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Talkback: Garden birds, squirrels and fruit crops

, parsley and basil growing on windowsills all the year. I also pack surplus herbs into ice-cube partitions, cover with water and freeze. Thyme, marjoram,sage and mint, I tie in bunches, tie up a south facing drainpipe and leave till quite dry by judith

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16/05/2012 22:28:04

by Ken 2

Talkback: Sunflowers and hoverflies

My only sunflower is self sown from the bird feeder above and is growing horizontally. If I was more clever i would show you a picture but I haven't worked out how to yet! My one and only sunflower has finished flowering and is now making seed by Mo

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28/11/2011 18:44:01

by mooncarrot

give and you will receive

and two veg and said she'd like a herb pot, did parsley, sage and basil with a sperate mint pot and a bunch of cut flowers. Dressed up with a ribbon round the pot and a little card would make a lovely gift. Well you are lucky to have family and friends who by Iwant a biggergarden

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11/06/2012 16:55:50

by sotongeoff

Talkback: Dealing with lily beetle

of garlic infusion seems to flummox them (as does leaving crushed mint leaves and lavender in the pots later in the summer). Once the flowers are open though it's squishing 'em that seems the only remedy. I am a little worried by the amount of satisfaction by Tim Burr

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24/07/2012 14:42:05

by jenny wren

Cats!!!

was cheap wooden skewers for cooking I broke them in half so they had nice splintered tips and put them in the ground as spikes. I put them through my cat mint which was permanently flattened.I had to use them round my veg in my raised beds too. Cats love by Bee friendly

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11/07/2012 08:22:35

by weejenny

more coming soon

of youth. Oh, and having a regularly-flooded front garden. I'm a grumpy old gran'fer, wedded to my wife and the 'lotty. I have a passion for compost, and all veggies, wildlife and pond life. We have 8 fat frogs in our makeshift pond, nice mint growing by weejenny

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28/06/2012 22:29:04

by weejenny

plant support for crocosmia lucifer

hanging baskets over them before they have sprouted too much and they will grow through. My friend gave me this tip for cat mint to stop cats flattening it. If you have any of the old wire coat hangers, you can bend these to make your own wire hoops by suze2902

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01/05/2012 09:27:04

by suze2902

Gardening as part of the National Curriculum

socks) could be taught through gardening/growing. However, like music, modern languages and several other subjects, to impose it would mean it may be taught inadequately by people who don't really know much about it and don't particularly want to by quercus_rubur

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29/04/2013 22:21:06

by FloBear

companions

I have been asked to do a workshop on companion planting for veg at my garden pproject can anyone help as i feel i have limited knowledge HELP Thanks Tricia Hi Tricia - can't you rope in someone to help who knows more? I'll start off with growing by tricia snedden

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31/12/2012 16:14:08

by artjak

Talkback: Agapanthus

they will be interesting in the long run.Do you know if agapanthus come true from saved seed or will I have a surprise when they flower. You may well have a surprise, especially if you are growing several different varieties and there is an opportunity for them to cross by dotsthots

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12/03/2012 19:26:56

by Maximus2

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