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Talkback: Birds, wasps and fruit
may keep the squirrels off the cobnuts for long enough to let me harvest them. Over the last two weeks I have been watching goldfinches picking the seeds out of the heads of my lavender flowers, and the pleasure of watching them outweighed the need by jollysue
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28/11/2011 18:41:10
by Adam Pasco
Talkback: Tomato and potato blight
this summer. We've had problems with blight in our part of Gloucestershire for the past few years. However after the very hard winter I had a hunch it would be worth giving a main crop of spuds a go and I've just harvested the most fantastic crop of King by WarwickshireDrooper
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28/11/2011 18:41:18
by Pippa
Talkback: Tidying your garden in autumn
! Our wildlife is extraordinary and beautiful and we are so lucky as gardeners to be close to it.This year a have seen numerous frogs, the occasional toad, a dozen busy hedghogs and much more. But special - whilst harvesting onions I found a hawkmoth by petethegardener
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28/11/2011 18:41:26
by elle m
Talkback: Winter Wonderland
inspection nothing looks too bad. Most of my plants survived last winter, and I'm hoping they'll prove to be as tough this year. And one good thing about the freezing temps - my parnips were absolutely delish. Tho the only way I was able to harvest them by Adam Pasco
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28/11/2011 18:42:46
by Thomasina18
Talkback: Sowing seeds
... They quickly catch up and excel earlier sown plants if you do them right later on.... remember we had frosts in to May last year..... sowing now, I would expect to harvest then in good conditions! Just look at Thanet Earth, and how they grow food there by Gardening Express
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23/02/2012 13:26:10
by The Saint
Talkback: Grow Yourself Healthy: July
and potatoes ready to harvest before the blight. I too have noticed a massive yield of blackberries to go with the gigantic yield of apples. I made a huge pot of soup all from produce from the garden today - quite yummy. Sugar peas are great, not just by Greenwatch
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28/11/2011 18:43:53
by John from London
Talkback: Garden birds, squirrels and fruit crops
the leaves of the tree and they are as soft and delicious as apricots. They also yield a great harvest so. all in all, one to be recommended as a boost to one's confidence. As I also came back with a huge bunch of flowers for the house the shops by judith
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16/05/2012 22:28:04
by Ken 2
Talkback: Ornamental veg
edible with herbs and mini trailing tomatoes? In one of my "Wow" factor talks I show a slide of red banana shallots ready to be harvested. They look wonderful, an all-gleaming red bunch with green stems, and bring a gasp of admiration. One year I by abbed
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28/11/2011 18:44:00
by simondragon
Talkback: Growing fragrant sweet peas
have just harvested the ordinary Garlic and thats fine. Why won't these Elephant Garlic grow. MY favourite variety is "jet set" a sweet pea which only grows to 5 feet and produces masses of colourful and scented blooms from as early as may through by chrisco
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28/11/2011 18:44:04
by meiow
Talkback: Collecting and saving seeds
?http://www.mandysutter.com/reluctant-gardener-day-390-harvest/ Is it ok to sow Perennial seeds indoors now to give them a head strt for spring ?Im very new to gardening and have taken to it with a passion,ive read the packets of seeds and most say to sow from march etc,i just thought by giving them a by Mark
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28/11/2011 18:44:12
by gardening granny