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with the comfrey (Symphytum officinale), following closely behind. They're now all in the shade tunnel. The combination of sun, heat rain and wind is a nightmare. If we leave the herbs in full flower outside, they'll be damaged, but if we bring them in they can

Comfrey is also very good for early nectar. Even the allegedly less invasive types have good early flowers. Another hardy annual I let seed everywhere is love in a mist which comes back year after year. Ground lilac also is good source of nectar

, coriander is the seed and cilantro the fresh leaves. Also,Excitable, French tarragon does not set seed, but can easily be grown from cuttings. The Russian stuff is useless. Tarragon needs to be wintered inside. I like the idea of comfrey ointment, I use

place in the compost.  Dead material such as dry leaves and stems provides almost nothing in terms of nutrients, but improves soil structure.  Growing a large clump of comfrey, harvesting it several times a year and adding it to your compost heap

told that I can spray my roses with a water and horsetail mixture to stop blacksopt. Would the water horsetail work since I do not have or want the common one. Also how do you apply it? Is it like comfrey i.e. let it soak for a while and extract

perhaps thin the fruit when they appear - a pair to a handspan perhaps, to give the rest a chance to grow fully and give them a little comfrey or seaweed feed every fortnight from flowering. Lovely blog - and Im definitely off to Aynho for a look

, as with comfrey, is as a plant food. If you soak the crushed nettles in water for about a month, you'll end up with a liquid feed that should be diluted by one part in ten before application. If sprayed on plants it can also prevent fungal disease. Nettles also

overwintered well, and devoured all my early comfrey plants. They look very exotic in their black and red flying round in the day time! I found the hindwing of a Jersey Tiger on my patio 12th Aug. adj. to my moth trap which was running a UV light the previous

Aquilegia, astilbe, campanula, comfrey, everlasting sweet pea (Lathyrus latifolius), fennel, foxglove, geranium, potentilla, snapdragon, stachys, teasel, thyme, verbascum.Early-summer flowersAngelica, aster, buddleia, cardoon, cornflower (Centaurea), dahlia (single

very well, and is putting on weight every day, is there anybody that has a secret feed that works, homemade if possible , or a shop brought feed thats far better then what they say on the tin I use comfrey tea, just cut some leaves of comfrey, put in a