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Here's a thing. If a wild animal comes into a garden, it's wildlife. If a wild plant comes in, it's a weed. Now that seems just a bit unfair on our native flora.Admittedly, an animal can be considered a pest, but many are regarded as helpful

Why is it that dandelions are regarded as weeds? They're amazingly beautiful, have a strong and reliable flower colour, they're hardy, vigorous plants and they're even edible.I love dandelions, which is great as the warm, wet weather of the past two

Hello we have just built a raised boarder and had some top left from a previous project which we have used to fill the boarder Unfortunately the soil became invested with bind weed last year which we treated with back to the root and thought we had

after I planted them). Anyway, various things have started sprouting all over the soil since the warm weather arrived, though I'm sure a lot of it is weeds. Can anyone confirm that these five photos are of a weed, and identify it if possible? If so, I

about a year ago, some weeds were accidently put in our compost bins - I didn't realise this had happened until a few months ago when my husband told me. Anyway, obviously I dont want to now use the compost on our garden, but is there anything I can

Can anybody recommend the best all-round tool to do a lot of weeding in my vegetable patch now that almost everything is harvested. Unfortunately, I was unable to keep up with the weeding all summer as usual and now I need to throw myself into it

Have so many weeds in my lawn. Whats the best way of getting rid of them without starting again. HELP PLEASE! !!! You can buy selective weedkillers for lawns anywhere-or use a weed and feed. Cheers thanks. Was just hoping for a cheaper option

of  young leaves in boiling water for about 5 minutes, drink hot. after gardening, if you have sore bones and joints. It does help and aids sleep - this may make you feel less fed up with it!  Thanks Bookertoo, what if I spray weed killer leave it for a few

We asked a "professional" gardener who lives around the corner to come and do some weeding and tidying in the garden. The day he wanted to come were were not at home. but were horrified when we returned home and saw what  he had done. For some

feeders.  It's easy enough to weed round its edges once in a while. I've got a resident clever blackbird wo watches for the blue tits feeding at the fat balls and sits underneath on the lawn catching anything that falls down. It's as if they have come