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Cobnut Trees

Some loaded with delish nuts, others - nowt, why?

I have a rather nice all be it small garden fence, i would like to try and keep the natural colour walnut as much as possable, is it best to varnish rather than trying to find a stain colour and have...

ladybirder

Does Anyone Have Any Advice On The Best Electric Leaf Blower/vac To Buy?

I have looked at the Ryobi RBV3000, the Bosch ALS2500 and the Flymo Scirocco 3000, and none of them have 5 star reviews. May garden is small and I don't mind spending up to £100. Anybody got a good...

Mags22

Heuchera

When is the best time to take cuttings off, now or springtime?

corylus

Red Spider Mite On Young Aspidistra Plants

Are there any 'home remedies' for getting rid of these pests without resorting to garden centre poisons? Old, well, established parent plants don't seem to suffer from this, just the one's that have...

gl556tr

Telescopic Garden Bypass Ratchet Loppers

Hello, I am looking a pair of ratchet loppers, but find the range of prices for virtually the same device floors me. Can there be technical differences in the ratchet system? Also, can anybody please...

Daffy6543

Getting Rid Of Buddleia

Can anyone give me any tips on completely eradicating buddleia please? We have 4 very large and invasive bushes of it in the back yard. Although I love the fact that it attracts butterflies and bees...

homedeeth

Industrial Weedkiller

Hi I have a 1 litre bottle of Rosate 36 and a 5 litre pressure sprayer I have loads of weeds coming from the cracks of the paving slabs The instructions are long and too complex for me so do you think...

TonyV

Wormeries

Does anyone have any experience of setting up above. I like the idea of disposing of kitchen refuse in one, but setup cost for initial batch of worms (Tiger worms and Dendrobaena) seems expensive. I...

smurf

Plant

just found the strangest looking plant in my garden it has quite large green leaves, with spikey conker like seedpods about the size of a plum up the stalk, it is also coming into flower with about 3...

Tilly2

I Have Just Spent What I Thought Was Going To Be A Pleasant Two Hours

in the garden, pottering about. However, I'm a nervous wreck! If it wasn't the frogs making me jump, it was the robins and the blackbirds. Then to cap it all there was a plane circling overhead and...

john1066

Mould On Roses

How can I get rid of grey mould on my roses?

tooj

Cooking Apples

What is the best way to store cooking apples, and do they need to be kept in the dark?

r-englefield

Flies On My Shrubs

I have noticed loads of greenbottle flies on a couple of my shrubs. My daughter had the same problem last year with swarms of them on just one plant, she had to dig it out in the end, any ideas as to...

zabado

Greenhouse.

I've bought a greenhouse and it's not got glass windows but "crystal clear polycarbonate panels" ( safer for the grand children ). My problem is in a breeze they wobble in and out making a rippling...

grandpajoe

Veg Plants To Plant Now, September.

I've Googled it but not with much success. All I want to do is grow something over winter in me four council re-cycling boxes. I have just pulled the onions from this Summer so require something to...

megfitz

Calycanthus Floridus/carolina Allspice

Does anyone have this plant? does it sucker much ,or become uncontrollable in height or width? I have an offer from T&M to buy this but the offer ends tonight ,so is it as good as...

Mags22

Sunflowers

Mine is hanging its head now and decidedly past it, do I leave it alone to go to seed or can I behead it and leave somewhere dry?

Chipchopper

Ladies Bedstraw

Three years ago, I sowed some 'wildflower meadow mix' on a bare area, left by a bonfire on my lawn. This year I was delighted to see a couple of patches of ladies bedstraw come up there. I'm hoping to...