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Talkback: Dogs in the garden
eith wood pigeon and jackdaws.Chili my little 2 year old westie is a keen gardener but tries to eat the produce before it gets to the dinner table; she loves the potatos and strawberries but my tomato plants I have had to put a makeshift cage around by Chilipops
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28/11/2011 18:38:56
by Iulian Caini Haiosi
Talkback: Overwintering chillies
the hanging chillies away to visitors. All the tops of my potatoes have suddenly wilted and died. Any comment on what could have caused this and what I should do next? Isn't that great that the chillies kept going, got to say I kave only just got the flowers by jk
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28/11/2011 18:39:37
by JamoPepper
Talkback: Planting garlic
> The broad beans produced outer shells only. Potatoes did'nt crop well.The tomatoes got blight.Disappointed, I have grown veg for years in my back Garden. I have just planted some Albigensian garlic bulbs to overwinter in my raised beds and so am delighted by Moss Rose
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28/11/2011 18:39:44
by the garlic guy
Talkback: Wormery composters
, so don't know how much they would cost, or how many would be needed.Anyway, the worms used by anglers are exactly the same worms that we use for composting.Provided you can supply regular kitchen waste like potato and carrot peelings, banana skins by Neil
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28/11/2011 18:40:01
by composter
Talkback: Vine weevil control
nursery or gift plants from friends so now all are washed of their compost and transferred to scrupulously clean pots with new compost - cheaper in the end than taking short-cuts. The old compost is consigned to the compost heap which earths up potatoes by Joss
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18/02/2012 13:47:45
by cghosthuh
Talkback: Making plant pots from old newspaper
for potatoes. Just look at what is around and use your imagination. There are free newspapers on the buses, good to catch up on the news and great for paper pots, Adam, but from the amount of pots people give me when they are tidying up ready to buy more by TheRedFeathers
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28/11/2011 18:43:18
by Bob
Talkback: A dry spring
had a shower in Bristol through the night. Not enough to give me some water in my butts but enough to freshen everything up. The potatoes,leeks and broad beans look inches taller. Must have been your rain prayer, Kate. Keep praying. My goodness by wetty...
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28/11/2011 18:43:33
by happymarion
Talkback: Growing giant sunflowers - planting out
leaves and lettuces..courgettes to be planted out today and the potatoes and onions are looking good! Our garden did not suffer too much from those awful winds but delphiniums copped it a bit; still if you leave them they sort of right themselves by old chippy
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28/11/2011 18:43:41
by mooncarrot
colour in a shady garden??
) and ontainer potatoes- we also have a slug problem... thanks for any advice you can give -kat. p.s. my mum is allergic to lavender There is a website called Plants for Shade which might be helpful.  I have a similar situation to yours and what I have done by one girl and her dog(s)
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01/07/2012 05:56:38
by auntie betty
New to gardening-need help!
large pot! and potatoes too, but I found these took up far too much space. I have an allotment for these, which sadly has been turned into a lake with all the rain we've had, and the weeds and slugs love it!   I noticed in this weeks What to do now by fabulousemmalina
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14/07/2012 10:20:55
by figrat