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Is there such a thing as an alarm that can be placed under a Flower pot that will be activated if the pot is moved?
Do small weeds have to be pulled or can they just be hoed in?...
I have a large, high-maintenance garden (featured on tv and in magazines a few times.), and I have never worked so hard as this year....age not helping. But twice in the last 2 weeks, severe weather...
the plants are still bone dry! The blasted yellow plastic piping or whatever you call it has decided it won't stay in the connector once I turn the outside tap on. I've got one of those curly Hozelock...
I have three Anemonie Coronaria plants which are producing lovely flowers. When the petals drop off am I supposed to remove the black seed head in order for the corms to benefit or do I leave them on...
This year, because they spread that way, I have strawberries growing in amongst my apple mint. I have had the best crop ever and they have not been attacked by slugs or snails or birds. Could it be...
when I say tiny I am talking about roughly 3 inch spindley little things.? I am going to pot them on as I am sure I cannot do much else with them... could someone please help me so they survive.!...
I bought the above on offer from a garden centre. Has anyone on here grown them? If so, what do they taste like?
I will soon filling and planting up a new galvanized steel plant trough and with a view to prolonging its life feel it would be a good idea to provide a waterproof barrier between the soil and the...
An elderly friend of mine gave me six tomato plants today. They are in individual pots and are about eight inches high. I have no idea what to do with them now. She said, 'They're getting a bit leggy...
My Dianthus plants in the rockery are looking very leggy , there are brown stems about 6 inches long with growth and flower stems at the ends,some of the leaves are brown also. Should I have trimmed...
Hi Can anyone help with my query. I've recently bought a potted plant from my local morrisons supermarket gardening section simply called "Alpine Thymus" with no latin equivalent, and I just wondered...
I heard a snip-it of information today, which sounds like nonsense to me, but is it strictly true ? Apparently the peppers that have 4 bumps on the bottom are the females and the taller, thinner ones...
I am extending the lawn. Prepared and put down seed about 10 days ago but it does not seem to have taken. The seed has been stored in a dry condition in the shed for a year or so. Does it go off?...
I have been given some LOV if I split the bulbs and then plant out in the garden will I double the crop next year?
Been searching the internet but not having much luck. This plant was in the garden when we moved but have no idea what it is so don't know when to cut back etc it's got dark green leaves with yellow...
Does anybody know why the flowers have lost their colour ?
Can anyone tell men how to stop dogs doing their business in my little garden, it doesn't use it's own patch and the owner stands and watches and says :well I clean it up: but once its on the grass...
We have been trying to grow carrots again this year When they are tiny they are crispy and delicious but as soon as they get bigger than a large marble they suddenly get tasteless and really chewy Has...
I want to grow and train a blackberry along a trellis in my back garden now, but all the online garden shops won't ship till September. Do you think it is possible to take cuttings from an established...
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