Moonlit Hare

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Snails

Posted: 15/05/2012 at 17:13

Beer traps seemed to work for my grandad, some people poopoo them but they dont cost a lot and they are easy to keep on top of.

Dig in an old marg tub or jam jar and fill up about a third of the way up with the cheapest beer you can find.. We found bitter from the slop trays at the loacl pub where best, they where chucking it down the sink at the end of the night so we just used to ask them to save it for us in a tub. It didn't matter about it being sat around all day because the slugs and snails seemed to like it more.

The other thing he used was cut oranges, they would collect on the flesh side and eat the orange and then he'd just kill them off. but it was easier that going around the garden with a torch looking for them. If I remember rightly they would hide under the skins during the day if you left them flat side down.

Fruit & Veg Beginner

Posted: 15/05/2012 at 16:54

Hi Wes,

I've been reading square foot gardening, in principle it makes quite a bit of sense. Might be worth picking up a copy at the library, I picked mine up off amazon for just short of a fiver.

It goes into the way you can interplant so stick in your raddish which shoot up quick while you're waiting for the spuds to come up! It also covers growing what you need instead of a whole pack of seeds and then thinning

I don't think I'll adopt all the advice but some of it seems sound and makes sense, might be worth a bed time read?

The only other thing is the guy who wrote it is based in the US so some of the plants might not be suitable.... worth a read to see what you think if nothing else!

Leatherjackets

Posted: 15/05/2012 at 16:40

The Starlings are making short work of ours!

Hedgehogs

Posted: 15/05/2012 at 16:25

are they ok pinching the peanuts left out for the birds? Ours seems to have developed quite a taste for them

Jelly

Posted: 15/05/2012 at 16:05

you don't live near the sea do you?

The much beloved brings me seaweed sometimes from his fishing trips to put on the soil. I was wondering if you might have birds collectiong seaweed and stashing it in your garden... or it might even be weed from a pond nearby, from the photos it does look a bit weedy

Broadcasting poppy seeds into the border

Posted: 14/05/2012 at 16:31

I tried planting in cells with a light covering of soils so I know what they where when they where coming through. (I got a new garden in April and I'm still not sure whats going to apper!)

Nothing came up, so I don't know if it helps a little or not but personally I'm going to rule out this method!

recycle

Posted: 14/05/2012 at 11:33

Planter? I suppose it will depend on where the leak is and how big it is, If the butt is too tall you can always cut it down or leave it and grow some spuds?

Seeds as wedding favours

Posted: 03/05/2012 at 08:11

I used to work in a hotel and did a wedding once where all the ladies got lavender plants they where only a couple of inches tall and in pretty little pots painted to match the bridesmaids with ribbon around them. It looked beautiful. X

Very sick fuscia

Posted: 03/05/2012 at 08:01

My grandad always said if in doubt hack it back. Might seem drastic but if you get new growth through its what it needed. If they still die off your no worse off. You do have to be quite brave and brutal, he used to laugh at how delicate I was being and then go back when I wasn't looking and take it right back to a couple of inches! Lol

Recommend me a plant

Posted: 03/05/2012 at 07:56

I'm with Kate its lavenders every time for me. Or a rosemary bush... Not very original but I love walking past them on a warm summers evening and they seem to survive most weather. Fantastic value, even though they are a brucy bonus!

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