Richard Jackson plant food - anybody tried Richard Jacksons plant food QVC had a special on and I have just received mine!

The only 'damage' I found after the storm was a cute little mouse that had fallen, or been blown into a tub trug half filled with water and drowned. I gave it a good burial in the garden waste bin.

Deer fencing Tercol - should be 5 feet high, not 4... Hollyhocks are classed as a short lived perennial, meaning around 3 years, but sometimes they live longer, sometimes less.

Bamboo, thank you the agricultural suppliers said 4ft was adequate as it is the little deer and they would need to jump a ditch which is covered with high brambles on the opposite side I hope the
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Hmm, so do I, wasn't it you I sent a link to the Forestry site, where they had recommended heights of fencing for various deer? In there, they say 1.5metres, even for munjac.

Havent seen any links in any replies but we're going to give it a try hubby started putting posts in yesterday when he came home from work and pulled his shoulder, need to see if I can find somebody to do it (our local handyman is good but haven't seen him about) it will be worth it to get it done. Went to supermarket yestetday and they had some large shrubs with rootballs wrapped in plastic so I bought half a dozen and intend planting them in large containers as unsure where to put them in the garden and I can then move the tubs around until I decide. The deer I assume has dug up every heather is it worth planting again or will it alwats be the case, I am trying to ceate a bed in the garden around the base of a monkey puzzle tree, ant alternative suggestions?

Something deer don't like, I'm guessing - but also something you don't have to frequently handle, because working beneath or around a monkey puzzle is not a comfortable experience, as I well recall! Think the RHS has a list of plants deer don't like, not sure.