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Talkback: Harvesting garlic
scatered the bulbils around the garden last Autumn with the intention of scaring off unwanted pests, but unfortunately this year I've pulled or hoed them out thinking they were pieces of weed/grass! Next time I'll plant them in a designated area by joey woosey
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28/11/2011 18:41:07
by the garlic guy
Talkback: Overwintering chillies
laden with unripe pods.I treat jalapenos as biennial and they do produce flowers and pods earlier than ones sown from seed.Aphids are a general pest when bringing plants indoors and should be treated as such. Hi Kate,We have a naga chilli sitting by Mandy
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15/05/2012 11:27:14
by LLamalashes
Sprout Protection
afford to buy as much as you can then it is worth it as all your hard work could simply go down the throat of some little pest.  It will last for years too.  I bought mine through a friend who got it from an agricultural outlet, but it is readily by Andrew Kenneth
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18/06/2012 20:48:25
by susan howard2
late start,more advice please!!
it will bulk out the top end of my garden and breathe some life into the ground for the autumn? firstly what will grow well in the shallow soil? i should have 4 maybe 5 beds cut out by the end of the week,what should i be looking to put in them to get started by geg jones
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07/03/2013 15:17:41
by Bookertoo
Talkback: Waiting for rain
, watering can all the way. At least the wind seems to have dropped which murdered some of my Irises We have had a nice bit of rain here in North Somerset (not too far away from Happymarion)The garden is certainly looking better for it already but alas we now by dinny
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28/11/2011 18:43:42
by katy english
Talkback: How to build a raised bed
scafolding planks, but need some one to install as I am not capable of doing it myself, but would be great. My soon be to veg beds are small, (two, each about a metre square)with a garden path down one side, also we are rubbish at any kind of DIY. I've seen by granny
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22/06/2012 23:04:15
by weejenny
Talkback: Squirrels
don't have the furry nuisances here in Guernsey. Enjoy your squirrels! i have the same problem with the squirrels. i spent two days digging up oak tree spalings. in the garden of the house we moved into in july. but there so much fun to watch what by Julie
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28/11/2011 18:30:07
by secretsquirrel
Talkback: Green manure
This year i am going to take on a member of the families garden who has recently past away would it harm if i did not use green manurs ? Hi Katei've just sown some field beans as a green manure, but when should i dig them in- should i let them by Kate Bradbury
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28/11/2011 18:41:24
by melanie
Talkback: Preparing gardens for spring
Great article. I am sure, mid-January, the thing that keeps us gardeners going is the thought of spring being not too far away so sharing what we are all doing to prepare can only help.In my garden, on the edge of a town in Hertfordshire, I am by Flowers
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28/11/2011 18:42:59
by back yard gardener
Talkback: Sparrowhawk overhead
I hate the damn things, nothing is keeping their numbers down. they are costantly in my garden. we have no pigions. so they pick off my song birds, i have very tame black birds & a couple of treasured thrush's. I am sick of finding feathers all over by Lone ranger
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28/11/2011 18:39:47
by airborneyellow