Surrey actually. The garden was once grazing land for four horses now sadly long since gone apart from the occasional visit from a beautiful Shetland Pony.
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I got 6 of my Agapanthus pots divided and fresh compost/feed.
Hope to get the other 6 or 7 done tomorrow if the weather holds.
Also repotted my tomato plants into slightly bigger pots now. They are growing well.
I also always grow about 10 more plants for my friend every year.
I shall grow hers on to a big bigger yet before I give them to her.
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Frosts here can be quite late, so nothing annual goes out until the first week in June.
New Polytunnel is up but not finished, but will be tomorrow.
Slower than the rest of you, but it will be done.
Whatās the definitive solution for bindweed extinction?
Can you still buy Roundup?
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Yes Ruthio you can, but at very low concentrations.
The Agricultural Stuff is very hard to get now, but many farmers have stoked up with it.
You need a chat with a friendly farmer who trusts you.
Ruthio, the above is not the best advice in my opinion.
It would be illegal for a start, and who would carry the can if there was an accident?
Apart from that, not many householders have the same protective gear to wear as farmers and it is a nasty chemical. It hasnāt been banned for no reason!
See here:
" Roundup is banned in more than 20 countries because the herbicide has been linked to an increased risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma and other types of cancer. "
Watched 2 robins arguing the toss with each other. 
Planted a few of my new seedlings in their final resting places not forgetting some protection for them from any coming frosty nights. Sawn off lemonade bottles placed over them and pushed into the soil for an inch or two works wonders and has done for many years. Donāt forget to remove them if it gets warm and sunny in the daytime or they will bake.
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thanks for repliesā¦I find I can still buy it in garden centres, I only need a few drops to pop into each of the 7 plastic bags where the bloody stuff is collected and stuffed!
Two hours work yesterday, when it stops raining Iāll take a photo.
Then the drops go straight through the leaves and carried down into the roots without ever being put in the actual soil, the theory goes, so the host, in this case wisteria, shouldnāt be affected.
We shall see!!
Got some bulbs readyā¦
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Did a lot of weeding in the back garden.
brewed up, gardener did the rest. Treated the shed and bridge, treated all the wooden furniture, and chimney pots
sat on the bench seat and recorded bird sounds
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I wonāt be planting anything out until the first of June, still can have frost in may.
Ruthio, yes you can still buy a weaker version, with or without Glyphosphate in it, but it is the industrial strength one that farmers/councils/commercial horticulturists used that I was advising against.
I agree bindweed is hard to get rid of. I have problems with that Creeping Buttercup too, it spreads everywhere.
I found this bit of info if its any help . . .
āAs bindweed is a perennial weed, it can only be completely killed with the systemic weedkiller glyphosate. This needs to be applied to the leaves, which is then taken down into the roots as bindweed grows. Other types of weedkiller will kill only the top growth, and bindweed simply regrows from the roots.ā
I guess Iām fortunate living on the Kent/Surrey border. Little chance of frost at the (almost) end of April but I have learnt over the years never to trust weather forecasters.
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How lovely - thank you!
Sowed some beetroot seeds and did a bit more weeding. Noticed that thereās a cow parsley plant growing in between the currant bushes that will have to go.
Thank you for that speedy , I like to listen to bird song , We had a Starling mimicing lots of other Birds , took me a while to find it hidden in a Tree .
I mowed the lawn and trimmed the edges. It was a fine day for it.
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