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Gardening
I bought a packet of mixed seeds in the £1 shop and threw them on the garden not expecting anything to come up and now I have some lovely aquilegias, anenomies and several I have no idea what...
We have a new neighbour moved in next door and she has 5 cats, one of which has had 4 kittens which she is keeping and there are several using my one long flowerbed as a toilet. Today i had to get rid...
I had beautiful cornflowers in my garden but the wind blew them all down. I had to cut most of them back today and it truly broke my heart. they are such lovely flowers with a colour not seen in any...
killing weeds?
A friend of mine told me that spraying weeds with white vinegar will kill them.
Does it work anyone -- please....
Evening ,how`s everbody`s runner beans doing this year? mine are a complete disaster any idea`s from you as to why, growth is stunted and leaves are yellow. Thanks in advance Rick...
I have two cucumber plants in my conservatory windowsill that my grand children planted, The only trouble is they never seem to grow? There are about three inches high ...with flowers on. Should they...
I have a large oriental poppy plant in my garden. I did have 25 poppy heads on it but the other day I noticed one had broken off. On closer inspection I noticed where the head had broken off there was...
I am thinking about buying a pair of the olive trees fom M&S.
I was wondering would they be ok to have in the living room - I suspect they would not last through the winter up here...
my son planted some asparagus crowns some time ago and now the asparagus are growing. The instructions were that they were not to be harvested the 1rst year....so, does he leave them to die and rot or...
Last year i had great show of sweet peas but this year very slow to flower , anyone got a good show of sweet peas yet ?
I just made my last cut with my Castlegarden Elec. rotary mower! It gave me ten years trouble free maintenance with on average a weekly cut during the growing season. Probably, it would still be going...
My Canadian Sweet Cherry, which I have had for only 3 years and produced a lot of fruit last year, suddenly seems to have gone into a dormant state. It looked ready to burst into bud and then nothing....
I am asking this question on behalf of a good friend so hope you will not think this is one of my silly ones. A friend of mine has a large outdoor pond which had the best part of 100 fish in it, some...
I am away for a few days I have a very small green house with tomatoes in pots. I left the door open. I made a capillary system with buckets of water some strips of old towel and thick layers of...
i have two tamarisk trees, they were labled tamarisk pentandra. According to all my gardening books they are supposed to bloom in the late summer. Mine have already bloomed and now the lovely pink...
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Greetings each. I planted a shrub thingy in my front garden nine years ago, on the advice of a local Wildlife Trust person. I had wanted something to attract birds, bees, butterflies etc. The plant...
It has been raining heavily overnight here so I am just about to gather any slugs and snails from my garden which I am sure are having a field day till I get out there. When you have collected them...
Once peas are 12 inches tall do I need to still keep netting over them
I know this must have been asked but what is the best way of keeping cats off a garden? The use of a high powered water pistol is not an option as my son is out all day and would not have the time to...