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the lamp and got the hell out of the greenhouse as quickly as possible. Everything left in the place - aphids, lacewings, ladybirds and, probably, rats - was toast.I also found a box of arsenate of lead. This is another ancient insecticide that you

These cold, dark winter evenings are costing me a small fortune. Not in heating costs for my greenhouse, or for electricity to light up the front of the house with decorations bright enough to be seen from the International Space Station.No, it

It's that time of year again when sitting on the sofa with a cup of tea and a seed catalogue is much more inviting than going outside and cleaning the greenhouse, raking up leaves or - as I found last Sunday - removing diseased, mummified plums from

. Every one is different and unique in some way (although not all of them are worth growing).There are bushy, spreading varieties that are great for pots, baskets and borders, and upright ones for training as cordons. These can be grown in the greenhouse

and planting.I've already fished out my seed tin, and have various piles of seeds to sow in month order in the front room. I can’t wait for that steamy, greenhouse scent that will permeate the flat once seed sowing is fully underway. The front room

of clustering together in large groups, sometimes in huge knots, in lofts, lean-tos, greenhouses or elsewhere indoors, usually close up against a window frame. Here they remain until driven out again by the new March sunshine. And here they are

Totting up the value of everything in my garden shed this week, I was amazed at how much it came to. There are the big items like a mower, shredder and pressure washer, then all the smaller things from forks and spades to secateurs, greenhouse

by The Eden Project Places of Change Garden. It was full of recycled materials, such as washing machine parts and scrap wood, and there was even a greenhouse made entirely of used plastic bottles. I'm not sure I'd want them all in my garden though, especially

me a good hour a day watering my patio pots, baskets, outdoor tomatoes and greenhouse, but the rest of the garden has to fend for itself.The consequences of this are that coping with the weather, whatever it delivers (or doesn't), are what gardening

can't bring your wormery indoors (a shed or greenhouse will do), wrap it up with bubble wrap or other suitable material. I'll be doing my best to insulate my compost bin this weekend - at the very least I'll put the lid back on properly. But I fear