It is the end of May and for various reasons I didn't prune all the autumn raspberries. These have started setting fruit on the gangly old canes but the stems and leaves look rather tatty and dried, and the fruit is very small and not yet ripened. On the plus side, at each location there are some he...

Thanks for your comments. Much appreciated. Cheers!

For many years I have been growing several varieties of blight resistant potatoes in containers. One of my favourites is Sarpo Mira. Tasty, reliable yield, I cut off the haulms when they have died down and move the undisturbed container under cover (in a greenhouse) for storage until we need to tip ...

Thanks for the replies. Good thinking, Westi, about the flies. And Herbacious that's a good point about the adjacent sewers!

Today the aroma has been intermittent and we get a whiff in various places around the garden. Delightful!

Cheers!
Angie

What smells like manure but isn't manure? Today there has been a strong smell of manure in a specific but small area of our garden near a hedge, and I can't explain it. However, it occurred to me that there might be something dead and lurking somewhere. Hopefully it is not one of our visiting hedgeh...

Crikey, this is an old thread! I am somewhat obsessed with composting. Today we received a delivery of bird food, the packing is semi-shredded cardboard and that goes into the compost bin. Delighted that magazines are now delivered in either a recyclable paper envelope or compostable potato-starch b...

A lot of energy and pollution and use of metals goes into manufacturing a dishwasher, and non recyclable waste when it conks out and has to be discarded. So I wash by hand. One bowlful of water, once a day (or sometimes I miss a day) and that's it. Surely this is far less water and washing up liquid...

Oops, end of March now and I never did get around to pruning the apple tree at the right time and now it is starting to show signs of shoots. What should I do? Leave it? I should be grateful for any advice, please.

Thanks for helping to identify the source of our "lawn poo", which I dispose of where it will rot.

So it's down to practicality and cost - thanks Stephen for such an honest reply. If I haven't used the plastic wrappers for picking up fox and badger poo, storing my craft bits (currently a stack of hand made cards), I put them in with other plastic bags for recycling. For example, Ocado take their ...

Most mornings we find fox and/or badger poo on the lawn, which I dispose of. Since we have no idea what the fox and badger have been eating, I assume it would not be wise to put it in the compost bin. Am I right? I would happily occasionally put deer droppings in the compost bin, or, if I had access...

Does KG have any plans to replace their magazine packaging with something compostable? Forgive me if this question has already been addressed elsewhere on the forum or in the magazine - if so I have missed it. The reason I ask the question is that most of magazines which we subscribe to are nowadays...

Keen to make best use of the greenhouse over winter can I plant broad bean seeds in trays and pots now? If so, how deep should the soil/compost need to be and how deep should I plant the seed?

Many thanks.

Having read this thread I will definitely finish clearing the border under our magnolia tree, which is in full sun, and plant lots of annual seeds, poppies, and some wild flowers. I saw this done at Calke Abbey last summer and the effect was amazing and lasted all summer. Apparently they mix varieti...

Two redcurrant questions. Apologies for length of posting! Firstly, aphids on our newest redcurrant bushes are causing dark red blisters on some leaves so I have removed all the affected leaves. In previous years only the top growing tips have been affected, curling up over the aphids, so I just sni...