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Prune out old stems of elder (Sambucus)Cut back last year's buddleia stems to ground levelHard prune trees that respond to pollardingFlowersPlant onion sets in modular trays of compostRepair netting on fruit cagesContinue forcing sea kale and chicory

don't want to be forced to buy an IPad i.e. specific manufacturer and I certainly don't want to pay Amazon.  I want my subscription to be in the GW pot, not in Amazon's.  Anyone else feel the same? GW will have done deals with those distributors

dues to the surround of buildings. Also, quite rightly mentioned already, its feels great to buy plants in flower but often they have come straight from polytunnels and nurseries forcing them on to look their best and encourage sales. And it works! I

but they always do and then you get the tearful reveal At least Ground Force had a bit of humour thrown in and was great when Alan and Tommy had a big barney-this is the same format but like Changing Rooms does it relate? spot on Sotongeoff and i thought i wasjust

While digging in the wet is often extremely muddy and heavy work, does it harm the soil at all? Is there any sound reason, besides the difficulty, not to do it? Stepping on the soil, even in dry weather, tends to compact the soil, and force air out

difference I thought that the ones in the shops had been forced somehow and that is why you have to treat them differently to ones in the GC.  If you buy basil from a supermarket you can get 20 plants in one pot and they need less water than a single plant

heavy. The glass in a typical glass greenhouse weighs around 350 kilos. The typical total weight of a polycarbonate greenhouse is around 35 kilos.An engineer could probably calculate the force that needs to be applied to the side of a pane of glass

doing this before, and got leaves but no flowers...any advice would be most helpful! They may not flower next year if they have been forced indoors but they do get back to flowering in 2 years in my experience-if you have the space then pop them in. Give

Hi.  I've been forced to dig up a border full of daffodil and tulip bulbs which unfortunately have not yet died down properly due to impending building work.  I tried to disturb them as little as possible and lift them with as much soil around them

'repro' sleepers are light as a feather and I'd use lengths of 2"x2" timber screwed into the inside surfaces. I wouldn't force them into the ground as once packed full of soil, they won't budge. Screwing large angle brackets on the inside would be better