Gerry We have purchased a farm on which there are some very old apple trees. Part of the trees are actually rotten in that the branches just crumple when handled. Yet some of the branches are still alive and have produced quite reasonably sized fruit. We just wonder how and when we can cut off all the decayed wood and if there is anything else we could do to revive the trees. Maybe it is a waste of time and you might suggest simply uprooting the trees and planting new ones. Thank you very much.Pern Head
is it too late to set a new lawn as the weather this month very wet
Hi Please can you tell me whether the Ornamental Gourds (which I have grown from seeds) namely SPERLING'S Lohengrin, are edible?If they are, am I correct in assuming that they are cooked as for courgettes/marrows?Kind Regards Kathy Jukes
Hi Gerry, the caterpillars in our garden have ate through most of our nasturtions. Do you have any suggestions on how to stop them, there wont be much of our garden left soon!! Thanks
I have a huge heap of leaf compost from last years leaves. I used composter and it has worked a treat. The trouble is, when I used the previous years leaf mould on the garden, I got thousands of tree seedlings growing plus a few other weed seeds which had invaded my heap! Is there some chemical I can use on the heap to kill the seeds before I use the leaf mould in the garden? Would something like Roundup be suitable? I don't want to kill the plants in the garden!
Gerry, we have an evergreen hedge with small leaves. Currently two thirds of the hedge is looking very bare and the leaves that remain on it have brown spots on. In the centre of these brown spots are white spots. The entitre spots are 5mm across and there are as many as 20 on each 2cm leaf? Advice please on how to save the hedge!!!!