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This year I have potted up herbs that die down in winter (mint, chives, marjoram) and put them on my kitchen windowsill. Very handy for snipping! What's with the Dill this year ? Mine's grown to over 1m 8o cms and still going. My only references say

has a blood test and various allergy tests can anyone tell me if any of the following are known to be harmful: Lavender, Calocephalus - Challenge, Crocosmia - Lucifer, x4 types of mint, Juncus - Effusus spiralis, Pennisetum setaceum rubrum, Rosemary

My recently completed pond has a visible pipe at water level, which I would like to hide with a plant growing down from the rocks above it and trailing into the water. Are there plants I should avoid which would be toxic to fish, newts and frogs

is a pic of my planter any ideas welcome.   I have a big blue pipe it's quite wide and tall think I'm going to drill holes down one side and stick strawberries in them any body no a good variety to grow this way? I have planted strawberries in long

it a go if you grow mint.  mmmm ok folks thanks, will try the gloves thing as they do have the right to life, just not in my garden......Ive lost aqueligias ive had for years and my roses dont look well, its probably mostly root damage.  I know they

Hi All, First time to the forums. I'm just getting into gardening. I'm trying to find some long pots/planters that I could have indoors on my windowsill to take advantage of the warm growing space (not quite got the greenhouse sorted yet. Any

Hello I have several herbs, rocket, basil, mint and they all seem to be affected by rust (but I am a novice so could be wrong). I want to keep them alive in a organic way as I use them for cooking. My additional complication is that I live in China

Has anyone else been having trouble with herbs this year?  I grow mine in containers - mint, oregano, feverfew etc - and almost all of them have had diseased leaves, poor growth and when the sun finally did arrive last week, scorched leaves.  Even

amateur gardening enthusiast with the query below please? I am growing basil, mint, chives, parsley, rockets and rosemary from the beginning again. I want to put them outside for the summer but when I did this last year with the same set of herbs they got

does remove smells rather than cover them with another one.  A pot of mint is good, it seems to neutralise smells, and is as tough as old boots, assuming you have some degree of light in there.  I would have two or three pots and rotate them as one gets