figrat

Crocosmia

What sort of soil do you have in your garden?

Wormeries

Hmmm. You lot are making me rethink wormery. Can you put cooked waste food in them? That's just about the only thing I don't put in the compost bins.

Bay tree root eradication

Oh this is sounding like it might not be such a massive job then..hopefully! It's already suckered, hence the grove.

We both have log fires, so the trunks will be put to good use. I guess it'll be a chainsaw job, then see if a bit of applied muscle might do the job.

And I'll pass on lawn seed sowing info, Goldilocks, might persuade him to get on with the big chop ASAP!

Bay tree root eradication

Having finally persuaded Bloke to get rid of what I can only describe as a gloomy grove of hulking great scale infested bay, he's happy to fell them himself, but of course there are the roots/ stumps to deal with. There is limited but possible access for a stump grinder, but I was wondering if anyone has any alternative ideas? When they've gone, he wants to grass over the cleared area.

an experiment

It's what I've got in the gh, will look out for perlite.
I've always thought they were pretty much interchangeable?

an experiment

Interesting. I've been adding vermiculite to my seed compost, but not in such a high ratio.

All year plants

Not keen then?

All year plants

I'd also include some spring flowering bulbs - daffs, crocus, snowdrops, bluebells etc. It's so uplifting to see them, and they come back year after year.

Maybe not the right time to plant them now, but later in the year ( maybe if you take up the suggestion for annuals as fillers this season), you can pop them in for a display next spring.

Tomato dropping blossoms - overfertilized?

You could take cuttings from it and pot them on in anticipation of having some healthy and sturdy plants for going outside. That would also reduce the size of the mother plant.

Oh, and congratulations!

What plant is this please?

http://www.gardeningknowhow.com/houseplants/rubber-tree/how-to-care-for-a-rubber-tree-plant.htm.

Assuming it's a houseplant, and that it is, in fact, a rubber plant,the above should be of interest. (sorry, you'll have to copy and paste the link.)

Have you been watering it throughout the winter?

Bay tree root eradication

Best way to do it! 

Plan bee

One of the more uplifting news stories... 

Overwintered runner bans

Left the roots in after clearing last year's crop, they've survived the winter and putting up new growth. 

Red rhubarb leaves

I've got a bad feeling about this... 

What can I use as green manure?

Landcress just about to go to seed