Hi Gerry. I successfully sowed 'Gardeners Delight' and had many plants happily growing in my conservatory, getting watered every day and fed roughly once a week. However, in the last few wks the growing stems have started to grow in a funny way. They have swollen and become almost white. It is like they have become stunted and look rather ugly. The flowers that were developing have not come on and I cannot find any disease that could describe what has happened. Are they done for??
Hi Gerry, I have a very sloped back garden .i have decked the top half and planted shrubs on the slope would i be better laying bark or gravel around the shrubs or will the rain wash it to the end of the garden?
I have a 290lt composter, from February '08. (from V & W Recycling, Dundalk). It's half full now, with fruit, veg., eggshells, egg boxes & grass cuttings. It has a lid & a solid base. Today, when checking the hatch at the bottom, absolutely nothing has happened. I even added "accelerator" last month. It's in an open site, getting the sun. What am I doing wrong??Many thanks.Maire
hi there gerry,we planted some green beech hedging in winter, as a boundary hedge. something is stripping the bark, or scratching the bark of the new plants, could this be hares, as they can be seen running thru the garden, in the morning,the site is very rural.Any ideas ?cheers john.
we are looking to plant hedging to surround a large garden of 1 acre. what is the fastest growing hedging available and lowest maintence.?
We planted two silver birches, both 12 foot high and they have got progessively worse, now most of the leaves on both of them have gone very brown and autumnal looking, and very dry. I think they are dying. What is the best course of action now?Kind Regards ,Peter Clements