Does anyone know anything about gardening?

Beautiful photos!

Middle one from first post is my favourite.

Been trying to coax my monster sprawling nasturtiums to go more vertical - they take a bit of persuading, but it seems a good way to show the flowers which otherwise get hidden under a rainforest of huge leaves

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It has a couple of very confused blooms atm

Salvia hot lips

Very clever idea.

You can spread compost on top of what you've got there and then if you want to prettify it further some bark or mulch on top of that. As it rots and gets watered-in it benefits the surrounding plants. From experience of getting it wrong; I know that unless you know that your flowers need horse manure I'd avoid it, as it can sometimes do more harm than good.
https://www.gardenmyths.com/compost-is-it-poisoning-your-garden/

Any tips on tree poison? There's an old tree stump that's still alive on the edge of our garden and it has enormous roots that go in the direction of the house. I've been digging around them and sawing them off but the main stump lives on.

guessing I'll need to drill holes in it and pour something in there?

what kind of tree was it? if you keep cutting off the growth, it'll give up eventually.

Is the stump still alive, and sending up/out new shoots, or just not rotting quickly enough for you?

If it's bonsai material there might be an enthusiast who'll want to dig it up

I bought some of these for about 60 quid from ebay and followed the instructions.

I used 50 of them in the Sweet Chestnut stump and once I'd found that they'd worked I sold the remainder on ebay for 50 quid! A win all round.

The Constable Savage method will certainly work, or just drill loads of bloody great holes (as you said) and pour in neat SBK, a small bottle costs about a tenner. It will kill anything other than an ex-wife or persistent Mother-in-law.

ha. I'd only be using my ex-kitchen/garden sourced compost, no risk of too much horse. I haven't moved the current compost bin in 4 years, there' s a localised very well nutrified patch...

The cat spends a lot of time sniffing around so don’t want to put really potent stuff everywhere - could always cover it up

I'm trimming bushes and hedges today Is it more efficient to push or pull a broom? I am aware of the song "King Of The Road" where pushing is mentioned.

This is the way to kill a stump(short of calling someone like me in to grind it out). We use them commercially in all instances where we can’t get a grinder in to plough it out(or in the case of poplar or Tree of heaven where grinding often induces even more shoots to pop up from the lateral roots).
We used to use sbk and a few other choice chemicals applied to the cambium layer after cutting a groove round the top of the stump. They all do the trick but ecoplugs mean no risk of drift/killing everything in the garden inc cats, dogs and other furry creatures...

In some cases(willow, hazel and other species that will survive being felled) may need a second treatment but if you follow the instructions you should be golden. If you have any prominent buttress or surface roots it’s worth chucking a few there as well.
My go-to is 2” spacing which is overkill in most cases but results in far fewer callbacks from clients.

Pull a broom. Always.

I often find myself watching stump grinding videos on YouTube in the evening (along with Persian rug washing and shipping accidents). What's wrong with me? There's something quite great about stump removal!

Since I hung up my tree climbing harness earlier this year(thrashed elbows and weak knees from chogging down on spikes for 10years) grinding is my ting. It’s not the most exciting work but it keeps me in the industry and I get cooler plant to play with/maintain...

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Less good when you accidentally snag a chainlink fence and suck your screens into the business end...

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Finally got around to levelling out the area below our clothes line today, well happy... Sowed a whole bunch of grass seed so hoping it'll have sprouted before too long as spring has sprung here...

Next job is levelling out the other side of the garden, we've decided that's where we'll be putting our veggie beds which makes life a little easier as we won't have as much lawn to regrow... Got four 90cm x 120cm beds to put in, compost and horse manure on the way!

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Almost done levelling out the other side of the garden, planted some seeds today... Also bought some lovely sequiturs (not pictured)...

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some lovely sequiturs

:)
(if I was wittier I'd post a witty response but - just made me smile)

Ha! Stupid phone...

PS Grass has already sprouted under the clothes line, I'm amazed!!