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Talkback: Cherries, plums and gages
, Pippa, to get a decent crop. Oh to have trees laden with fruit! A great year for raspberries, blueberries and strawberries but any ideas greatly received on why my apple tree isn't flowering or fruiting? Perhaps I should swap it for a plumb tree? I by Hazel
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28/11/2011 18:44:01
by js36805
Talkback: Autumn heatwave
it and will establish well before the winter. Yes, blossom which is normal in the spring is bursting out all over again - strawberries, flowering shrubs and trees like philadelphus(mock orange), magnolias, even lilac has fresh flowers beside the withered spring blossom by Anonymous
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28/11/2011 18:44:16
by Denise Smith
Aldi garden stuff
looking plants So tempted to cheat and buy some aubergine and pepper plants. The one's I've sown are so slow and every so tiny.  o dear david k wat happened to green ffingers??? Hi Zoomer, I don't class it at cheating just adding to your stock. I do grow by nutcutlet
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30/03/2013 23:26:39
by * Red Dahlia *
Talkback: Damson trees
No 2) for plum jam with a twist of orange, cinnamon and a bit of stem ginger ... absolutely gorgeous. Planning to make these jars gifts for family and friends. I find it so satisfying being able to grow and eat your own. I was lucky enough to be given by Anne
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28/11/2011 18:39:34
by picklehead
Talkback: Growing veg in containers - garden pests
the Cabbage White butterflies off!Runner Beans, Broad Beans, Carrots, Parsnips, Raspberries and Strawberries are all doing well. My first batch of peas failed but not being one to give up and to learn from my mistakes the second batch is growing well. To make by Jane
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28/11/2011 18:43:46
by tillymint21
Gardens for Dogs
. Suzi just an idea, why dont you grow your strawberrys in a strawberry planter pot, and then keep it out of your dogs way. Im having to think about protection for my plants from chickens.. which is a little easier as I can use netting, although you may by Suzi
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08/08/2012 13:01:26
by FloBear
Talkback: Garden jobs for spring
!Sheila Averbuch -- Stopwatch Gardener Dear James, I have to finish applying wood preservative to my trellises before allowing anything to grow up them. I started the job last September and have done 2.5 trellises so far. I also have to fix a hole in my pond liner by JaneM
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28/11/2011 18:40:26
by Oohmyback
Talkback: Summer bedding plants
, detest bedding with a passion....mainly for the reason's you stated. I prefer to grow perennials from seed and watch them grown into strong mature plants over the years. I tend to fill up with cosmos and california poppies where possible, but inevitably by sarahs pondlife...
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28/11/2011 18:43:44
by 22bascote
Talkback: Snakes in the grass
himself beside the pond - there are now no frogs to eat the slugs and we have not seen the grass snake again either! We found a beautiful 20" long grass snake this week caught in a piece of plastic netting which was over our strawberries. A neighbour by D.Foster
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28/11/2011 18:38:57
by MikeyC
Talkback: Preparing for drought in the garden
be something entirely different! I have dug up the lawn in the back garden and I put in raised beds last year for Vegetables I also grow potatoes and strawberries in pods...they were the only plants I had to water a lot last year but they have old drink by happymarion
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14/03/2012 10:39:45
by Emma Crawforth