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in the south-west. As well as feeding my young family out of our back garden, I squeeze in as many flowers as I can manage. This year I’m itching to sow the mouth-watering selection of flowers, veg, herbs and salads on offer through the Seed Club. The moment

of plants in a small heated propagator.Sow seed sparingly over several pots rather than put too many in one. Seed quantities can vary from one packet to another, and one pack may contain too many for a single pot.Water seedlings regularly in order to avoid

actually), which presumably climbed back into the water after a dry, under-log hibernation, during that brief sunny spell at the beginning of the month.The seasonal cycling of weather, day length, and temperature, may seem pretty extreme to modern humans

of the brassica family, which is apparent in the flowers. It grows best near water, hence its presence by my ditch.As folklore has it, this plant is sacred to the fairies and is therefore unlucky if brought indoors. I have no idea what terrible revenge the fairies

, you could sow in a small pot or tray.Sow one to three seeds per module, checking the seed packet for sowing depth. Moisten your fingers, to help pick up individual seeds.Cover the seeds with vermiculite or seed compost, label the tray, then water well

Bowl of waterDifferently-coloured woolsBlack plastic penHalf-sized seed trayLoam-based seed compostHorticultural gritPlant labels and notebookOne-litre potsFebruary-March, May, October-Novembera few hours, over the course of a yearIn February or March select

CementPlastic sheetSandTrowelTwo cardbaord boxesWire meshWooden dowelspring to autumna couple of hours, then two days to let the concrete setMix together two parts sieved coir fibre, one part cement and one part sharp sand. Pour water into a well in the centre and mix

it facing upwards. Cover with compost. Position somewhere cold and dark and check regularly for watering and pests. Once leaves appear in 10-12 weeks, bring the bulbs into the house.AdamTry forcing other spring bulbs, such as Narcissus 'Hugh Town', 'Itzim

the cooking tray as a guide. Keep as many bricks whole as possible to reduce the need to cut the bricks.Mix five parts sand to one part cement, adding enough water to get a stiff consistency. Check the level of the site before spreading the first layer

the bush you are clipping with water as that stops the sap sticking to the clipper blades (which blunts them) and secondly to keep taking a step back to make sure that you are cutting the right lines. There is also a project on this very website about hedge