Air holes are a good idea, then stay off it while it is wet. I rather like clover in a lawn , I’d happily take clover over my mossy lawn!
Grow rhubarb! No reason you can’t put it in a border, and very tasty too!
How tall does it need to be? I’ve had great success growing ceanothus to about 15 foot, get an evergreen one and you won’t regret it. Red robin...
I planted a beautiful rowan in the far corner of my garden, well away from my house. It has grown up in 4 years and is now about 12 foot high. It...
When we moved into our house, our new neighbour got dreadfully upset as our first job was to chop down four badly pruned, ivy-wrapped 30 foot...
I wouldn’t plant birch. Our house had 4 of them, each about 40 foot tall and they dropped leaves and seedy bits, proper mess! We paid a small...
My tarragon overwintered in a pot, so did my parsely! I was amazed. This year I’ve added caraway to my herb garden, it looks like a tomato plant,...
When taking cuttings from plants take plenty, and offer them on Freecycle or similar if you end up with too many.Leave a corner of your...
I gather windfall sticks in the autumn to use to ward off pigeons from tender young plants in spring, you need loads snd he’s it looks messy but...
Hello, I need some ideas! Our neighbours just replaced their lovely lawn and trees with a large expanse of block paving, it's smart and I rather...
Where on Earth do you buy ladybird larvae?
Top tip: mulch under the developing fruits with dried grass clippings from cutting the lawn, to prevent the strawberries lying on soil which can...
Hi, have you given it a good mulch and a feed, and a few buckets of water? My red robin was sparse. It it seems to have improved I’m the past few...
Hi, I looked into using decking boards to make raised veg beds some time ago. I decided not to, because it is hard not to buy wood that is treated...
Hi everyone, just looking for someone with experience to advise. My generally sensible husband is often a bit clueless when it comes to gardening....
I think a layer of topsoil would help level off the ground, especially if effort was first made to remove significant weeds and turn over the...
PS you can’t sell the rubble mess,you remove, in fact at many public tips you have to pay to dump stones like this.
Our garden was similar when we loved in five years ago. To be honest we did all the back-breaking work in February when it was cooler. We had...
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