Berghill

Russain Vine help

It certainly looks like Russian Vine (Fallopia baldschuanica ) and if it is it is one of the most appalling weeds going. It will take over the world given half a chance. Many people think it ashould be on the banned list like Japanese Kotweed and Himalayan Balsam. Why on earth would you want to take cuttings of it?

mystery bulb

Not even related to Alliums, actually in the same family as Daffodils.

Rooting cuttings with potatoes

Many hundreds of years ago I am sure I read about putting cuttings into potatoes as a rooting medium, but my memory does not dredge up where it was I read it.

Self-seeding

Another of my pet hates. This one seeds itself all over the place and almost as profusely as Foxgloves.

Crab Apple Tree.

Perhaps, but the rootstock under one of our Crab apples (M. trilobata) I took and grew on.The apples on that one could describe as sizable and green. Say 2 inches in diameter?

Crab Apple Tree.

Sounds like the rootstock has taken over from the named Crab apple type to me.

Hops

Do be aware though that the dried stems look really awful in Winter and will not compost or shred easily.

What to do with soil that's got coal in it

Every inch of our garden contains bits of coal and in places it is almost pure cinders. The Veg gardens have the least coal and no cinders, and we have had no problems so fat in 20 years of eating.

Be glad your garden does not have our major contaminants.......hundreds of batteries from the old accumulator types with lead plates to modern torch batteries. We had to put the Veg  areas where there was the least number of these things.

I think the clay residue is possibly from the coal fires.

What a great series!

Stopped watching after the first few minutes, had trouble staying awake they are sooo slow.

Deutzia

Well, that is exactly what my Strawberry Fields new leaves look like too. Wonder if it down to the weather, that they are a bit bigger this year.

Potato problem

Plant id

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Sheds

A mild annoyance

Helleborus x hybridus

Timber

Silene and Phlox roots

Anyone used this mower

An invitation to View June 2012

A few of our bulbs.