Hello Adam I have a border against the back wall of my house 450cm long by 75cm deep. It is east facing and gets the sun until about 2pm in the summer months. There is patio surrounding it. My problem is that it is under a thatched roof and gets anything from a deluge of water pouring onto it to a constant dripping after rainfall. What can I plant here? I live in the south west of England. Mo Butcher
Adam - there seems to be quite a negative feeling amongst gardeners that superstore bought compost (B&Q'S, Wickes etc) is not fit for purpose. (see problem solving forum for example) When you look deeper online there a whole range of forums highlighting this but with little positive feedback from the stores themselves (despite people losing 100's of seedlings). Is this something you have come across and is there anything GW can do to help influence or even highlight this issue?
Hi Adam can you please help? i got a Aeonium a couple of weeks ago and it keeps dropping its leaves? and they are going a yellow colour and see through! its in a north facing window and room temp with no heating, Thanks Mark
I am new to gardening and in fact only have a small patio area out the back of my terrace house. Part of it gets a good dose of sunlight and I am growing herbs in pots and potatoes in a dustbin. As a lover of cooking and baking what I would really like is to also grow a tasty dessert friendly fruit that I could use to fill (sweet) pies or make jam from. Can you recommend a fruit plant that would survive well in a container?
I planted garlic October, it was growing well. I have now noticed it is staring to go to seed. i have pulled a couple up and there is only one bulb. Last year i enjoyed a very good crop. Where have I gone wrong. Also some of the leaves have rust spots on them, I think the warm spell we had I didn't water much. Help
to prevent peas I had sown in pots being stolen by mice, I left anticoagulant mouse poison in a bate trap in my poly tunnel. Unfortunatatly it appears some was taken and buried in the raised beds by hording mice. Will this poison be now be absorbed / taken up by the tomatoes & salad items or is it biodegradeable and not become a health hazard to humans? In short do I need to dig out and replace all the soil? I won't be using poisons again!!!
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I have a border against the back wall of my house 450cm long by 75cm deep. It is east facing and gets the sun until about 2pm in the summer months. There is patio surrounding it. My problem is that it is under a thatched roof and gets anything from a deluge of water pouring onto it to a constant dripping after rainfall. What can I plant here? I live in the south west of England.
Mo Butcher
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Sorry,forgot to say I live in West Midlands
can you please help? i got a Aeonium a couple of weeks ago and it keeps dropping its leaves? and they are going a yellow colour and see through! its in a north facing window and room temp with no heating,
Thanks
Mark
I am new to gardening and in fact only have a small patio area out the back of my terrace house. Part of it gets a good dose of sunlight and I am growing herbs in pots and potatoes in a dustbin. As a lover of cooking and baking what I would really like is to also grow a tasty dessert friendly fruit that I could use to fill (sweet) pies or make jam from. Can you recommend a fruit plant that would survive well in a container?
Many thanks,
Sophie, Bristol
Last year i enjoyed a very good crop. Where have I gone wrong. Also some of the leaves have rust spots on them, I think the warm spell we had I didn't water much.
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hi adam , how can i prevent leatherjackets in my lawn, ?
just had to have my lawn relaid after it was treated for the squatters , is it possible to prevent it happening again. thank you annie