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where it is, beneath your new soil covering . But this is not the most effective time of year to apply Roundup. Putting down a membrane beneath an area where you intend to grow crops, possibly including root vegetables, seems a strange idea to me. I set

Hello fellow plant people,  I have been looking for advice on how to use woven landscape fabric or Mapex to protect a plot (2.10x6.3m) over the winter (from now until March-ish). I want to use it to keep the soil warm for early planting and sowing

once) a quite tasty shop bought tomato. Lovely. what a load of rubbishatotal waste of time space and moneywhat happend to Monty Dons plotWhy should we pay for large new greenhouse and tons of top soil to convert a rugby pitch plus anew shedwhat happend

like to make it into a wildflower bed, or use it as a veggie plot for larger veg that I can't put into containers, such as broccolli, squashes and sweetcorn. Can anyone advise what may be best for this site? Hi Alison If grass does grow well it doesn

offered advice. I have been planting the seeds directly into the soil in my vegetable plot. I have planted at 2" but could be guilty of watering in which could have caused rotting of the seed. I will plant replacements in pots in my unheated greenhouse. I

we have a large patch at the side of our house which is continuously overgrown with weeds and spring flowers. we have lived in this house for nearly 4 years now and would like to use this space as a vegetable patch next year. we have dug the patch

Hey everyone,  I'm gonna be straight up here, I've no creativity when it comes to gardening so I'm looking for ideas. I've attached some pics below of two small plots entering a house that are at either side of the drive. As you can see

remember sitting with a group of friends in a student bedroom watching Geoffrey on television. So, 'growing your own' is the latest gardening trend, is it? Well Geoffrey was certainly inspiring the nation with Mr Smith's Vegetable Plot in the 1970's

have summers up to +40 degs C and winters with temperatures down to -20 degs C, so quite a range! Most of the time, though, we have a fairly temperate climate. I'm attempting to establish a 'country' garden, with a flower garden, a veg plot and a

to grow easy stuff to start, you can become more adventurous as you get more sure of what you ae doing. Good rule is to grow things that are tooexpensive to buy - peas, beans of all sorts, a salad supply, Cougettes,  Plan your plot into 3 or 4 sections 3ft