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for a short time myself and it seems to be quite a painless process; re your vetch, I believe it is used as animal fodder, you could either gather seeds or go online and buy them. I don't know about cuttings. If it is common vetch it is an annual. You

trees on my plot. They are nowt more than 40' weeds. They seed in every border. I have a 20' field sycamore on the edge of my rose garden and the only cure is to prune it annually, cutting all the seeds off before they have ripened. Sycamore seedlings

Hi, I am a completely novice gardener. We have a small back garden which is mostly lawn, and have neglected it forn the past three years. It has a couple of established shrubs, but the largest bed is mostly weeds! I really want to invest some time

advice – covering the ground with compost (or spent hops) then a membrane, and planting through this. I've tried something similar in the past myself, and it really helps smother and kill problem weeds, and prevents more annual ones germinating. I think

Hi all,  I am looking to plant some Lavatera or tree mallow, but when im looking online I can only see annual seed or dwarf bushes.  Does anyone know where I could find either a small plant or some seeds of the perennial types I think Dave what you

undeveloped land beyond my boundry fence, so I cannot access this area or apply weed killer to land which is not mine. Apart from weeding regularly, what can I do?  I am concerned about any possible effects on my home should it come up as far as the house

- totally insignificant so I pull them up as a weed.  Don't know what the second one is, as others say, it looks like sweet william and even if it does turn out to be a weed it looks like an annual that will pull up  easily.

this plant is a fast grower, but I sadly think that it’s probably a weed ?! http://i1259.photobucket.com/albums/ii542/ClemNewcastle/identifyplant6.jpg   plant 7- well, I planted sweet pea everlasting in this spot in April and knew I had to stake them, then I

Hi. Apologies if this is the wrong place for questions...I am a gardening novice, and have experimentally sown Aquilegia, cornflower, poppy and Nigella seeds in my flowerbed. How, erm, do I know what are weeds, and what are my actual plants

the absence of humans, another is areas of long grass, which provide shelter and breeding opportunities. Bare earth and piles of rubble provide warm spots for insects to bask and burrow, while 'weeds' (many of which are native larval food plants