happymarion

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Talkback: Emptying the compost bin

Posted: 21/04/2012 at 18:17

My compost Dalek bins had to be moved when my new design raised bed veg. garden was built. I left everything in a heap and made sure there was shelter for anything that wanted it and the workmen built the beds round the heaps. When I spread the contents in the beds there was no sign of my very long slow worms but now the repositioned bins are half full the slow worms have taken up residence again.

What are these?

Posted: 15/04/2012 at 16:26

Here is a picture of my freesia bulbs. They are about an inch long. How big are the mystery bulbs?

What are these?

Posted: 15/04/2012 at 16:17

Could they be some kind of lily as they do not seem to have any protective coat?

What are these?

Posted: 15/04/2012 at 16:06

Not loke the freesia bulbs I have which are slim and pointed with smooth silky ousides and golden! But I do have a good bulb book so will go and do some research as I have worked too hard in the garden today.

dirty nails

Posted: 15/04/2012 at 09:03

Copy the professionals for jobs which need finesse - invest in a big box of surgical gloves in your size. They are very cheap and you do not even notice you are wearing them once you start pricking out or weeding cactus plants, whatever. Do not disrespect the power of plants to wound or infect. They have evolved defences over millions of years to defeat predators and we are only novices in fighting them. I am not being overfussy as I have seen some of the tragedies caused by careless gardening.

dirty nails

Posted: 14/04/2012 at 08:36

Much better to have two kinds of gardening gloves - one for the tough jobs like pruning roses and the other, close fitting pair for fiddly jobs like pricking out seedlings. No lady likes to have rough or dirty hands and no one should ill treat their skin by exposing it to potential irritants. If you must garden gloveless there are good barrier creams you can smother your hands in. When I see Monty Don's dirty hands on .GW I breathe a prayer he has barrier cream on. Carole's hands always look newly washed or she is wearing gloves and Rachel I am sure would not spoil her image by exposing her hands to scratches, rashes or bacteria,

Talkback: Dung-flies and rat-tailed maggots

Posted: 13/04/2012 at 15:46

Good idea, Kate. My nettle patches are growing strongly now so i should be able to harvest some and leave the rest for the caterpillars till I cut them in June. I saw my first Speckled wood butterfly this morning - near my potting shed which is the back half of the garage. It must have overwintered there and I leave the door open during the day while I am home now so that the ladybirds can come out and any overwintering butterflies.

sunset

Posted: 11/04/2012 at 21:22

s 8,05pm and I thought it must be time to finish work for the day in my garden when everything took on a reddish hue, One glance at the sky told me why. I rushed for my camera and took those shots before it rained.

Pound shop plants- any success stories?

Posted: 11/04/2012 at 15:45

Roie plum is right, Eve. You can prune most shrubs back hard, wait a tear and then it will be refreshed and give you glorious blossom.

Unknown Weed

Posted: 11/04/2012 at 11:43

Oh, Andrew, enjoy your celandines. they do very little harm, are beautiful in flower, and disappear very quickly. Just pull them out where youwant another spring flower to grow. i am sure they do more good than harm by feeding insects early nectar and being the harbinger of spring according to Shakespeare.

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Discussions started by happymarion

Painting what you've grown

Letting other people see what can be done to immortalise your plants.

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Last Post: 16/06/2013 at 17:10

Summer has arrived

Let's share the lovely flowers and veg. in our gardens this summer.

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picture difficulties

SOS

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Talkback: Gardening in Russia

Awww, it was the same for my sister gardening in Edmonton in Canada, James. It was amazing how much they could grow in their very short thr...

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Last Post: 08/05/2013 at 03:49

Spring sweethearts

The sun shone brightly enough for my tulips to open up,something that thrills me every spring.

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Last Post: 31/05/2013 at 23:16

Spring Spectacular

The Garden Sculpture Exhibition at the Bristol Botanic Garden

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Last Post: 02/04/2013 at 13:33

Talkback: House sparrows

In the eighties I used to stop counting at 20 when the sparrows descended on my garden. The wild patch og groud at the back of my garden wa...

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Last Post: 03/04/2013 at 19:50

Gardeners World new season

How was it for you

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Last Post: 20/03/2013 at 20:55

Talkback: Blind daffodils

You would not think from seeing the wonderful display our hellebores are putting on in the Bristol Botanic Garden that they once had the dre...

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Last Post: 30/04/2013 at 22:51

Talkback: Good things about February

Oh, and Iris unguilaris is at its height though it can flower for ten months of the year. Pancake day has just been and I made 32 of them. ...

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Last Post: 21/02/2013 at 14:48

Talkback: Waiting for the snow to thaw

Ah. James. I already have a duck pond at the kitchen door and loads of birdseed and crumbled fat balls on the paths. lots of eucalyptus bar...

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Last Post: 08/03/2013 at 14:45

Talkback: Learning from 2012

I have vowed only to grow early potatoes anf harvest them before the dreaded blight, and only Gardeners; Delight or similar tomatoes and yel...

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Last Post: 31/01/2013 at 09:47

Winter wonders

What is beautiful in the winter garden

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Last Post: 26/03/2013 at 18:37

Talkback: 2013 in the garden

Happy New Year to you too, James and my resolution is the same as it has been for as many years as I can remember for just that - to make it...

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Last Post: 28/02/2013 at 20:44

Talkback: Winkworth Arboretum

So with you there, Pippa, as long as it is not too cold. Stretching my legs at the Brisol Bot. Garden on Thursday in between cleaning seed ...

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Last Post: 15/12/2012 at 17:11

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