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derekpara

Soil improvement

When's the best time to add fertiliser ( Fish, bone and wotsit) to my much-used raised bed ? Cheers. D...

fuggy

blueberry bush

when is the best time to prune my blueberry bush, it's in it's third year, is this too early?

giveup

Help with my Hostas

My Hostas are dying off now (they are in pots) would it be best to cut them back or just leave them to rot. The same question applies to my Arum lilys (they are also in pots).Any advice would be...

nabob

How easy is it to make a wind chime?

Wondered if it would be easy to make a wind chime for outside as mine has seem better days. I wanted to perhaps use an old straight rolling pin (wooden) to hang things from. Any ideas would be...

foxyferret

trailing geranium cuttings

Can you take cuttings of trailing geraniums in the same way you take the upright kind? Thanks

potiche

fruit cage mesh

To be snow safe should the mesh on fruit frame top be small mesh or larger? What's the principle?

gina32

lawn mowing

how often do you think a lawn should be mown, how often do you do yours, if you have one?

Maydup

I have 2 beautiful plants which have cropped well and are still willing, but they've slowed right down now that the weather is colder. Can I prolong the growing season by covering them to protect them...

derrynoose

Wind-break on newly planted hedge

I have noticed what I assume to be a wind-break alongside some newly planted hedging. Is that what it is, and is it necessary, or advisable. If used, should the screen be on one side or both sides of...

Nibble

You've got to feel for them!!

Seems an elderly couple of pensioners really liked the plant , they bought at a plant fair. https://twitter.com/B...us/254211420131057665 Seems years of plant husbandry weren't totally wasted,...

maggiebee

Red Hot Poker

I am tidying the garden today ready for winter (sun shining and warm today). I was wondering if I could cut back a red hot poker - would it flourish again next year. Don't want to kill it off as the...

lilacben

I have a lot of rhuburb still growing in my garden,,,,,,,,,,,

although they are very thin. What I wonder was can they still be eaten?

felly

Overwintering a Fuchsia

I bought a large fuchsia this summer and would like to try overwintering it. It is in a pot. The only places I have are a coalshed which is attached to the kitchen so inside the house but with no...

Ann

Hydrangea cuttings

In August I took 3 cuttings from a friend's Hydrangea and to my amazement they are all now growing very healthily in their separate pots. As they are only 4 - 5" high at the moment, is it wise to...

zebo

Poor Apple Season

Here in Norfolk, I've had almost no apples from a tree which last year gave masses of apples, other trees have also looked sparse. How have people in other parts of the country fared?

BJS

Plant Weedkiller

Can anyone suggest a weedkiller that can be applied to a individual plant and kill off just the selected pant. The plant we want to remove is a Euphorbia Cyparissia. Normally in removing any unwanted...

Matheous-2

Rotten Decking

We inherited some decking in our back garden which is definitely going to require replacement next Spring. Can any ABrs tell me if durability would be better if the deck planks were lain with gaps in...

zingara

could these be spider bites?

On 3 occasions, after collecting wood from my wood box, I have noticed blisters on my thighs, I awoke the early hours of one morning to a very sore sensation on my thigh. When I looked I had about 3...

breathe21

fast growing hedge

we have recently done some work in the garden and now have a 6 ft gap in the privet hedge at the end which we need to fill in with a fast growing bush. the privet is between us and next door but is...

daginge

End of Toms season?

Hi ABers This is the first year we've had any success at all, and despite cropping a fair few fruits we still have lots of green fruit on our Tom vines,they no longer appear to be ripening and are...

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