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Quick Answer The easiest things to make with Damsons are Damson gin, Damson jam, crumble, fool, chutney, ice cream, clafoutis and compote. Damsons are too sharp for most people to eat raw, but their high pectin sets jam with ordinary sugar, and freezing them overnight splits the skins for gin. Pick them in September, when […]

Quick Answer For most UK gardens under 500m², a quality cordless mower now matches petrol for cutting performance, and the real decision is which battery platform to buy into. Starting from scratch, my picks are the Greenworks G40LM41K2X for an all-round medium lawn and the EGO LM1702E-SP if you want the best self-propelled performance money […]

Quick Answer The best low maintenance indoor plants are those that tolerate irregular watering, cope with typical UK home light levels, and bounce back from beginner mistakes. I have spent decades recommending specific plants on BBC Garden Rescue and to my design clients. In this guide I share my top 20 choices, ranked by how […]

Quick Answer For most UK gardens, a battery cordless mower is now the practical choice, quiet, powerful enough for weekly cuts, and free of annual servicing. My picks: the Webb WEER33 for small lawns and tight budgets, the EGO LM1702E-SP for the best battery performance on a medium plot, and the Hayter Harrier 41 if […]

Quick answer: For a typical UK back garden under 300 square metres on a tight budget, the WORX Landroid Vision Cloud WR303E at around £630 is the robot mower I would fit, because it needs no wire and no antenna. Larger gardens up to 800 square metres do better with the LiDAR-guided Segway Navimow i208, […]

🌿 Quick Answer The best gardening gifts are the ones a gardener will use every week: quality secateurs such as the Felco Elite, a forged trowel, Gold Leaf gloves, a foam kneeling pad, merino socks and sturdy work boots. For the gardener who has everything, try a Japanese pruning saw, a heated propagator, a plant […]

Quick Answer: Getting Rid of Chafer Grubs How do you get rid of chafer grubs? Water in nematodes of the species Heterorhabditis bacteriophora, sold as chafer grub killer, between late July and September while soil sits above 12°C. Keep the lawn moist for a fortnight afterwards. No chemical treatment is available to UK gardeners, so […]

Quick Answer: Getting Rid of Leatherjackets and Chafer Grubs What kills leatherjackets and chafer grubs in lawns? Nematodes are the only effective control left to UK gardeners, but the two pests need different species. Leatherjackets are killed by Steinernema feltiae applied from September to October. Chafer grubs need Heterorhabditis bacteriophora applied from late July to […]