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Gardening
has anyone paid a designer to sketch out a plan for their new garden? I'm interested to know how much I'm likely to have to pay for things like a 7m x patio raised beds etc and how much anyone has...
I have quite a lot of green tomatoes on my plants outside, but don't seem to be ripening at all. Any ideas please?
My runner beans this year have an awful lot of leaves and not many beans. Would cutting some of the leaves off to make searching for beans easier be a good or bad idea?
does anyone know how to loosen the grip of ivy,before it goes to far..thanx in advance.
I have had a tree cut down in the garden but the roots are quite long under the soil.I have managed to chop some of them out but does anyone know the best solution to kill the roots off
I set these 2 canes last Summer and only had 2 raspberries on them, which was to be expected as they were newly planted. This year they have made tremendous growth but no flowers as yet. Shouldn't...
I have a beautiful lavender hedge out front, in full sun. The smell is amazing right now, and it's full of bees. My problem is, I want to continue to be a bee cafe, but at some stage, I want a harvest...
An elderly housebound friend wanted to give this plant as an anniversary present. A neighbour picked one up for her - but it is 10 foot tall! My friend has painted a large pot and would like to put...
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I have just removed a rather straggly and too tall Buddleia from a corner of my garden and am looking for a replacement. Any ideas? It would be surrounded with a six foot wodden fence,I would prefer a...
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A friend has asked me what is eating her Fuchsia leaves, mainly hardy ones. I know there was an alert about a specific Fuchsia bug ,but have forgotten the details and the recommended treatment. Any...
Hi everyone... A few months ago, I bought a chilli plant from Tesco (So nothing special, I am not even sure what type of chilli's it grows) At first, I had loads of chilli's off it, all went red and...
In the winter months, what do you do with your parasol bases? I have a cast iron one and I just leave it outside all year round. This obviously causes it to be a bit grubby - surface rust and dirt...
Hi All We have been given a grass plant but don't know what it is. This is a real long shot as I can't take a picture of the plant so will have to describe it to you: The grass is green/black and...
Some of my hardy fuschia which have flowered so reliably for many years, are this year not doing so well. Looking healthy with lots of leaves, but not many flowers. Anyone else experiencing this? Or...
Seeing kloofneks question on butterflies, brought to mind a puzzle I have regarding them. I have a border of lavender which during the day is literally covered with dozens of bees and cabbage white...
I have had this shrub for many years, but this year it has been looking rather poorly - for what reason I do not know. Right now it has showing red berries, but all year it has had a lack of green...
I have a load of lovely nasturtiums but they are getting small holes in the leaves,could be caterpillers,but I have lots of white butterflies that always go to the leaves,I love watching them as well...
I have a very shady garden with a few big trees Is there and grass that I can get that will grow in dry shady conditions ... and.. out compete the weeds I don't mind if the grass is like string. I'm...
