neatbush

front garden design

hostas are worth the trouble, planted in groups looks fab.

no need to use pellets (yuk} go outside in the eveing armed with a torch and tub. snail picking.

Those wonderful blue salvias

ive sown these last week now waiting for them to germinate. 

garlic

also when you harvest, if its dry leave on the ground so they can dry out. This will prevent rotting when you store then.

Transplanting japanese acer

Hi Ive moved my maple twice in two years and its doing great now. It was in a pot then i moved it to the front garden but it was to dry and windy. so now I moved it to the back in a shaded area that is fed by the gutter when it rains.  Its never looked better.

baffled by strawbs and a mystery plant

I stand corrected but they do eat dead and decaying wood as well.

baffled by strawbs and a mystery plant

woodlice only eat dead and rotting wood.

Any ideas what has happened to my foxglove?

cool word "fasciation" you learn somthing new everyday.

How long do Lupins live?

usally after the second year of flowering they tend to go woody and dont flower anymore but there still worth it for early summer display.

entering the competitions

has anyone won anything yet? i enter most of them and stil nothing.

Slugs and snails - help needed!!

i too do not like or have ever used slug pellets, i must admit a few of my plants have holes and some types of plants i carnt grow.

i had some sandstones at the back of the border and this is where they used to hide.

find out where they hide usally somwhere dry and get em. i still carnt crush them so i put them in my bin, they quite like it in there.