Thanks for this. Yes, the one on the left has yellow flowers - I looked on Google for buttercups and you're right. Digging them out with a trowel is problematical though - the roots are too close to other plants that I don't want to disturb. Looks like a few hours on my hands and knees with a razor blade is called for. As for the other one, I never realised that moss had leaves so never gave that a thought. Now that I know, getting rid should be easy - a spray of a mix of water and washing up liquid is the safest way to kill it. That's this afternoon's job methinks...
Gave it a quick try. It's a bit slow - or maybe my old phone isn't up to it. Just out of interest, I took a photo of a melon - it told me it was a dicot. Will persevere for a while though.
Did a round of my garden this morning and tried again: My bottlebrush tree is a dicot My raspberries are dicots My three varieties of fuschias are each dicots It got my sea thrift correct It got my Japanese aucuba correct Four others it couldn't identify at all - including my white narcissus. I think I'll go back to the previous app.
The TV gardener Monty Don, who is opening the show by giving RHS members a glimpse of the unseen parts of his Longmeadow garden, said outdoor spaces were “desperately important”. “I have written and spoken many times of my own battles with depression, and over the years have been much helped by medication, therapy, sun lamps, yoga and, not least, by an astonishingly supportive and long-suffering family,” he said. “But none of this works without the balm of touching ground, of being nourished by the earth. “Plant a seed that becomes a beautiful flower and your life is immeasurably enriched. Simply sit in a garden and listen to the birds and the world is set in a perspective that is empowering. “Gardens are fun and beautiful and rewarding - but much more than that, gardens are desperately important and we need them now more than ever for our physical and mental wellbeing.”
So true for me... i have actually been so uplifted by working in the garden and walking. ... I did a Q & A session online for a professional association last week and was stressing the value of getting access to green spaces and the nature...so helpful at any time
I'm certainly no gardener but I have picked some excellently priced acers from Aldi in the past weeks. They are now selling really good sized hibiscus shrubs at a bargain £6.99. I saw the same size in a garden centre yesterday at £17. The only problem is they sell out very quickly.
I have planted out virtually every spare space for veg, weeded like there is no tomorrow.. Ventured out to the local garden centre for more supplies yesterday but beat a hasty retreat when i saw the queues..
Went out first thing masked up and did a spin round the garden centre, got much needed compost and a few extra plants, much to mmes disapproval! Now a hot sunny day watering and tidying..
Speaking of compost... I've been busy for a while now creating a little courtyard at the side of our house - a lovely little spot, sheltered from the wind & catches the sun all day - when it's sunny that is. This morning, I tackled the penultimate piece of the jigsaw - the need to move our compost bin about five yards away from the courtyard so that I can erect a fence to block it from view. After establishing that I couldn't push it, I decided to try 'walking' it - only for the damned thing to collapse and spill the contents over my legs and feet. So I've spent a large part of the morning shovelling not-quite-ready compost and digging it in to other parts of the garden and watering. Have had a shower and am now enjoying a beer...
They look like miniature witchetty grubs. Bite their heads off and suck the insides - if they taste nutty, they could well be...
I tend to agree, are your plant leaves edges being nibbled? If so then it will be resulting wine weevil.
So these have sprouted this year... not seen them before.in the 8th summer here... can someone identify... even my wonderful in-laws are stumped.
