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Hi. We bought a house which had a front garden that had been left to nature for many years. Brambles, nettles & weeds galore. Unfortunately the elderly lady who lived there was unable to tend to the garden or had any family to help. The front

I am now getting to a stage with my garden where I have cleared sufficient brambles to start thinking (and I mean, thinking, not actually doing) about selecting plants.  Can anyone suggest a suitable pH meter I can use - lots of those on amazon

Hi there, Can anyone help idenify these please?     This small tree has just been rescued from a blanket of brambles.  Fruit tree perhaps?  There's no blossom on it...     A fruit bush perhaps?       Very weedy, but would like to know what I

for some lily bulbs and plant them in containers. Alys Fowler is very inspiring with spaces like yours, you might want to have a look out for her books 'The Thrify Gardener' and 'The Edible Garden'...or borrow them fronm your library.   The bramble won

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

first started, about 6 weeks ago. I had a bramble growing up through some foxgloves, and thought this gel might be the only way to deal with the problem, short of killing the foxgloves. I applied the gel. It leaves a shiny film on the leaves, so you can

everything up and sorting the boarders i just wondered if anyone knew if this the same plant or am I being over run with brambles or something? Please excuse my probable stupidity but I've never had my own garden before! Oh and the green in the pic

at the front of the house so i was hoping to keep the palnts in soil. can you recomend a shade loving plant? I wouldnt like to say Bramble, but if you google 'plants for shade' i think you will be spoilt for choice. thanks lyn will try that Will it be dry shade

particularly thick area of bramble beside the steps on which we were sitting. The sun was quite strong and we were both surprised and amazed to see two Comma butterlies crawl from deep in the thicket, spread their wings and dry themselves out before flying off

to run an allotment where there are perennial weeds without glyphosphate, especially if there are brambles as there are on mine. Sometimes a thick mulch of carpet helps with some weeds but has the disadvantage of being slow and will not necessarily