We have a long established honeysuckle along the back wall of our garden. Year after year though, the flowers develop but then either fall off or fail to open. This year there are about half a dozen...
my wife purchased one of these logs from Tenerife last year and it is supposed to grow within 6 weeks but is has never grown. I purchased another one last week and it says to scrape the wax off the...
Just bought some. They each run off a single AA rechargeable battery. Instructions say to position in full sun for three days before switching on to enable a charge to build. Being somewhat impatient,...
Help!!! My mower is sick. I have recently cleaned the air filter and changed the oil in my Mountfield 14" Rotary Lawn Mower and it is now very sluggish. It has a full petrol tank and starts up ok...
I have so many vegetables and special shrubs I'm trying to keep alive, but even using grey water and lugging endless watering cans around, it's hard work. Think I'll need a total back transplant by...
The great outdoors is a wonderful place but loses its appeal if you get petsered by those wee beasties above, I heared on the radio (missed most of it) yesterday eating certain food like garlic and...
is it true that if I see a branch on my roses that has 7 leaves, to chop it off as soon as I see it. Iv just had to cut my rose back right to the stump as it had black spot, and the first regrowth...
I have a very narrow bed running along the fence opposite my house. The alley gets plenty of daylight, but only about two hours of direct sunlight each day, and flowering plants that like partial...
i have an old clematis in my front garden which i have cut down at least twice and its sprouted out again. i have even given it a dose of weed killer and yet it still comes up, so this year i have...
Mine has gone absolutely crazy this year and has nearly doubled in size. If I don't stop it soon, it will take over my whole garden. So when and how do I cut it back?
I have always watered my three hanging baskets with a watering can standing on a pair of steps. This year I decided to water from a standing position. Without a convenient hose I rigged up a 2-litre...
Tomorrow I plan to cut down a conifer tree which is about 8 to 9 foot high. I have noticed that the slabs near the tree are moving so I think the roots are making the slabs wobbly. Also the tree is...
My Yucca plant has just produced four fantastic stems of flowers, it's beauty has far succeeded my expectations, but what do i do with the stems when it has finished, do I cut them, can I replant...
