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of carrot flies.May the hairy bittercress develop a social conscience and stop reproducing itself in such a profligate manner.May your seedlings never dampen off.May your compost miraculously turn while you are not looking.May the rain only fall during

taste delicious and are much loved by Jekka's dog, and her extensive collection of myrtles. It is always fascinating to visit a proper growing nursery where you can see the plants at every stage, from little baby seedlings to the larger plants

. Unsurprisingly, there are blogs covering every aspect of gardening, from seedlings and compost to design and garden history. These are not just British, but encompass the gardening lives of people all over the world. Many happy hours can be spent jumping from one

them in a bin with some water in the hope that they will drown.In spite of all this sweeping I know that soon there will be baby ash seedlings popping up all over the garden. They are fine if you get them early enough but they don’t half grow fast when

the heartache of having your precious seedlings devoured by mice every year. **The major disadvantage? It has virtually no discernible scent.* Oops. I have missed the obvious "Here are the sweet peas, on tip-toe for a flight. With wings of gentle flusho

would wreak upon you if you did, but sometimes even when you know that these things are just ridiculous superstitions, it is better to just go along with it. Apart from anything else, a band of vengeful Tinkerbells would cause havoc amongst the seedlings

in the trilogy he is creating for Quilted Velvet consisted of 30,000 young oak seedlings surrounded by beautifully made oaken structures.We gave both gardens gold medals. (I also loved the mosaic in the Beekeepers Garden and the Winchester Growers' very classy

my previous blog and this is their reply:Dear Mr Alexander-SinclairMany thanks for your enquiry. For some years we have noticed an unusual number of wisteria dying, and indeed have suffered casualties amongst the Wisley wisteria. There are probably

ripened and Richard Cox took the pips from the apple marked by his wife and sowed them in the garden. Most did not survive but two seedlings flourished. One became the very first specimen of 'Cox's Orange Pippin', which is probably the most popular apple

and this year there were far too many; I pulled out about half but that was not enough. They smothered the other plants and ruined a whole corner of the garden. This autumn I shall be ruthless and will dig up 90% of the seedlings.That is probably enough of my