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and its how you learn. It never ceases to amaze me and the excitement I feel when tiny seeds grow into lovely plants. I have a black hollyhock, grown against a North facing wall, that currently measures 10 feet 4 inches and is dwarfing my sunflowers

teaming with red admirals whose caterpillars fed on my nettle clumps. It's been worth all the nettle stings. This is my first year of growing vegetables and I am keen to try Monty's recommendation of sowing green manure over winter. However, have scoured

The birds love the birdseed and especially the sunflower seeds but I've got to laugh. In Spring I spend considerable time digging up luxurious grass (no other word for it) from around.the base of the bird table and the apple tree in which the bird

lid, keep and use as bottom of pot drop down to the ring pulled side then fill with dirt/ compost and seeds like normal pots - sunflowers good to grow this way when grown push up the bottom of the pot and a nice size plant comes out hopefully saw

what can go wrong, what things look like and importantly how to corrct them The winter has gone on too long. By the time it is warm enough to plant sunflowers, they won't have time to grow erectly and fully. I have grown all of the ingredients

could try feeding them kitchen scraps as well, and – if you don’t already - grow sunflowers and teasels, leaving them to go to seed for the birds, and also berrying plants such as holly, honeysuckle, pyracantha and cotoneaster. This should take

I'm going to copy a lovely combination I saw at a friend's house, also grown at the allotment. My friend's vase contained yellow sunflowers and yellow dahlias (any yellow dahlia will do) and what looked like pale yellow daisies with a chocolate

for the frost circle in their shade in winter though. There was untill three weeks ago a beautiful silver birch growing in a corner of the yard of a neighbour's house. Don't ask me why, as it was a joy to see and doing no harm to anybody, but he has pollarded

We have a bird feeder station tucked into the corner of one of our beds. I fill this with peanuts, fat balls and BIRD SEED. In the surrounding area underneath a type of grass has started growing in the bed. I assumed it was dreaded couch grass

as poss. It is awesome growing stuff from seed - apart from when you keep your foot high sunflowers in the dinning room to protect them from the slugs and your pesky dog eats them! sewed more so fingers crossed. thanks again Yes.... thats the sort of thing