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Nothing to report on our new garden yet (though I will share pics of the pleached crab apple hedge when I finish it). Running through the lanes around our new home and I'm loving the red campion and cow parsley combo replacing the bluebells and wild garlic. God, I love the changing seasons.

Beaminster - just north of Bridport. I think it will take a liitle work. There is ground elder throughout so all that needs to be cleared. The walls are in a state, so will need fixing and then we'll need to plant. But it's a fantastic opportunity and I've very excited. I'm thinking of...

Just bought a new (very old) house in Dorset. Moving in in April. Small town garden with good bones but very little stock of worth. North and South facing walls. Very overlooked. Will happily share the renovation journey on here. Only work done is prune back a very out of shape box hedge...

Grass grows if the temp is above 5c, which it has been for most of the Autumn and so far this winter (bar the short cold snap). Your grass will be growing. Mowing it now (set quite high) to keep it tidy for the rest of the winter is a smart move as long as the wheels aren't cutting into the lawn...

I'm with Jack on this. Looks to me like it was pot bound. And time will probably fix that.

Ours are over now, but they have been spectacular this year.

Small update. This tree has fruited again. It's a nectarine! Too bloody high to pick, but little beauties.

Sorry to badger the hive mind. But I've had a failure and need advice. We're moving house soon and want to take a rose with us. She's called Lady Marmalade. She's very old and won't take well to being dug up. So we tried taking cuttings. They sort of worked. The few leaves we left on the stems...

I've found a label near where I dug them up. They're probably helenium Red Jewel. If so, I'm delighted because that's a beauty. And thanks for the tip - I have cut them right back.

That looks like them!! Thank you

One for the NSC experts. I've had to lift some perennials because of some hard landscaping. They are strong clumps, so I took the opportunity to divide them. I appreciate that this isn't the best time of year. I've taken off the flowering stems, but I was wondering if I should also shear back...

It has a plum like stone in the middle. Why is this so damned hard to work out!!?

Well look what this tree just produced!! The mystery is over. It's a peach (or is it a plum??) - that has produced half a dozen fuits. Who'd have thought it!!! This tree was so sickly a couple of years ago, but we cleared some space and pruned it and now it's a really healthy tree prodcuing...

Can I call on the NSC hive mind to answer a tree question? This poor thing has been feeble for the first three years we were here. I moved another tree that was crowding it two years ago and also cut out diseased stems and branches. This year the love seems to be paying off. It didn't flower...

Reckon you've nailed it - so self sown probably.

Any ideas about this one? Is it a verbascum? Flowers are very inconsequential, but the bees are loving them. It's growing right next to a geum that I recently pruned back, so don;t let those leaves fool you. Whatever it is, the black/white/yellow caterpillars are loving it to the point of...

It was worth the effort. it's stunning.

Beautiful. Sort of gone from one jungle to another. I often reflect on gardens I've had and realise it's just an exercise in replacing one type of abundance with another.

I love seeing grasses in with the more traditional perennials. Adds texture, colour, form that only grades provide. Lovely

Some of the most interesting posts on here are people sharing their garden photos (in whatever stage of development). Come on, don't be shy.