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Sentimental Tool

Not a thread about me (!), but about about any tools (or other things in the garden you have) that have sentimental value. Before we got married in the early 90's, my great-aunt decided that she couldn't look after her cottage and garden anymore by Wodufin

18/05/2013 22:11:28

by GillyL

Rubbish/recycling

(2) have to pay for 2 nd ..all garden stuff. Recycle day of tins/cans /bottles (don't use recycle box as never got one and they don't take plastic or cardboard...collect own in utility in crates and take locally . I have no rubbish collection, it by Bunny..in..spring..

24/03/2013 01:38:38

by blackest

what you find when out walking

. Hi flowering rose, I don't do a lot of walking but when ever I do I always see something interesting and different and not expected. I found a toddler once at the edge of a country lane ,He let me pick him up and I went to the first cottage some by flowering rose

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09/01/2013 20:57:32

by Sam Glendinning

When is gardeners world back on the TV??

Life in a Cottage Garden before enjoyed it so will watch it again. Gardeners World does feel like a long time away, but will be watching the A to Z of gardening programmes - 25 weeks thats good- I like the first one, that is the right time to put by moolala

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10/01/2013 09:00:47

by Girasole

Watterlogged soil, everything rotting

limitation. Lawns are another matter!! Total bog ! Will have to be dealt with in spring when things are eventually drier (I hope!!) Good luck ! Thanks for the suggestions. It's not a big space and I like to grow mostly veg, herbs, cottage garden flowers by blueberry77

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01/01/2013 09:55:39

by blueberry77

Talkback: Alpine strawberries

from the weather forecast, alpine strawberries might be the only fruits worth growing. Shame there are no alpine tomatoes. In my former, old established, cottage garden, I had wild strawbs everywhere. Although many were only pea-sized, they had a by happymarion

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28/11/2011 18:40:46

by Tengis19

Rust

they looked pretty miserable! Such a shame as I love them, especially as my garden is very much 'cottage' style. I might give them another try, but in pots, next year, to keep them away from the soil. Has anyone tried growing them in pots? They'd have by sterelitza

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20/06/2012 20:26:15

by Hollie- Hock

Roses on my driveway

or perhaps use other varieties too? My personal feeling is to stick to one variety, to make it more integrated and 'designed' rather than a cottage garden feel, but I'd welcome other people's thoughts & ideas. I will need quite a few roses to make a border by ChapelGirl2

09/08/2012 22:05:52

by Paul N

Talkback: How to practise crop rotation

of plant nutrients, beans love fertile ground, that is why cottage gardeners have made bean trenches for centuries. It's true that beans fix nitrogen into the soil but they still need other nutrition. There are fewer and fewer chemicals available by knittynana

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16/02/2012 16:15:58

by Emma Crawforth

Talkback: In praise of woodlice

How do I ensure that my cuttings from roses will live to grow in these cold temperatures. Do I keep them in grit, sand, compost and lime? in the garden or in a suitable pot? Cant share the enthusiasm for woodlice, but I think of the Sal by Dre

28/11/2011 18:37:35

by susy

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