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With a gap in the schedule this week we're giving you the chance to decide what's hot and what's not in your gardens. Why not use our group to share images of your hot topics - some of which may even be featured on the show!

Also thank you all for the responses to last week's what's hot and what's not blog entry. Please see answers to several questions you've all asked

P00tles_magnet we can only apologise for the confusion over , but yes you are on the right Flickr group and it has now been updated. Thanks for pointing this out to us!

SuperFrooty you mentioned you are having trouble with ants. Ants in the compost are usually a sign that it the compost is too dry. Turning the compost and watering it will usually do the trick - as well as giving you better compost. If ants are a persistent menace, try moving the heap to a different location and growing mint nearby -it's a good ant-repeller.

Snowballgreen don't despair! There are plenty of shining examples of municipal planting amongst the more mundane. Telford has wonderful wildflower roundabouts that were featured in the programme last year; Todmorden has an amazing edible planting programme; there are hardy tropicals in Torquay... Councils are increasingly willing to think outside the box, especially as the kind of traditional schemes you describe are not only expensive but tend to have a large carbon footprint. Don't be afraid to ask for change - although it's important to recognise the historical and cultural value of some of these schemes.

LaurencePull you expressed your concern with Joe using a spray can to mark out the shape of the lawn. The spray in question was simply a marker spray - not a pesticide. Similar markers are very widely used throughout the country to mark out sports pitches and construction projects. They're not expensive and we do recycle all recyclable containers after use. We could have used sand as an alternative, but it wouldn't have shown up as well on screen.

That's all for now,
Enjoy your gardening weekend