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Garden sheds - pesticides of the past

By James Alexander-Sinclair on 08/04/2008 11:18:00

for garden use in the 1970s. Liquid nicotine is extremely dangerous to all living creatures and was used widely as an insecticide for many, many years. It was either mixed with water as a spray or else vaporised in lamps - in which case the gardener lit


To spray, or not to spray?

By James Alexander-Sinclair on 28/09/2009 11:40:56

To spray, or not to spray? That is indeed the question.A couple of decades ago it was not really a question worth asking: pretty much every gardener killed stuff indiscriminately. Aphids? Aaarghh ... squirt. Mildew? Gothcha … squirt. Worm casts


2011 in the garden

By James Alexander-Sinclair on 01/01/2011 06:25:58

January already: Christmas neatly tucked away and another year of fabulous gardening stretching away ahead of us. The beginning of the year is the time for fresh starts and change but, rather than pestering you with annoying resolutions which few


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