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i have a north facing small garden covered  with pea shingle i am after ground cover seeds that i can grow on  any ideas please Hi nip, try ivy, dog violet, vinca, and cranesbill geraniums. These are all low growing and grow happily in shade. Best

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Plant bare-root fruit trees before they start growing in MarchSow seed of broad beans, carrots, hardy peas and parsnips outside in soil warmed by cloches

will do well in the shade aswell :/ I am going to have a go at growing sweet peas this year. Thanks for the tips JPHarro... There are plenty of vegetables that will grow happily in a shady spot... I always grow my lettuces in the shade, as it makes them

Hi Everyone, Has anyone taken the plunge yet and started growing annual flowers from seed this season. I'm itching to get on with it but most folk I know are waiting unit March. Got my eye on some dahlias (and I have a heated propagator

If I plant seeds straight into the ground they seem to look after themselves and grow well, but whenever I try to grow sweet peas inside, they start off well, then grow too tall , weaken and fall over. I know you are supposed to pinch out te growing

Hi.. I have had a fresh horse poo tea bag in my water butt for a week now and I am wondering what's ok to put it on and when.. I am growing, cabbage, courgette, runner beans, peas, potatoes, tomatoes, cucumber, aubergine, salad leaves, onions

Hi I have planted peas in a large pot with canes and they are growing really well but have noticed white bloches/spots on the leaves.....can anybody help by telling me what it is and what I can do about it. thanks If you've had any hailstorms

I'm beginning to get sowing fingers so have begun to plan this years veg plots...what to grow...where and when... so went through last years garden diary. Looks like the only veg which survived an early sowing were pea's early onward and brussels

other type of support).  Peas grew to top of canes and wouldn't stop growing so the tops were hanging down.  Rained for weeks and weeks, hardly any blooms and were so high up not easily accessible and looked a mess. This year, I have sweet peas planted