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at the closed end and make a bubble wrap tent and a curtain across. With some temporary shelving your plants are safe at half the cost.Now I use a cable heated sand box with a thermostat and just cover that to the roof with bubble wrap, heat rises so I have some by Goldtop

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12/09/2012 16:55:42

by figrat

sweet peas in toilet roll inners

Following an article I saw on Gardener's World, I planted sweet pea seeds in toilet roll inners last month. The seedlings are coming through okay but the toilet roll inners are becoming mouldy already. They are in an unheated greenhouse by Deb66

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15/11/2012 13:42:01

by Bjay

inches

said: "I have an announcement-the ceiling/roof saga is over" Dovefromabove responded: " Is that because it's caved in? " "" Absolutley brilliant...laughed aloud and still giggling thank you both...encore... ps.sorry it had to be a by redhawk4859

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24/03/2013 17:52:41

by Lyn

Best and worst

- collecting veg I have grown from garden. Second favorite - eating them. . Worst - got to be the slugs. Yuk yuk. Hi all. the worst job in the Garden is re-doing your work after you had work done just got a new roof on my conservatory as the polycarbonate by Brumbull

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10/03/2013 10:11:49

by clogherhead

Bird box v bird feeding

breezy because its a bit of a wind tunnel with the next door house, so not sure it will be ideal for a bird box. I think your sparrow terrace will be ok on the back of your house - my garden's not that much bigger than yours and sparrows nest in the roofs by Tim Burr

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14/03/2013 20:53:32

by Dovefromabove

Advice on where to plant my apple tree and suitable hedging

garden is putting a pitched roof on top of his garage to create a bedroom. Also their kitchen window looks into our garden so my second issue is, what sort of hedging to plant ,I would like a fast growing and dense and also bird friendly. I would really by pennymax

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03/02/2013 23:38:20

by pennymax

Garden Size

I have been reading a very interesting book about Geoff Hamiltons 'Barnsdale' and it is only through reading the book that I discovered / realised that the Barnsdale ground was divided into many smaller 'show gardens' that were created by Geoff by wirral27

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07/07/2012 19:34:47

by quercus_rubur

Vistors had a party yesterday

is Seagulls! Same here, Ryan. Seagulls and magpies drive off smaller birds. Our dogs object to birds using the air space, which doesn't help, either. We've just had a Peregrine swoop down and take a woodpigeon from our garden Literally just 10 minutes ago by scotkat

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24/03/2013 15:32:40

by flowering rose

Talkback: Beetles, wasps and toads

then knocked it off the roof- particularly dangerous to me as i am extremely allergic to there sting, however it doesn't stop me gardening! To deter wasps from nesting in sheds etc you can use those fake nests which make wasps think the space is already by Excited finder

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28/11/2011 18:31:52

by Richard Pidds

Talkback: Slug sex

Wild life mating can be very fascinating. i have two collar doves which kiss beaks for ages before mating on next door's roof! The time od day does not seem to bother them but we will all have to get up very early to watch the slugs it seems by Richard Jones

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28/11/2011 18:41:20

by hereisabee

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