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Talkback: Carrot crisis

and snails. Its improved germination no end! It's also possible to grow carrots (particularly the shorter & stubbier varieties) in pointed wicker hanging baskets. This gives them depth to grow, more than adequate drainage, and also helps keep them away from by Lorna

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08/06/2012 13:47:18

by Excitable Boy

Talkback: Organic pest control

mainly free of maggots. I feed the blue tits and other birds throughout the year with sunflower kernels which they carry up into the apple tree above to feast on this delicacy and can only assume that they dealt with the little bug...s for me! I will put by margaretm

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28/11/2011 18:29:59

by Laura Harman

Talkback: Long-tailed tits

. This year they are to be seen regularly eating form the peanut feeder usually in pairs. We live in Surrey and have acid soil with pines growing. There have always been flocks of twittering Long Tailed Tits. They are my favourite member of the tit family by Radarsmum67

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28/11/2011 18:38:19

by Lesley

Why the Gap?

it disconcerting it does seem odd in these days of technological wizardry. MD did say in his newspaper column this week that it was still ok to sow sunflower seeds so maybe there is a time warp in Herefordshire. Having seen it from the sharp end I do know by Lowenna

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14/07/2012 18:07:01

by Phytographer

What annuals can I sow for summer colour?

.com/flowers/flower-seeds/cosmos-seeds/cosmos-sulphureus-polidor/3474TM and I will have one very large pot with mexican sunflowers in it, bees adore these but they can take over in my small garden so they stay in pots...I usually grow 'torch' but this year I'm going to try 'fiesta del sol' http by Ryan Lloyd

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29/03/2013 11:06:45

by Verdun

FORKERS Sheds

labelled containers. As it's one side of the patio, it's painted to look kinder on the eye and has flowering, pots in front with trellis on the side. Last year sunflowers were grown up the trellis and morning glory in the pots. Not sure what to grow by Brumbull

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03/04/2013 10:02:33

by Brumbull

Talkback: Dividing perennials

of Aquilegia's. Do I divide them while growing or in the winter? When is the best time to divide phlox. I have two or three huge mounds which look great now - can I split them now or should I wait? Reply to Boabd: I've always found Aquilegia (columbine by Adam Pasco

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28/11/2011 18:43:32

by airyfairy

Invasion of the slippery slugs

/cider traps, salt, bran etc. But ... I have read a few articles recently about homemade garlic sprays for leaves which protect them from slugs/snails - I do intend trying this out as I've found that growing garlic around roses for the past 2 years seems by susan howard2

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01/07/2012 23:34:23

by Leggi

Why did you all start gardening?

helped my dad with the weeding and hoeing. Then when l was five l was given my own small patch next to the greenhouse where l would grow radishes,lettuce,a few peas l would always eat raw,candytuff flowers l would grow for the faeries to pick! My jobs by Busy-Lizzie

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01/01/2013 23:35:50

by Busy-Lizzie

Talkback: The gardening bug

to the task itself, even if there may be in the planning and designing."Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2007567/Anne-Wareham-Confessions-grumpy-gardener.XXXXXXX Living in a room in a tenement building meant no access to growing things till by Lainey

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28/11/2011 18:43:50

by green fingers

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