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years of growing veg -  all sorts of varieties, however, this year I have been 'bottling' planting out my young ones and have kept postponing my sowing for fear of everything being washed away in the rain or beaten by frost.  Am I right to hold off

How can I keep my poinsettal plants for as long as possible. Any advice?

Has anyone a good tip for labelling plants.  I use the plastic white ones you can buy and use a waterproof permanent marker but the writing still gets washed away. A good idea is to get some paper and just draw a rough plan of what you have planted

Helllo. Would love to know what these 2 plants are. The first the orange one, I'm guessing it's a weed but I like it,also smells good. Does it have any benefits for wild life?  The 2nd, I thought it was some sort of holly hock but now I'm not sure

it in my garden and it doesn't spread very much. http://www.greengardendesign.co.uk/blog/?p=122   I have it too and am leaving it be Just another plant. Part of the biodiversity that keeps my garden in insects and other life. Thanks everyone - much

?-can you explain?-or you just out to cause trouble?-have you used ths site? WAs a thread on this on another Gardening site and  it was reckoned to be a Data gathering site. You might get some free plants, but also tons of junk mail and spam. You don't get

This grew in the garden last year, and has grown again this year, just in the one place, it wasn't planted by us, does anyone know what it is. A couple of people I have asked said it was borage, but it's not borage, we have grown that and it

and give it a new lease of life if I can. I don't know leguminous shrubs that well but I'll give it some thought, unless someone else identifies it immediately I think it is a Genista Jane http://beautifulgardens.shootgardening.co.uk/sitePlant

finaly got photo to up load please does any one no the name of this flowering plant ?????????????? Looks like vetch to me Yes, purple vetch.  A native wild plant but also used in oldfashioned hay meadows, or grown as silage or for grazing.  Also

how can i plant potatoes in layers in a ton bag the one you get sand in from the builders merchant you cant really plant them in layers but you could fit up to 20 potatoes plants if the soil is deep and rich in the bag make sure it dose not dry out