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Seeds as wedding favours
like a lovely idea but in reality, gardeners want to grow specific plants and seeds are hard work for non gardeners. Christine2 wrote (see) My daughter is getting married in July this year and would like to give seeds to guests.  What seeds would by Christine2
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27/05/2012 13:46:57
by sotongeoff
Talkback: Growing fragrant sweet peas
I am growing them for the forst time this year. A friend gave me a perennial variety which I have put in a pot. They have germinated but took a long time and I'm not expecting any flowers now this year.I think as you say water was lacking and I by chrisco
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28/11/2011 18:44:04
by meiow
Talkback: How to sow seeds indoors
.This seems to have worked a treat in previous years. I have an unheated propagator which I keep in the Greenhouse, when seeds have germinated I just put them on the staging until they are big enough to either pot on or put out. This is my first time growing by dereck
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03/05/2012 21:05:51
by Tracie Watson
Talkback: Why are the birds ignoring their food?
and knocking his block off, big bully. We always have a good selection of birds feeding and we use sunflower hearts in two feeders on an apple tree. We have hedges each side but the birds just fly straight into the apple tree. We have tried other feeds by Boabd
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28/11/2011 18:41:35
by Emily
Talkback: Sowing broad beans
as he was to old/sick to do it on his own, he has broad beans, he topped the flowers at a certain point to stopblack fly, it seems allour plotters do.I'm going for the mix grow,putting corn and sunflowers next to them, should help each of the other by BillinghamPlottter
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28/11/2011 18:30:55
by Jesspurrr
Talkback: How wildlife friendly is your garden?
Novice - happymarion's advice is always spot on. There should be no need to supplement birds' food if you grow enough berrying and seed-bearing plants for them. Grow plants like verbena bonariensis, agastache, teasels, sunflowers, cornflowers, honeysuckle, holly by Dilek
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12/03/2012 10:21:05
by Wynn
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
Talkback: Sparrows in the garden
as the birds do a really good job. As for sparrows there are lots and spend a lot of time in the hedge and on the feeders a neighbour has Sparrows nesting in the ivy which grows against their house. Been in the garden all day until a good downpour stopped me by john
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15/02/2012 19:00:28
by manchesterbird
Talkback: Not another courgette!
highly recommend growing courgettes to anyone who is new to growing veg! As a very much newbie gardener I am finally seeing the fruits of my labour, and I cannot believe just how much I have grown! I highly recommend growing courgettes to anyone who by Ruffy
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28/11/2011 18:29:50
by Dee
Talkback: Bamboo
bamboo used as scaffolding in various parts of China, but then they don't have the health and safety rules we have here lol! I have a bamboo grove which i find very useful when I thin out. It provides me with beansticks (this year sunflowers stakes by jude
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28/11/2011 18:43:21
by Jake