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Not GWM getting advertised discount @ Crocus

it excludes - compost;cut flowers;gift vouchers; machinery and delivery it does NOT mention plants ? try the contact number I ordered plants yesterday - and got the 20% discount. You have to go through the link they give you in the magazine - and I think it by blairs

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24/03/2013 13:30:54

by Rosa carriola

Lawn levelling

and keep you fit I use a plank attached to a wide rake. I'm a bit fussy about my lawn.....I top dress regularly.How about making one? A triangle of wood attached to a handle.Or just using the back of a normal garden rake to brush in the compost by Anthony Marcella

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29/03/2013 19:37:31

by Lyn

Woodlice

I grow carrots in soil + compost in stacked tyres to prevent damage from carrot fly which works well, but increasingly I'm finding the soil the soil riddled with woodlice and they seem to be damaging the carrots towards the end of their growing by wightgardener

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31/03/2013 22:40:41

by Easter Bunny...

High water table: dwarf fruit trees in raised beds?

as suggested by my supplier. As you can see, dwarf fruit trees need to be planted quite deep, so it depends on how deep your raised bed will be. I would recommend you plant them in a pot, in a mixture of compost and garden soil, that way you could move them by Whiteflowers

02/04/2013 11:48:22

by blackest

When to prune Arabis alpina "snowcap"

to prune it and now it's flowering near the compost and at the end but there is a big brown patch in the middle. When it's finished flowering I shall cut off all the overhanging bit. I prune all Arabs hard after flowering. It makes them compact by hollie hock

02/04/2013 09:13:36

by Verdun

All you experts I need help - germination techniques

and they are all up. Took about 10 days. Im not sure about the rest, sorry Hi Red, I have had success in the past with echinacea, verbena and scabious - sowed them on the surface of seed compost, covered with thin layer compost, put lid on propagator and given by * Red Dahlia *

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09/04/2013 00:25:12

by * Red Dahlia *

New bed is on a layer of paving about 12-18 inches deep -help!

, not downwards. You could try raising the level by adding compost, topsoil and manure, it will all help make your soil more productive. Hi TDM if your in the rear garden you could simply build raised beds,at our allotment we have only 12" of soil so we all raise by tdm

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13/04/2013 17:18:17

by Verdun

Can daffodils drown?

and compost to keep the bulbs well drained. Part of the leaves only will be the poor light - they will be several weeks behind those in full sun, so there is hope. Not convinced they will do well in heavy soil that floods and in north facing situ long term by Erica68

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17/04/2013 21:25:00

by blairs

For whom do we garden .............

, all the bright golden petals. Then came the squirrels, who dug up the now denuded bulbs, and ate those - I watched them holding them as a hamster does a peanut!! I am left with a pot of dull brown compost with a few root systems in it to support by Bookertoo

20/04/2013 19:00:34

by Busy-Lizzie

Runner bean quandry

the glass and the blotting paper. It will germinate and grow. It can be observed and drawn if the children are of a suitable age group. 3 Plant beans in pots - perhaps one per child - with compost and name label + spares so the children can grow them ready by Wendy15

22/04/2013 00:17:52

by Welshonion

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