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I've just bought bare root barbary for a long hedge to combat growth of saplings trees and berry bushes. It has to be dense enough to stave off the untidy look of a natural but messy look. Question is ...

How to get rid of Laurel?
It is too easy to grow from cuttings.I put some in as a shelter and in the wrong spot in a small bed. If you try to saw it down it'll survive no matter what. So how to kill ...

On a shopping spree for updoing my garden:
camelias 3 different colors
magnolias 2 - trying these for a second time as deer have made off with all other attempts. These plants root well from cutting ...

Has anyone got a foolproof means of winning the battle of field Crocosomia versus the deer problem? Or are they going to be a magnet for the perpetual deer feast.
Possibilities: should I put some c ...

I'm doing the upward slope that climbs 20 feet within 60 feet length. Whatever I dig out goes into the beds and the rocks are making the path up the centre. It's a laborious, time consuming process as ...

My challenge is to save the agapanthus from the deer. They nibble them all as the new shoots come up. Any ideas?

My fastest cuttings are from vines like honeysuckle that are hard stemmed at this time of year. Put some sugar into the water and leave in warm sunny window. Cut at an angle and change water or top up ...

I see that the beans are coming in to grocery sections and would like to grow my own in the garden. Package seeds are too expensive for only a few seeds. Has anyone tried drying their own seeds like f ...

Sedum is great to put into an old rockery wall which I have in the back. It can just be plugged in can grow on a vertical. Foilage is interesting in itself but the flowers no big attraction so am putt ...

The top 10 global seed gmo hybridizers are listed here http://www.gmwatch.org/gm-firms/10558-the-worlds-top-ten-seed-companies-who-owns-nature just so you know where to direct your anger. Just when th ...

Bamboo as hedging has several disappointing qualities. Certainly you don't want to annoy your neighbor with its invasive roots and thuggishness. It's a job for life trying to control it and your taste ...

Lidl had low price on fall heathers at 1.79. I have lost so many of these but will put plant into a bucket until all the peat falls off it and the roots become visible. Whenever I take old dead things ...

Thanks for the full report on this spider and clearing its name of being dangerous. I'm not the only one with poor pics. BBC had two entirely different looking things. Insects are a sign of life in th ...

Not much selection in local stores for bulbs except for usual tulips and daffodils. The pink variety of fairy lilies have me jealous that the many $ spent for summer flowering bulbs only got me 2 pin ...

A suggestion about building polytunnel is to maybe offer skills on site to someone willing to offer space and get the best out of two good things to do. Alternatively at this time of year are several ...