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  most important is the soil you are planning to turf. If you prep it right, you should have a real easy time of it. You can just dig over existing stuff, but try to remove any nasties like danylions or docks. Dig to a depth of a spit (ie a spades depth

it to, when its nature is to spread all over!!  I'd still rather have ground elder than mares tail or docks!!  If it gets into the laawn (not hapened here yet, but I know it has to quite a few folk) it responds well to mowing.  Nothing, not even ground

in waste/burn.You will get away with annual weeds, but dandi,docks & nettles are really persistant. I find that works best for me.Making sure your composter is placed where you get sun most of the day aids heating up which will break down waste faster,& a

. They loved cow parsley but cow mumble was a different plant, also eaten by by the rabbits, but not as popular. I wonder if I would be allowed to wonder the fields and hedgerows - alone- now. Besides dandelions my rabbits also like ground elder, bindweed, dock

White heather reminds me of my childhood in Scotland - it's supposed to bring you luck. Like wise the seedheads of dock - we children used to strip them off the plant and put in matchboxes as "tea" in our pretend shops. Sweet William reminds me

bit Dickson of Dock green)   glad you found ue wooddreen are cosmos easy to do by seed Yes they are about the easiest of all. They are fairly large seeds so you can space them out in the tray, or put in individual modules, which is what I now do

Hi, I myself was a new allotment gardener last year, and I would agree with all the advice given, but I would advise against a rotavator. I found when I used one on one bed weeds like dock and buttercup have been coming up everywhere! As you know

then in some plants the larvae burrow down the stalk -but in rhubarb the larvae can't grow..so it doesn't really harm the plant but marks the stalk. The only way to get rid of them that I've found is to keep the surrounding area clear of weeds -especially docks

! but I find the best deterrent is my kids, I have 5 and have trained them to pick up slugs (with a dock leaf) and snails and take them to the bottom af the garden or across the road onto the field to get them away from the veggies! keeps them all busy

I have a garden I think is approx 30' by 20 to 25' (sorry can't get hang of metric). It is unfortunately in a very bad way, we have a dog and its become very overgrown (all my fault) had large weeds I think are dock type my borders are all taken