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Talkback: Growing cut flowers on the allotment
Personally I'd stay away from Nigella which now come up all over my allotment every year! im growing sun russain gaint sunflowers up and down mt plot on the borders there great massive bin lid heads plus great for the birds when they go to waste by Maria
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21/05/2012 16:54:18
by Bookertoo
Talkback: Composting waste
products to your heap that is probably the problem for what you can add visit http://www.recyclenow.com/home_composting/making_compost/index.htmlBut fruit and vegetable waste should be fine. Try putting a lid if you have not already. Also try to use your by Anonymous
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28/11/2011 18:37:35
by Tyncgreetry
Talkback: Allotments: little and often
gardener's plots look neat and their flowers and vegetables grow to publishing worthy size and color. I usually start out well but by mid season I feel that everything (task) is an urgent one. I vow every end of growing season that it will be better by Pat
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28/11/2011 18:39:55
by joey woosey
`empty Plot
The last few years I have grown a vegetable plot in my garden  which is about 3-4m wide by about 11-12 m long.However this year I have not grown anything at all apart from clover as a green manure over winter. Last weekend I dug the land over by SarahTho
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02/08/2012 09:03:41
by SarahTho
Talkback: Signing off
this year & they're now all over the ground Good luck in the exam Lila. Could I possibly beg a round-robin, please, of your experts? HAS ANYONE GOT A COPY I COULD BORROW, OF ISSUED BBC VIDEO OF GEOFFREY SMITH'S "MR SMITH'S VEGETABLE GARDEN"? In mid-70s by ROsalind
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06/01/2012 21:55:51
by Newcastle
Need help
. Ideally build a routine water regularly and don't allow plants to dry out, don't over water! Tomato feed is a good go to for many plants, bone blood and fish meal are good for hungry vegetables. If the veg plot is bare get some covers on black ideally by haggi961
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29/03/2013 13:25:17
by blackest
Talkback: Insulating compost
clay, I have incorportated masses of grit, peat free compost and farmyard manure into my two large vegetable plots. Having had a brain-wave about raised beds, I decided to dig down to make the paths rather than order in extra topsoil which would have by hereisabee
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28/11/2011 18:37:38
by ange
Talkback: More mischief
any light on this problem. I have grown gazinias for years and this is the first time I have encountered this problem. I started my tomato seed in Multicompost and transplanted them into the vegetable plot. The growth of the seedlings seemed by Lorna
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28/11/2011 18:29:55
by Antonia
Talkback: Growing fruit and veg with children
as raspberries. My children and grandchildren loved helping with the fruit and vegetable garden and many are keen gardeners themselves. Great idea Pippa. We have been handing out free broad beans at work. They are fantastic for the kids as they grow so fast by Belgravia Wife
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28/11/2011 18:40:35
by hazel
Courgettes
through Sarah Raven's 'The Great Vegetable Plot' and she recommends making a planting hole on top of heap, filling with molehill soil or I guess good mpc would do. And with regard to Green Magpie's post, using effective slug deterrent of your choice. Hi by Heather4
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26/05/2012 20:32:21
by Welshonion