, but collections (fortnightly) don't start until March and...
Ooh, ouch! Maybe not such a good plan then! For my lawn edging I use either one-handed shears or my Bosch Isio. The shears do a tidier job but...
As kitchen scissors work well for you, maybe buy another pair just for garden use?
I gave mine a light trim a couple of weeks ago, and took out one large branch that was heading over the top of the fence to next door. It's...
You can prune off the low branches if you want it to have a clear trunk with room for other things to grow around it.The sorbus at Ness are in...
People are sometimes a bit snobby about privet, but it makes a good un-fussy hedge, fairly fast growing and can be cut back as hard as you like if...
It's a mystery! I wonder if there were seeds or bulblets in the azalea's compost when you bought it, and they've only just got to flowering size....
My Concha does that too, and I'm not too far away from you @Kevin Cowans . I think it's just the normal turnover of leaves.
I've got two rowans on my sandy soil as well. They are varieties that are meant to be a bit smaller than the native one, Sorbus olivacea and S....
Today we have a mix of cloud and sun, with a gentle breeze and a pleasant temperature of 19C. Just my luck, my hip joint is giving me grief so...
Phew, it looks like the unpleasant heat has gone now :fingers crossed:. Temperatures are looking better for the next week, with a chance of rain...
I don't have much to add really, but make sure your kitchen waste doesn't include meat/fish or cooked foods like bread - those are apparently the...
For me mid-teens C and plenty of rain is good weather! crap weather is too hot, too dry, too windy.
Too blinking hot (28C in the shade), no rain for the last 10 days, none in the forecast until next week and then only low probabilities. Grumble...
I put individual pots of cuttings in plastic bags and fasten the tops loosely with twist ties or elastic bands so that there's a little bit of...
This week's forecast is sunny intervals and dry with pleasant temperatures for gardening (high teens). Unfortunately I'm going to be in London for...
I played it to the Merlin app and that thinks it's a tawny owl.
I was thinking beech or hornbeam but maybe the leaf veins aren't quite prominent enough. Hazel is a good shout. Certainly some sort of tree,...
Short sharp showers seems to be the theme here for this weekend. I arrived home on Friday evening in the middle of one, we had several yesterday...
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