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there's more. I throw it onto my clay soil, a bed a month slowly it's helping improve soil I put it on the veg bed, and some around the plants on the flower bed - mixed with organic chicken manure pellets. Me too Linda, hate to waste it and you're right

I'm planing on making a raised herb garden this year and wonder what plants/flowers make good companions? I have a raised triangular herb bed on my deck which has been brilliant now for past 3 years , I have beds at the back with geranium and also

Please any advice gratefully received on the above Thank You .if have  some dimensions of your bed and a list of possible plants you wish to grow it;s easier to give an answer. for example if you are growing annuals with shallow roots and the bed

I have 3 iris rhizomes which I received from a free news paper offer but the bed I'm planting them in has some plants and climbers in that I haven't cut down yet as they are still flowering. I was wondering if I could plant them in pots just for now

with planting in grow-bags?  The beds are a good 4 weeks away....

with planting in grow-bags?  The beds are a good 4 weeks away....

I planted three new cana lillies this year in a newly designed hot bed.  They have grown really well, now about 1 metre tall and have all flowered well.  The bed is in a corner of the garden, south facing, with walls on two sides.  The soil is also

Buy plug plants and young bedding plants to grow on for baskets, pots and bedding displaysThin out heavy fruit sets on peaches and nectarines, leaving fruits about 10cm apartSow annual climbers, such as cup-and-saucer vine (Cobaea), nasturtium

Plant out tender summer-bedding plants, such as begonias, once all risk of frost has passedLook out for aphids on lupins, and spray with a soap-based insecticide if infectedPush canes into pots of tall-growing lilies and tie their stems

Plant out spring bedding, including pansies, wallflowers and forget-me-notsPot up tender perennials from summer displays to bring under cover for winter protectionPrune rambling and climbing rosesRake autumn leaves from lawns and pick out from