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effective method of getting rid? I am unsure of how far down the roots go, and if I don't dig them all out, am curious as to the likelihood of the plant doing a Doctor Who on me... The job is being made more difficult by dry soil and the roots from a nearby

I moved to a new house and wanted a vegetable plot.  I did not read about digging it properly and now have a plot with turned over sods of grass, some reasonable soil and a lot of clay.  It looks a bit of a mess. I have turned the grass upside down

satisfying. This garden is built on old gravel diggings with rubbish dumped. I planted stuff where i could find soil without too much brick rubble/glass/plastic/agricultural poison containers and have since taken an area at a time, dug out rubbish, added

The garden slopes down to a very damp bit.  When I was planting a willow down there last autumn, the hole I dug was soup almost immediately.  What would happen if, when we hire a digger to get some root stumps out, we also dig a big hole, maybe

with the term gardener by applying it to myself but nobody knows everything.  Any help much appreciated.  I get a lot of moss too,I use mine for hanging baskets.I dig it out of the lawn and anywhere I don't wish it to grow,on stonewalls or old trunk of tree I

grass large enoungh, just one hedgehog size & I do not suspect him. Could it be badgers? I understand they are very strong so would be capable of digging them up. I have some on my allotment and are about 12 foot, they are monsters. I dont even like them

that it is a hardy annual plant, but would someone be kind and explain what this means in practice?  Should I leave some clumps in the ground so it comes back next year, or dig it all up to make room for some spring plants, sowing fresh seeds next spring

. It might be feasible to pull grass away from around the plants, periodically.You could dig over a very small area, and sow some seeds into soil. But germination will not be as good as with seed sown in modules, and you'll still have to deal with the grass

Afternoon All, I'm new here and I live on the borders of Northants and Rutland. Back in November I bought 3 trees for the garden. I planted them and then cover the ground with mulch afterwards. Starting 2 weeks ago, I have woken up every morning to find that this mulch has now be...

I have been doing some hardcore gardening today, clearing back some overgrown shrubs/trees, etc and when I have tried to dig over the soil which was under these bushes, it is very hard and compacted and riddled with roots,etc.  What is the easiest