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I would like to know your opinion on using grass clippings for mulching a flower border and a shrub border. We produce a lot of clippings when the lawn is growing and I have been putting some of them on the borders to cut down weeds, conserve moisture and to rot down into the soil - but not too thickly as if I do they 'sludge' up.
I have some ivy on a wall of my house that has no insulation and I'm hoping it will raise the insulation level a bit and not cause dampness or damage the wall in any way. I hope keeping it trimmed and away from wood, gutters etc is enough to avoid probs?
Over the last 2 years, I've grown a lot of veg and summer bedding in containers and so have about 2 cubic metres of spent compost, made up of bought in proprietary peat based product and home made general stuff (grass, plant shreddings, green kitchen waste etc.). How best can I re-use this? Ideally, I would like to rejuvenate it in some way so that I can use it in this year's veg and summer plant containers. I don't have a lot of empty bed space to dig it in, as most of this is deeply mulched with bark.
New treatment system and percolation area installed in garden last year. How far do i need to be from perculation area or tank to plant vegetable and fruit?
We have heavy clay soil so we dug a trench about 3ft deep around the edge of the garden and replaced with topsoil. Now our soil is constantly waterlogged and it's impossible to dig. So far we have one photinia in the soil but I can see that could fall over easily as it can't grip the soil. Please help! Thankyou
I planted a field maple hedge 12 months ago and it's doing really well around my home . Do i need to water these trees during there 2nd year and are they fully established yet ?
I've recently discovered coral spot on my two maple trees . I made a pruning cut to eradicate this problem. My question is , will there be a good chance of this disease coming back ? i've checked the trees and they seem healthy to me .
I've grown Nicola potatoes in the same ground for the last two seasons and wonder can they be put there again for the third season. I've heard where they should be moved to a different spot every couple of years. Nothing else has ever been grown in this particular bit of ground.
What is the best way to control Box Blight? I have been using Octave and Eyetac 50 but it always seems to spread again. What can I do?
What is the best tropical plants/trees to use in sheltered sunny garden, taking into account our cold frosty winters?
I potted up some houseplants in peat free compost last year. Now I can see tiny worms round the base of the pots, obviously coming out of the compost. Is there a way to get rid of them? I really don't like having worms crawling around the floor!
I have a small pale pink early flowering clematis. the roots are well protected. I have always cut it back but last year I left and it is budding half way up the stem. will I leave it as it has never really establied well and is still very stringy looking. it is about 5 years old.
I was wondering can you advise me on what hedge to plant. I live on the top of a very windy hill and need good shelter. I would prefer something evergreen but maybe with a flower or a bit of interest. I have a privet lining one side of the house, we had to take it out at the back because we built an extension. I have read that it can be poisonous to dogs and we have a puppy. I've had snowberry suggested?
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