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supressant. yes it does go mushy and slimey but if it is spread thin it soon disappears and even weakens bind weed and dock and dandilion. it works ok in the compost bins too if spread thin  and mixed with other plant matter and uric acid, as suggested

garden last year. The veg plot had not been used for 10 years. All the clay subsoil that had been dug out while landscaping for a conservatory had been dumped on top. I initially sprayed the lot with glyphosate to get rid of the perennial docks, bindweed

constitutes a garden. As far as butterflies are concerned we seem to forget the caterpillar stage of the lifecycle is as important as the adult stage, so they need nettles, grasses, trefoil, dock, etc...So it is a brave gardener who steps out into this new

reading Vita Sachville-West's Garden Book. Quite an enjoyable read. Figrat, My ancestors came from near Dartmoor - Harberton, Harbertonford and Dartmouth, ten generations of farmers, before my grandfather left for the London Docks and Kent. I know all

. They're full of iron, apparently! with dock it is impossible to get up all the roots they are as thick as carrots and probly about 2.5 foot long! anybody help me on this? new allotment person ---- Help with what?? What's the question? above- how can i

, revelling in a freedom which must have lasted for decades. There were docks vying for skylight with three very sick fruit trees and to top it all, hiding behind a drunken fence, at the bottom of this delight, was a heap of rubble eight feet square--at a

used to think it just wasn't worth it. Little and often. We took over our large plot 2.5 years ago. It was full of brambles, nettles, bindweed & dock. But gradually by digging just a bed at a time - double digging to get rid of all the weed problems we

feel as if I am climbing mount everest. Each year I promise myself I will keep my dandelions,docks and other weeds under control. I am now having to use weed killer. This year I want to have a good try at this gardening lark. Have already started

/woods; dock control in the orchard; hogweed control everywhere. Once a year hiring a heavy-duty brush cutter to cut the orchard grass, then a week later raking it and putting it as mulch around the fruit trees and new trees in the woods. Strimming between

of gardening. Couldn't garden if I wanted to- there is a fire in the docks,and you can hardly see the trowel in front of your face-the smoke is dense and acrid-not a day to be outdoors Oh dear, that doesn't sound good Geoff.  Too wet and windy here for most