I mulched my apple trees this winter with well rotted horse manure. But then I heard that this is not a good thing to do because it promotes too much soft growth. Should I remove the mulch?
Can you recommend a cost effective garden edging about 12" to 18" tall that I can use to keep blackbirds digging out mulch from flower beds & scattering onto the grass. Very large area to do.
After lots of looking decided I like look of Escallonia hedge. I like the small dark leaves and flowers. I rang a few nursery's and they have said Escallonia is getting a disease. Is it worth risking going ahead and buying it or am I better off going for something else.What would you recommend? It is for a large front Urban garden to give us privacy.
I'm looking for a Cherry Tree recommendation. 1) Tasty cherries 2) Mid sized - pref 3 metres approx height and bushy. Any suggestions? Also - Will birds devour the lot or will I be left with at least half the produce? I'm prepared to net the tree if necessary.
Included is a photo of something that comes overnight, it is weird, I have a small dog and would it be harmful if she ate it.
When raking up some leaves today I came to a pile of sycamore leaves. Most of these have black spots on them. My question is: Is it ok to add them to my leaf compost heap? Or is this a fungus that will infect plants where the leaf-mould is used?