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Around the gardenTie shoots of honeysuckle and climbing roses to supportsPinch out the shoot tips of dahliasDeadhead lupinsFlowersHang old CDs among crops and from fruit treesWater beans and sweet peasGive extra water to ripening soft fruitsFruit & vegDamp down

Ive just got Help For Heroes sweet pea, am i too late to plant them in pots to bring them on or should i plant the seed straight into the ground. Still plenty time to start in pots, if thats what you wish to do. Probably best in pots as they

to grow flowers or if containers/troughs/tubs will be better for flowers. I have never really gardened before (just sweet peas for the last couple of years in a raised bed), and have no one to ask.Any advice given will need to be really, really basic

Hi all Just hopped over from the (now dead) BBC website so hope I've arrived at the correct forum for this query..... I have recently sown loads of seeds (flowers: stocks, sweet peas, cosmos, plus some thyme) which have all come up beautifully

Hiya, really need some advice, I've just dug out some seed trays and pots, various shapes and sizes and am wanting to sow Sweet Pea's, Aquilegia and Verbena Bonariensis. Now what do I do?! Make sure them trays and pots have been washed

We have a problem on our 48 allotments.   Everyone's runner beans, peas, beetroot leaves and sweetcorn are being eaten.  The beans are totally decimated up to 4 feet and the tops left intact.  The leaves and beans are all eaten but the main stalk

helpful. Well done Yvonne. I have only sown sweet peas up to Mon this week . Really excited that the mesembryanthemum have started sprouting

+ peas, salad, tomatoes, cucumbers, kale & some bedding flowers & sweet peas started indoors. Outside I cut back last year's chard that I didn't bother pulling up, & now have some useable leaves on it which is a bonus. I find it helps to keep an eye

sorts, peas, tomato, 1 for squash_ cougette, squash, sweet corn, cucumber Buy a good book on veg growing and plan carefully before you start Good luck Yes, divide it into 3 or 4 equal parts so you can rotate crops and avoid building up pests and diseases

As discussed on another thread in the 'Plants' section, I'm starting this for those who may need some help with their sweet peas. HI David i love sweet peas and usually grow them every year with success.however last year i sowed 2 lots and they both