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Talkback: Digging and not digging

wide borders and most mulches are so expensive to buy! I need to do a sandy soil raised bed to grow pickling onions. I have clay!! What would I need to mix and how much to create sandy soil. Help! I am a beginner gardener and want to start growing by Gardening Green-horn

28/11/2011 18:30:54

by finnymagic

Talkback: To chop or not to chop?

. They keep producing flowers which I'm removing, and the leaves are beginning to get patches of mould, so I take off the worst of those. Haven't grown them before and don't know what to do next - they are mixed gourds. Yes, flumpf is a lovely descriptive by Lainey

28/11/2011 18:37:30

by James A-S

Talkback: Hens in the vegetable patch

of grubs and bugs. Lately they have made quite a mess on the borders and now that new growth is sprouting I have had to restrict them to and hour or two and only if I'm in the garden to keep an eye. They are very clever, they know that me digging means by hell

28/11/2011 18:37:49

by Adam

Talkback: Derelict gardens

French neighbours say. I' m all for wild / neglected gardens but when you see abandoned prams and assorted scrap metal mixed in then it' s not so good. Every autumn I usually do the annual tidy up and cutting back to make the garden neat and tidy by Allotment Robin

28/11/2011 18:41:33

by kaycurtis

Blue Lake Pencil Beans

to thwart them in their desire to grow upwards, I'm not sure you'd get much of a harvest. And if they were truly dwarf all along, all you'd have to do is to remove whatever structure you've erected. I could do, but as I mix my veg and ornamentals by Swedboy

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31/05/2012 20:09:34

by Shrinking Violet

Watterlogged soil, everything rotting

's had the deluge we have had this year could not with out major drainage cope.Plant pots are fine as long as they have the right mix of soil and grit as they become waterlogged too if they don't have the right drainage.If its not your garden you need by blueberry77

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01/01/2013 09:55:39

by blueberry77

Talkback: Plants for shade

I completely agree with the comments about Jack Frost. I myself planted one last year at the foot of my ancient apple tree. This year it is ten times the size and the flowers are just stunning. A real centre piece to the border which includes by Galic and Snails

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28/11/2011 18:31:25

by SuzyQ

Talkback: Sowing seeds indoors

that does demolition i just filled some old tiolet roll holders with a mix of compost and grow bag its brill because i dont have to take them out the pot because the cardboard will rot down i put brussels sprouts 2 weeks ago looking good This is my forst by northernwindowgardener

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28/11/2011 18:38:29

by Johnroberts

Talkback: Tulips

I too have had a disappointing tulip incident. The 300 'Queen of the Nights' I've been very excited about in a very large galvanised tub - have started to flower. They are in fact a nasty mix of all sorts of reds and oranges - not part by www.my-garden-school.com

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07/05/2012 20:31:07

by Pink Heather

Tonight's programme

euphorbias. Polychroma is positively glowing in my borders at present. I love primulas too and planted a whole load around my pond last year. I was interested to see how they sow the seeds at Harlow Carr, as I'd always tried using them fresh. (with mixed by diggingdoris

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29/04/2012 22:24:35

by Yvieh

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