I want to move a large clump of helleborus, the Lenten rose, which is currently in bloom. I am getting conflicting information on when best to do this.Could you advise please?
I am relatively new to growing vegetables and am not having much luck with my seedlings so far. My French beans are doing good as the stems are nice and thick supporting nice leaves ready to plant out soon maybe ? but the broccoli, spinach and coriander are looking pretty miserable; Extremely long leggy and thin. I have done some research and understand why this is happening, I've insured my potting soil is good, water regularly with a spray bottle and have them on my nearest south facing sill. I am rotating the trays often and even giving them a Little ruffle sometimes to mimic breeze and try strengthen. My house isn't too warm or cold.I've been thinking of investing in some grow lamps without spending a fortune on them or my electricity bill.. I know there are cheap ones from china on eBay but I need to know they are safe also. I see some articles online about using domestic regular fluorescent lamps but I'm not sure about it all.. perhaps you might be able to shed some light on the problem 😉
Can you advise me if I've left it too late to prune / trim back these shrubs. They were planted few years ago & not pruned regularly. They're getting a bit too big now.
I've purchased hydrangeas two were blue one pink and one white the following year all plants just turned pink. I was told it is the soil, but if you go down to Clonakilty you will see pink hydrangea beside a blue hydrangea next to a beautiful purple hydrangea growing wild how is this the case. an old man told me to take up one of my hydrangeas which we did and bury old iron chains and horseshoes and this would insure the blue colour we are yet to find out . It has just started to leaf.
I have attached two pictures with this post. The one on the right is of the weed that covers our front garden - it looks like a very light and soft moss to me and seems to be very much covering the surface and spreading fast.The other picture on the left, is of the weed covering the back garden. And now that winter is over I have noticed there's a lot less grass and a lot more of these patchy areas. The soil is very damp and trodden hard so there's not much drainage/air getting in. We have two dogs in our back garden so I imagine that's where the hard soil came from.Any tips on what I should do first? Would spreading grass seed be advised? I assume I should do something to tackle the weed first.
What product (what brand) should I use to get rid of moss before raking it out and what to use to feed the lawn and fix patchy areas? Is it ok to do it all now in March?