Good evening. I moved to my current address and inherited 1 x apple tree, 2 x plum trees and a pear tree. The apple and plum trees produce an acceptable amount of produce but last year and this year...
Our neighbours have a lovely bamboo plant and we have taken some cuttings in the hope that we can get a plant to fill a gap in a neighbouring fence. Anyone out there got a clue how we can do it.?? Any...
I have a shady border containing about a dozen Hostas which I will be moving to other people's gardens and pots this Winter. I am getting impatient and want to start the job next week. I think that if...
Now the pinks and lavender in my garden have finished flowering do I cut them back now or wait until spring? They are roughly each about1 1/2 foot round.
Can anybody tell me when you should cut the flowering stems down please? I have a white one which has completely finished flowering and has what looks like seed pods on, and a blue one on which the...
I have a pine (Christmas tree) type and a peach tree both are dying.Having googled the condition of the pine it looks as though it has a fungal infection,naemacyclus which can affect some fruit trees....
Does fungus on a tree trunk mean that the tree is dying? We have a beautiful false acacia tree which is over twenty years old. It has small mushroom type fungus growing around the base and partway up...
I have two Kilmarnock Willow trees in containers here in Scotland. Both seem so densely packed on the surface compost that I cannot penetrate with a small hand fork. They are also difficult to water....
My Daughter bought a plant at a sale in the spring and lost the label on the way home, it now has several large round fruits on it, they are pale green as big as large tomatoes and with purple streaks...
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Why is tinned tuna considered unhealthy and and fresh not ?
And lastly, Whats the deal with roasted peanuts (salted or none salted) ?...
Does anybody know the best way of killing this horrid weed please? I've tried digging out the root and spot treating with glyphosate, but the little devil keeps returning, seemingly stronger than...
Are there any 'home remedies' for getting rid of these pests without resorting to garden centre poisons? Old, well, established parent plants don't seem to suffer from this, just the one's that have...