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Why this one over the other long tails that are available in UK?

Anyone had much luck with green manure and can share any wisdom?
Field beans recommended in today's Guardian but are they just going to get annihilated by slugs?
https://premierseedsdirect.com/product/green-manure-field-bean/

V much appreciation for encouragement and advice re. wet weather commuting with a kiddo. We did both ways today in the tipping rain and it was great. The hamax poncho is a brilliant bit of kit, much better than I was anticipating, and we bought a new helmet with dragons on to ensure maximum enthusiasm. Wet Wednesdays puddle suits are also good, from vinted because £££, as the hood is detachable

Thanks for all the waterproofing tips. Has anyone tried one of these?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/135116546912?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=pgrvrc07tx2&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Last winter I mostly drove the car to nursery drop off then on to work (2 miles then about 4) because it just rained and rained and rained. Today I drove, and it was awful and slow and I resolved to take the bike every day. Child is 2. We go early in the morning so time spent dressing and undressing and faffing is unwelcome. What do I need to do/buy to make us waterproof and weatherproof all winter? I am riding a flat bar hybrid, currently without mudguards but only road ones will fit and they are £££. She is in a Thule seat and obviously we have basic waterproofs.
Are the poncho things you are covering the whole kid any good? Etc

They say people take up gardening, golf or god in retirement

Can anyone recommend a source of a big ficus benjamina for not crazy money? I'm looking at £50 from Waitrose (incl delivery) for a 1m. And can be pretty confident it'll be good quality.

I'm so appreciative of this and the allotment thread. Makes me feel ok about losing two entire batches of peas and broccoli to the slugs, and has prompted me to go and pull out some bindweed in a hedge.
Obviously bindweed is the devil's work, but I will say this:
It gives me hope that the plants will reclaim all the concrete etc very quickly, post-humanity
And it is extremely satisfying to pull out of a silver birch and wisteria

You what?

Thanks both

Anyone got any advice for a plot absolutely infested with bindweed?

Woodland Trust is brilliant for native hedging packs, plus your supporting a great charity. I have bought a few from them and they arrive quickly and all done well
Path- get woodchip from a local tree surgeon. Lowest impact you'll ever get. Will improve your soil and smell lovely

Is a Tern short haul (ie without a battery) insane in Bristol, for one kid, strong mama?

That is an excellent colour for a door

^this sort of thing might be why waiting lists move so slowly

Re. all the recent hosta chat, there's a quite remarkable section on hostas on Gardeners World from a few weeks ago

I want to put up a small, self-made slotted fence above a low wall (roofing battens screwed onto posts. My neighbour has done it and it looks excellent and is mega cheap). I don't want to mess about with postcrete or concrete, are the fence spikes too good to be true?
https://www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-Bolt-System-750mm-Support-Spike-for-Posts---75-x-75mm/p/218587

Unusual veg-growing-with-kids question. How do you deal with slugs and snails in front of a small kiddo?
Mine is nearly two and I don't want her to watch me stamp on snails, but I also don't want all my peas and beans and lettuces eaten. I can't really get out in the garden much without her tagging along. And I'm not really in the market for a more hi-tech solution to the pests

Because I grow some stuff in some raised beds and have enough space there. Seedlings are on kitchen windowsill as I have a little kiddo and a FT job so time is of the essence. The greenhouse will come into its own in a few years' time

My greenhouse is right opposite my kitchen window, and quite empty and not lovely to look at. I'm considering putting a hop plant in it, as I have some notion that it will climb all over the place and green it up. Has anyone done this or have any thoughts or better idea?

Completely agree with this. I bought a native hedge pack from the woodland trust a couple of years ago, mega cheap and great to support an excellent charity. And now I have a 5ft hedge. Pretty bare in winter so I have some beech too, but it's slower growing

Anyone got any recommendations for this bed? It gets a reasonable amount of sun as sits to the north of a low E-W wall. The shrub on the right of the pic is hopefully going to shoot up and provide a bit of privacy between my and my neighbour's patios. There is a rowan sapling in the middle. I'm after low maintenance!

I have a baby rowan in my garden that's been going great guns this year. But in the hot hot heat we had in September, it really struggled, leaves went brown round the edges. About a month ago all the leaves dropped and it's essentially now a 5' stick. Has it had it do we think?

^great, thanks for trailer thoughts

Next. Does anyone have any suggestions for back-of-seat visibility, I'm wondering about lights, maybe some sort of stick-on led strip

Trailers. What's the deal with trailers?
Are they really about transporting multiple/bigger children? Or is there an advantage for one small toddler?