Thanks, @JennyJB and @Plantminded. I'll heed that advice and leave well alone until the spring. Interesting to note, based on your answers, that...
Thanks, @JennyJB.Though we haven't had any real cold yet where I live (in Oxfordshire), my study – where this plant lives – averages 16º...
Thanks @Selleri and @Plantminded. Right ho.When you advise to repot, what exactly do you mean? At present, it's seated in the usual brown...
Hi folks,Please see the image I've uploaded. This house plant hasn't been with me long. Only about a month. In that time I can't help notice the...
Unfortunately, I'm assailed on three sides by this blight. Bindweed is growing in the borders of all three neighbours (both sides and back). I'm...
I would prefer avoiding chemicals, obviously, but what do/would you do if you can't get to the base? Often, I can't even see where the base is....
I know there are a lot of posts on here about bindweed and I'm sorry to add to them, but I find myself in need of suggestions from more...
Some excellent suggestions. I had taken to hosing the pigeon gunk out, but now with a hosepipe ban, it's back to scrubbing it again. Perhaps I'll...
Hi folks,A few bird varieties use the bird bath in my garden: sparrows, robins, black birds, starlings and goldfinches, but the most frequent...
Ah. That's what my mother suspects, too. Given that 2024 was one of the wettest winters on record, any lack of moisture might predate that. She...
Hi folks,I visited my mother's house recently. She has a lovely garden. Unfortunately, one of the centrepieces seems to be either dying or...
I was speaking to my neighbour recently and both of us agreed that we'd seen very little in the way of pollinators so far this year. (We're in...
Soffits! Is that what they are? Is that the same thing as eaves? (Spot the architect.)They're extremely quarrelsome. Is there a time of year...
Hi folks,I hesitated long about whether to post this thread here at all because I try to attract birds to my garden as much as possible. In...
Hi folks,Another year, another battle. I have four flower beds/patches, but this year they seem to be overrun with pilewort (celandine) plus one...
Thanks for these early replies. To clarify, they're annoyingly brittle shoots so they snap when pulled. Given the resistance, I suspect the roots...
Hi folks,Horror of horrors, I'm finding little grass-like shoots poking through my new(ish) gravel garden. See image. I have three of these...
Update: Today I saw a few robins, a few tits, a few blackbirds. Things are looking up!Is anybody else seeing a similar shift?
I was pleasantly surprised to find a robin bathing in my bird bath yesterday. Hurrah. The inaugural visit. They've been notably absent in this...
I actively grow daisies, too. They're absolutely splendid. I like the cane idea, too. Thanks for this!
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