My garden (in North West England) is full of midges, gnats and fruit or hover flies at the moment making it almost impossible to sit out during the day or evening without being bombarded. Does anyone...
I have just come back from vaccation to find my maple looking very dead.There are no leaves or buds only the branches.Is it dead or will it revive next year
I have just built a privacy shelter around our hot tub - basically a 8' wooden frame with trellis on 3 sides. The site is pretty much full sun all day (when it shines that is!) and I am located in...
our neighbour have a tree that at this time of year shed s millions of "fairies" and makes such a mess . it have ovate leaves i think and almost catkin like upward facing fairy releasers. sorry that...
I know that someone will call the men in white coats after this post, but someones got to stick up for the Vegetables, (I eat both). There are a lot of posts about cruelty to animals, and quite right,...
This was my first view of the plant and - it was almost dumped! http://i12.tinypic.com/2lcbl9f.jpg So glad I trimmed and fed it, as 2 months it has changed dramatically, but what is it? Thank you for...
we need to plant a small hedge (one to two feet high), at the back of our garage, the problem is the area is in almost permanent shade. All ideas welcome!
We have recently dug out a new pond in the garden. We placed the pond liner into the hole 4 hrs ago - and it is currently still filling up with water which will be left for a few days to check for any...
I have a little bird that has been tapping at my windows every day for the couple of weeks and is still on goin. It flys to each window and taps on it with its beak trying to get. It does this all day...
i have a garden very close to the sea, has anyone any ideas what to grow? the soil is so dry i planted palms but they died .it gets a lot of wind.please help.and advise where to purchase them.
Hi to all budding garden friends! I'm having sleepless nights on what to do with dwarf sweetpeas? I have grown the (normal)size variety and had no problems growing them up a tall wigwam last year but...
I have a section of garden that could do with brightening up. I have a 'spare' penstemon (King George V) but the area i'm thinking of planting it in is quite shady. How do you think it will do? TIA