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Talkback: 'Grow Your Own' Week: Forest gardening

and the future of the whole grow your own thing. Lovely idea although I think we need the Forest Gardening Cookbook to really have this idea take off. I'm quite adept at a rhubarb crumble and raspberry jam, but have had little use so far in the kitchen for hosta by karenwilde

28/11/2011 18:40:36

by Gwen from Ely

front door shade

in white, bright and pale pink. Virginia Creeper or Boston Ivy are both climbers that grow in shade and have good autumn colour Other plants that are happy in shade are hostas, bergenia cordifolia (can be very bright pink flowers), lilly of the valley by Alan4711

30/10/2012 16:24:54

by Alan4711

shade loving ground cover

ferns are god in shade as are hostas which will give floiage colour and variegations and tall spikes of white, lilac or purple flowers. All will benefit from having plenty of good garden compost or well rotted manure worked into the soil before planting by Tigger Tom

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03/06/2012 09:35:56

by auntie betty

Talkback: The first bumblebee of the year

hi i have loads and loads of bumblebees out the front of my house for weeks.i was wondering where there nest was.they have been busy taking the pollen from the heather,crocuses i also have a very large wissteria in flower growing up the house by Dancer

28/11/2011 18:38:14

by bufftail

What's loving all this rain?

trap and the others growing well . I'm bringing them in at night cos I don't trust the slugs - they seem to be eating everything . Like everyone else though the garden in general is suffering a serious lack of sun. Still no flowers on the sweetpeas by Leggi

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18/07/2012 16:57:33

by Sparklepinksunflower

Good Morning - 21 March

weatehr I usually use it to grow a few potatoes but it'll drain too fast now. Bummer. Rosa - cleaning for me too before I get out there. Just learne dthat chappy is coming round this pm to sign the contracts for our damp proofing and the floor is covered by obelixx

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21/03/2013 22:01:28

by Bunny..in..spring..

What's it like in your garden?

. The cotoneasterwas in full flower by 9th May last year but this year it is nowhere near flowering. This will be the third year I have kept visual records of my borders to capture the beauty of the plants I choose to grow and also to help me make by Wintersong

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05/05/2012 23:16:58

by Alina W

Talkback: Top 10 plants for a dream garden

Downie, the blackbids leave the fruit on the tree until the ground freezes, this is obviously their emergency reserve, I grow a lot of different lavenders from seed, other bird/insect magnets are oregano, rosemary and ecchium blue bedder,all have a by determinedpeterplant

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07/03/2013 18:35:13

by SwissSue

Waterlogged area

have to be careful about willow roots getting into pipes. I bought mine from World of Willow. I was hoping to plant some veg in it but thought about rhubarb Try some celeriac - they love water and taste good too. I gave up growing them when my water by BensGrandad

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26/05/2012 09:42:41

by Robot

Hosta or Weed?

Hi, sorry newbie gardener and not sure if this is a hosta or whether it is a weed as it seems to be overtaking the garden and I have quite a few of them spread around now. Any help qppreciated. Foxglove-will be in flower soon. Was there a prize? Wow by Claire8

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04/05/2012 11:18:24

by figrat

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