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You say you cut it off at the roots, what you must do is cut a section of trunk out, as much as possible, in order to kill it in time. I've just removed a jungle of ivy and would say that the bottom section should come away without too much agro. However the growing tips tend to mesh and that...

yes, it all comes to money, and in big numbers. I look forward to the day when some new managers come along through.

does anyone else think, like me, that we should ditch sven as a bad job for too much money? I would really like to know why he's so good as a manager and particularly england and why's he worth trust? Seems to be only blind trust. I'd rather get real and employ a winner!

Ah yes but that was OLD labour! I think gordon should chuck tony out as a bad bet and then he'll as PM win hands down. Otherwise they'll have a tiny majority or, at worst, the tories will get in! And lets face it, who can blame the country after being conned so many times about the war.

which to worry about? why, all of them! It's more a question of where to start and when to finish. Alas the threat of terror is an election issue and that may be distorting the facts. We are closely related to the states and probably always will be so best get used to this sort of scare...

one advantage to the screen stuff ..... is that you can fix it upside down, left to right, even 45 degrees, try doing that with real bamboo! All the water drains out!

what scam? you ask. the one that landed me in the nick for afternoon! You may laugh, and I do occasionally but it's a serious thing as we all sell things on occasions and all really wish that that offer was for real and that we can trust the bank to help us out by providing the service we...

oh yes .... sounds good to me though the bill may think otherwise!

These are the big scams ..... However the one I was drawn into is your everyday sort of sale, nothing big but they target anyone selling stuff over the internet and work on the greed of the vendor, that they will do and believe anything to get a sale, and even if it is a smallish amount of...

A quick warning to anyone selling anything. I was selling an old bike engine and had a really unbelievable offer for it. They offer you the best price, want to send you more money than the value, usually for 'shipping'. You get a cheque, place it in you bank and they then ask you to forward on...

the thing to consider is that this was probably originally treated by pressure treatment. It is unlikely you will ever get a treatment to last as long as the original without removing and soaking in a bath of treament! I've successfully used a garden sprayer to apply wood treaments but they...

Mind your own business is a ground cover plant, low and delicate. It's great for covering ground, brickwork, anything really. However it likes plenty of water and some shade, it won't take full sun. It can be spread by dividing up clumps. Works best with on a compost bed. I should think you...

If you'd like to see the show gardens of 2004 in 360 degree pan go to.... http://www.rhs.org.uk/chelsea/2004/index.asp or http://www.rhs.org.uk/hamptoncourt/2004/index.asp or http://www.rhs.org.uk/tatton/2004/index.asp. All very good for getting ideas and seeing how designers, not all of them...

Hi I would strongly advise using treated timber, any other will rot really fast. Also make sure the boards are supported every 50cms as the pressure of the soil is considerable. Overlap boards to give stronger joins and finally line the sides will at least mulch membrane (pond liner is best)...

special stuff is a bit expensive, try netlon mesh bought off the roll, cut into a width that will roll to the same size as your gutter, fix with small cable ties and you can do the same job for much less. you could try a small bit of different sized mesh to find the right one for your debris...

Ever heard of the 'Greenman'? He is always associated with the winter solstice, check out the 80's Robin Williams movie 'dead poets society'. Young guy does good version of the greenman, before topping himself!

I've a high tech carbon fibre deep cycle battery, 12 volt which seems to have given up the ghost, won't hold charge. It's the expensive types used in solar power applications and I'd like to try to get it back up and working. It's only been used once and then stored, albeit for a couple of...

I have to say it is all starting to make sense to me now. All these years I've wondered what red light districts were for and now I know! Thing is I already have two rubber suits, do I need another? Wellies? Nay prob, I'm a gardener! Right, well the real (original) problem was the live...

Less risk? I think the idea must revolve around less live wires around the walls, whatever possible reason would they have for doing this? I was amazed until I saw the advice board telling people how to do it this way, the chain is now owned by B&Q so I may see what it says now.