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can someone please help! I have a large container which i use as my herb garden, but have recently noticed worm like creatures poking out of the soil.  I thought at first one was an old coil spring from a pen,sort of browny in colour,  long

Two weeks ago I used weed killer on weeds in the rose garden, which has worked and they are dead. What do I do next do I weed them out or digg them in? Provided they are totally dead you can either leave them (as I do, decaying weeds get recycled

Hogweed seems to be everywhere in my garden, I always remove flower heads before they can seed but each year there seem to be more and more throughout my garden, which is quite large. I have tried digging them out but they have such long roots I

Hi i am beside myself ive quite a large garden and recently had to replace my hedging with laurel unfortunially the laurel isnt doing so well the leaves have turned yellow and dropped off on most of them and some have no leaves at all, the weather

I have poured paraffin on some serious ant  hills in my front garden. I assume the little Bu****ers are all stiffs now. Am I safe to shovel off the top of these quite large humps to level what used to be grass. Now dead for a while. For those who

I'm keen to try and develop a wild flower garden on a sloped area behind our house.  I saw in GW April, the free seed offer. Because this area is quite large I was keen to see if I could get some free seeds. I followed the advice in the article

I have inherited a eucalyptus bush about a foot high, which has been living in a window box for many years! My garden is tiny though and I am reluctant to plant it directly into the lawn, ad these do turn into very large trees...which root control

I have a lovely yellow paeony but it's disappearing under Viburnum rhytidopyllum and a large Cotoneaster 'Rothschildianus'.  I don't want to spoil the shape of the 2 large shrubs so the paeony has to move or be swamped. I've tried to get suckers

I have a large childrens garden with a small veg patch.  I need advise on what fruit and veg grow well in quite a shady garden. Thanks Theres a good shade article on the website somewhere. Make sure choices are child friendly... Strawberries should

.e dig the perimeter I want it to grow out to and then put something down around the edges to stop it growing beyond that point?  Or is it best to get a large container and plant that in the ground with the bamboo? I don't have large borders (approx 2