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Hello, This may be an odd question, but when de-rooting an overgrown garden (mainly brambles, ivy) at what size root do you say is small enough to remin in the ground? I started off by removing all the roots I come accross (nothing else in garden

piece of root, no matter how small, will grow Have tried glyphosate and its still growing. The people that had the house before us let the garden go wild almost gottem rid of the ivy. You say it is a new home for you.  Have you been there long enough

emilym. How about filling in with decorative pebbles? You could probably get a few things to survive but they wouldn't please you much.  Hi both yes I think I am hoping a little, the soil is a good 4 inches and weeds grow  there pretty well, shame

didn't have the rain that England had. I had 2 pots with Euphorbia Diamond Frost with Surfinias. The Euphorbia didn't need deadheading, mass of foamy white. I like diascia trailing down pots. But I do plant petunias as they grow so well here (Dordogne

team - well, that's how it seemed to me! By the way, any advice on which type of Amelanchier to chose for a north facing border, three feet from my neighbour's fence. I've had an old, ivy covered lilac tree removed - painful but in a small garden two

how much you could get into it. Always aim for quick growing plants to cover soil, chuck on a bit of bark chippings, then very little weeding is needed, plus I think it looks neater! Happy to help. Sorry - you have put 8x6 on your post, not had a good

it a more suitable home, if it is liable to eat my produce or spoil my flowers. It is easy to grow plants for the slugs and snails which they prefer and then collect them and put them under a hedge, where they will be happy till a predator lower down

window as a female muntjac gave birth. Our garden opens onto a wood populated by this species. We also have the glis glis or edible dormouse there. The muntjacs eat the new growth on our groundcover ivies each winter but it grows back during the summer

.Plants that herald a new season like snowdrops,tulips, roses, callicarpa, holly give us something to look forward to.Scented plants like freesia, honeysuckle, lavender, lilies often come with memories.Other plants we love just because they survive and grow for us

of youth. Oh, and having a regularly-flooded front garden. I'm a grumpy old gran'fer, wedded to my wife and the 'lotty. I have a passion for compost, and all veggies, wildlife and pond life. We have 8 fat frogs in our makeshift pond, nice mint growing