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I can't believe I've just spent the last half hour wearing headtorch and spearing 35 slugs with a wooden skewer. These beasts are really getting to me this year. I think they are living in the soil in the cracks between the flags on the patio

My helychryssum limelight looks very good & I want to make sure it survives over winter. It's in a large pot & sheltered by large evergreen bushes on the back patio. I do live by the sea on the Forth but it is sheltered.

Hi have just found a yucca plant in the back of the shed (just moved in) is in a sorry state have got rid of all the dead leaves but not sure how to care for it will be putting on my patio many thanks

Tidy up piles of flowerpots and debris that could harbour snailsRaise patio containers on feet or bricks, to ensure their compost drains properlyAvoid walking on lawns covered with heavy frost, as you'll kill the grassProvide birds with fresh water

could someone recomend a strong quality product for cleaning up large rockery stones which i cant remember the name of,i want to use something stronger than patio cleaner,last year i just put the karcgher on them which helps but looking to get them

CAN ANYONE TELL ME WHAT COMPOST I NEED FOR PLANTING CLEMATIS INTO LARGE PATIO POTS They are greedy so I would use John Innes No. 3 + added garden compost. And slow release fertiliser mixed in with an anuual top dressing of special cleatis food

hello, am debating whether to buy a few Winter Flowering Jasmine (Yellow flowered) to put in very large containers on the patio. my question is this -- will they grow well in containers ??   thanks, shazza     I don't see why you couldn't grow one

I've germinated my first seeds and am the proud owner of 20 strong compact bush tomato seedlings.   I'm about to transfer them into little pots before they go into their final containers - pots on my patio.    Given that the patio pots can go

Can you suggest some pot plants for an east facing small balcony, plants that will require little attention but possibly provide colour and scent? Theres a great range of patio sized Buddleias out there now and they provide colour and great nectar

A couple of years ago I bought what was advertised as a minature wisteria that could be grown on a patio in a pot. However, the plant has never bloomed and now (could be due to incorrect pruning!) it has no growth on the lower level at all.  Should