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they grow and get a chance to flower. freshly-cultivated ground in borders, pots, paving, walls, vegetable plotsall year roundMore advice on removing weedsSpeedwellVinca or periwinkleBrambles

the garden, but especially on soils affected by drought or lacking in nutrientsspring to autumnMore advice on removing weedsSpeedwellVinca or periwinkleBramblesHairy bitter cress

to what the label says?Nobody?I thought as much.They sowed far too many cabbages, a raft of beetroot and battalions of lettuces. These then grew up slightly congested and choked. The brambles elbowed their way in and I then received a text message asking

as to defoliate small trees. I have enough trouble keeping the rose sawfly caterpillars at bay, so I've moved Mrs vapourer and her brood to the end of the garden. Perhaps they can attack the bramble that grows over the fence from next door and threatens to engulf

about balance, and as long as it looks green who cares what plants make up your lawn (well, I could do without the moss!).Then there are the brambles. Now those I hate, but they keep invading from neighbouring gardens. Long stems twine their way through

they are navel-high grass doing fierce battle with brambles. And I'm very thankful for them.I'm really pleased at the wildlife I see every day in my own back garden. There is always something going on out there, and new things are constantly turning up. The last

and weeds. Rosebay willowherb, tangles of flowering bindweed, brambles and bright-yellow ragwort. Profligate trees like ash and, in particular, sycamore crop up and create shady areas with the wrong sort of leaves that cause train operators so much trouble

Muehlenbeckia complexa that now threatens to engulf the fire-escape. It's a great place to watch insects sunning themselves on the leaves, but ne'er one ladybird larva have I seen until now.  On the other side of the fence, there is a fine wilderness of bramble

of the brambles and docks. But, especially in more urban areas, you may well find a long waiting list. At the moment there are roughly 76,000 people on waiting lists.At the same time there are people around the country who have some spare land: maybe

Brambles are the unsung heroes of the fruit garden.A couple of weeks ago I was spring cleaning my store cupboard when I found a stray jar of blackberry jam trapped behind the mountain of marmalade. The pleasure I got when we opened it for breakfast