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around a foot square. Digging a hole to investigate I discovered a severed root that seems to be dripping water. Over 24 hours the hole fills up to ground level then stops. Our soil is sandy once the layer of top soil is dug through. The root in question

I have 2 wheelly bins of rain water on my allotment, i never had a lid on them so the water is smelly with fallen leaves etc in there, is this ok to water my veg plot with or do i need to use a waterbut with a lid on, water? I would say it's fine

the water in 1 of the water butts has developed a coveing of green slime, which now has 'bubbles' in some areas as well. Is it ok to use for watering plants or should I dump all the water and clean out the butt? It's just because the water been

hello I have come across a strange thing I cut back an old grapevine a few days ago, this morning I noticed it was dropping what looks like water from a cut back branch its doing so about every 5 to 10 seconds and doing so for the last 12 hours  it

layer of topsoil on top of clay. Having now had a bit of rain over the past few months, we seem to get run off coming through from structures in neighbouring gardens leaving one border and the veg patch standing in water after any considerable period

I have been looking on the web for something that will allow me to attach a self watering drip hose to a rain water barrel to water my veggies whilst i'm on holiday. Does anyone have any experience of using something like this?

Good Evening, I am currently studying design with the Open University and could do with some help please. A keen gardener myself I am interested to look at solutions for watering the garden. I would really appreciate it if people could respond