The sickly ones are alive but their growth is incredibly stunted. To top off a tough life for them, last year they were hit hard by an infestation...
The proof will be in the pudding this winter but I'm as confident as anyone could be at this stage. The garden suffered from the all the common...
Thanks both, really useful information.I really like the Laurels so want to give them the best go possible. Raising on mounds is a useful tip,...
I've seen more moths than butterflies so far.
Morning lovely people :)Root rot in Portuguese Laurels. Is it the terminal disease that my googling seems to suggest or is it something that a...
New lawn to fix the new building soil drainage issues :) [ATTACH]
Thanks Infradig - no groundwater data for my town unfortunately.The water did not disappear and this is why i found the result so interesting,...
I did this. And the results were interesting:A hole 1m x 1m x 1m in the centre of the grassed area - no water.A hole 1ft x 1ft x 1m+ on the...
I've added gravel to the lower elements of the top soil layer to trying an increase air pockets. The real issue seems to be that the clay has no...
My current solution is to replace the deeper parts of the sumps with low organic content topsoil and leave the organic mix for the top foot or so....
It genuinely is shocking how bad new build estates are! There's some parts of my lawn that are dense with fist sized rocks no more than 6 inches...
Some very quick replies. Thank you.
Hello everyone.First time poster and relatively new gardener here. I have a new build garden and seem to have made a huge mistake! I'm hoping...
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