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with a diluted solution of jeyes fluid once a week . are the catshoo plants hardy or just an annual

. I check on the trays twice a day and if need be, water at tea-time. But NEVER at night. This trick has always worked and at times I've had 50 or more trays going at any one time.   Yeah, my hand did get achy. hahaha The salvias are a half-hardy

I live in a flat with a balcony and love containers and window boxes   I grew everything from seed this year to cut the cost so it was months of work and I have to say looking today half way through August I've finally admittied to myself its now

much different garden tomorrow.  Perhaps I should have picked myself a bunch of rosebuds after all. Still have hardy fuchsias in flower bless 'em and I'm in the Midlands! Also have some pelargoniums in pot that I forgot to take in and they're fine

Looking at pictures of their lovely gardens that some people have posted, I am struck by the different styles, from highly disciplined and full of colourful annuals to practical vegetable gardening to cottage gardens stuffed with plants growing

. most of them will probably be ok. It is the wet as much as the cold which kills plants. So keep them on the dry side. The nicotiana will Im afraid die as it is not at all hardy and normally treated as a half hardy annual. You could improve

's described as an half hardy annual, sowing months  April May June and flowering peroid June, July August I take it that the courgettes themselves are the flowers? So will grow to harvest in about 3 months?   Well, almost right, the courgettes are the fruits

have half an acre at the back of my house on Skye. I'm looking to create something interesting but not too structured that will create shelter for my raised beds, other than the fences i have built this year. The ground has marsh grasses, it's on a

, hardy annuals can go directly in the ground, calendula, love in a mist (nigella), nasturtiums (they can be planted next to broad beans, the flowers can be eaten in salads too) etc. It is a really good idea to get to know the other allotment holders. I

before.  Now rarely sow anything before April, maybe a few hardy things in late March in the greenhouse, but mostly April or even May for annuals, or I'd just have to do them again later.   I don't believe it ! ! ! !   remember I said that I'd sown some