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The taste of fresh asparagusin May is worth waiting for. A perennial crop, established asparagus plants will provide an annual crop of tasty spears for up to 20 years.Choose the spot you will grow your asparagus carefully. Asparagus needs lots

to run an allotment where there are perennial weeds without glyphosphate, especially if there are brambles as there are on mine. Sometimes a thick mulch of carpet helps with some weeds but has the disadvantage of being slow and will not necessarily

. This vigorous, spreading perennial is rampant, growing over cultivated plants and making them compete for light, water and nutrients. In existing flowerbeds, it's best tackled by digging up the cultivated plants and washing their roots to tease out the cream

Is anyone able to help please? I have too much earth on show between my shrubs and bulbs, which means endless weeding. Do you have any suggestions for plants I can add to fill in the gaps? I have mainly pink and purple colours. Forget me nots? I

or is weed control quite easy with aconites? No trouble with weeds as they are in bloom before the annual weeds show and perennials should be dug out before you plant them. They do seem to like the same conditions as snowdrops. I see one of these in our

50cms Hi Cat poo is unpleasant for us but won't hurt the soil, there's always something sh...ing in the garden, that's nature. Weeds need digging out if they're invasive perennials or digging in otherwise.  What are you going to grow? Hmm well I

I'll try this as I have horsetail every where. I sprayed the horsetail and other weeds in the cracks of the pavement this spring with a weed killer. This caused all the weeds to die except for the horsetail which seem is bigger and healthier without

. Another factor to consider is the size and type of weed. Larger perennial weeds with deeper roots will take longer than small annuals. Another point to note is that Roundup gel doesn't include that fast acting formula that is in the ready to spray Roundup

Hi all,  I am looking to plant some Lavatera or tree mallow, but when im looking online I can only see annual seed or dwarf bushes.  Does anyone know where I could find either a small plant or some seeds of the perennial types I think Dave what you

the soil when it is done? If its compost from the council it is most likely hedge bindweed. Thats where I send all mine ( in the brown bin) along with any other nasty perennial weeds like docks, dandelion roots, enchanters nightshade, nettle roots etc. They