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We planted a beech hedge in March\April last year, they've come along nicely but in the last few weeks I've noticed a browning of leaves on some and then a complete browning to dead on o ...

Oh yeah agree 100% with what you wrote, we're also trying to take as much care (if necessary) of the wild flower side to keeps docks and the like down, but its also nice to have the tamer lawn side to ...

Thanks for that reply Tagwex, I literally laughed out loud after reading . Luckily we're staying on St. Francis, gods and Mother Natures good sides by sowing the remaining portion of the site with wil ...

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We are just moved into a new house build and sowed our lawns about a month ago. Luckily we managed to do so towards the end of the super hot weather and rain came just in time to allow t ...

Thank you. That's Hoary Rock Rose is it? I've looked and it appears to be a protected plant. According to what I'm reading only occurring in limestone rocks? We have a lime stone quarry about 2 miles ...

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We have just cleaned up an embankment in front of our home and are now currently left with a sloped bank about 65 degrees and 5ft to 6ft in height which is too steep to mow or manag ...

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We are about the start work on a new home build and the site is a 3.9 acres site. We had hoped to just use a certain percentage for house use i.e. yard, lawn, house foot print and drive ...

Thanks Greengage, yeah that's the ones, I guess I'll see as the spring\summer progresses but do they blossom at all? Or as the name suggest just remain...well ever green?! Very Happy

Would anyone happen to know what these trees are? I drive past them every day and think they look lovely. But have no idea what they are. Now this picture is a little older from Google maps as they lo ...

yes I'm sure additional weight in the form of wet bedding surface plus planter trays plus plants them selves plus rain water would all add up. We've contacted two larger Irish vendors to discuss price ...

Does it have to be specialised planting like Sedum, I've seen some pictures on line that would suggest there was nothing more than green grass on the roof...

Yes probably so, we're thinking grass 'like' so sedum would be the closest to that. Also there seems to be some variation in colour with sedum over the seasons. Not sure how it changes in winter time ...

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We're currently at the latter stages of our house design phase. We are trying our best to build a home that is passive and tries to not make a huge footprint in the earth. We have a port ...

THANK YOU everyone!!! So much great advice here. I love some of the suggestions!!

Jeebus no, good advice is ALWAYS welcome!!!