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Latest posts by Alan4711

Thousands of bees on allotment

Posted: 22/12/2012 at 14:28

we have already got a couple of Oh so soft (Avon calling stuff) for next year, this year it was brilliant against huge man eating  horse flies who really did bite big time and plagued all of us  ,until we found  this cream stuff, all our allotmenteers are very happy with its results and like one or two people said the marines abroad are also happy with it works for all of us i personally recommend it

Alan merry Christmas  all

Urgent Advice Please - Will bleach kill turf?

Posted: 22/12/2012 at 10:27

Baglady, how about Jeyes Fluid  ?  would that work and its ok for soil,we all use it on our allotments and such to dissinfect, you might want to look it out and check

Alan4711

What's in flower this Christmas

Posted: 21/12/2012 at 10:58

The cuttings from our Hydrangea kept on the windowsill  in the garage as we have no cold frame  yet, are about 5/6 inches tall  and 2 are  budding, i also had a small weak one in a pot in the lounge its coming on very  strong and also  has a bud ,I'm going to leave this one indoors to see if will grow and  be ok over Christmas  or should i take the buds off ,anyone grown Hydrangeas  indoors before,all the rest are normal, 

Why don't my birds love me any more....?

Posted: 21/12/2012 at 10:44

iv just put bird feeders out and my first visitors would you believe 2 small rats just cant win  back to the drawing board,maybe a metal pole will do it

Alan

misletoe

Posted: 21/12/2012 at 10:40

Should have said  Santa Monoica sorr Alan

misletoe

Posted: 21/12/2012 at 10:39

Hi ChrissieB i just looked at the how to grow site, the missletoe is a must to try  for the future, cheers for that Alan

soil tester

Posted: 18/12/2012 at 21:06

cheers chanel the one on net looks good

many thanks all

soil tester

Posted: 18/12/2012 at 17:39

HI chanel what i want is to know if anyone has advise of which to buy or not to buy and where did they get them many thanks

Alan

soil tester

Posted: 18/12/2012 at 15:53

Hi all,,,, has anyone got any advise for a first time buyer and user for a soil tester, new allotment this year,  raised new beds ,got new topsoil in and manured all of them about 2 monthes ago, its all sitting waiting for the new season to start

testing ,testing, many thanks

Alan

urban gardening and cat poop

Posted: 18/12/2012 at 15:43

Hi i was so glad to read this today as sometime ago i really said my piece on cat mess ,we have just purchased a house and have no pets,we have had to spend so far over £300 on chicken wire set in the hedge to stop them using our rear garden as there loo,it got out of hand and really upset my partner as the cats also killed lots of  slow worms we used to see daily,were hoping the hedge will grow and hide the new fence as its not great to look at,,We now have the cats using our front garden just the same but i cant fence it off as its not feasible,4 lots yesterday and one more this morning and counting,can anybody tell me why these cat owners who sometimes have 3 or more are not held responsible and made to keep there pests on there own property, instead the majority only see there cats when they let them out and then at the end of the day when they return for food,, these people are my neighbors also and  its time something was done ,all other pets have to be kept under control,  iv spent fortunes on cat deterrents and they don't work for long  i would really like to know the legality of this nation wide problem  cat owners really do need to get it sorted and half of them don't give a monkies AND its never their cats its somebody else's  so Jance weve got the same probs i could list the things that dont work  but its too long

Alan  

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might be usefull for slugs

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update on Jeyes Fluid and cat probs

update on Jeyes Fluid /cats 
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just reporting

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baby corn

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no history at all now

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nettles please

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what do u think this might be

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