Does anyone know anything about gardening?

Agree. Let the wasps do their thing.

Wasps nested in the top shelf of the covered bit down the side of my dad's house a couple years ago. Quite high up so all the coming and going was above head height. Apparently they leave in the autumn and don't come back. Seems to be true in my rather limited experience.

Wasps gonna wasp.

Wasps in a nesting box at allotment last year, didn't bother anyone, & kept the aphids in check. Would host again.

Had wasps in a compost bin a few years back, 4 meters from the garden table.

Never any problems, never got in the house

Two other nests in the shed never made it thanks to that big shed spider we all have somewhere with a huge web and of unknown size... ;)

Has anybody ever had their borage reseed / hybridize as pygmy borage?

I had planted some borage in the herb garden, I thought these were teasels when I lifted them. But now these look like this and I only planted borage officialis. The borage I have in my garden reseeded as standard boragr.

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Everything else in the garden is slow to get going this year but I already have figs..

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Our Fig tree is laden with fruit too. Unfortunately it usually drops most of it. Probably due to being in a pot and periodic lapses in care/water/feed.

Our fig tree has done fuck all in the 5 years we’ve had it.

Yeah I’m thinking our fig tree might come out and get replaced by raspberries this winter. They will definitely provide fruit we can actually eat.

Typically indicative of an insufficiently restrained root system.

Definitely. I didn’t restrict it in anyway

Plenty figs here.

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Small apple tree installed last autumn. Leaves have started to curl. At first I thought it was a bug, caterpillar or something. But now some brown spots too. Don't see any aphids. Is it a fungal thing? How do I treat it?

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Last year we got two plums which didn't have a maggot inside. This year I'm trying a pheromone trap. It's already picked up a few moths.

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If locally available, a washing machine drum is the modern alternative to lining a large-ish hole with paving slabs.

Yes good shout.

It will involve digging it up and replanting which I’m not enthralled about.

My folks gave me some hardcore root blocking membrane that I would consider using to contain fig roots, that's if I could get any my cuttings to root. Had them in water a good few weeks but no action on the root front, plenty of leaves.

Dunno if I've mentioned it here or not but I really like this Strulch stuff. It lasts at least a couple of years, keeps moisture in and is pleasant to handle.
Still don't really know what it is though - it's described as "mineralised straw" which doesn't mean much to me.

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I guess I should just read their patent: https://patents.google.com/patent/GB2433410A/en

I've started using it this year, really like it too

Daughter used strulch at Belsay Gardens. Has a habit of being blown around a bit by the wind I believe.

I can imagine, although I do find it mats down quite well. Then again I haven't used it anywhere particularly exposed.

This looks interesting too: https://www.easymulch.co.uk/

Dan Pearson wanted it used iirc

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Pearson_(garden_designer)

Open today and worth a visit: https://findagarden.ngs.org.uk/garden/22685/the_manor_house_ayot_st_lawrence

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