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lovely basil & sage leaves a lot! We had a slug come into our kitchen. No sign of a track to tell us where he'd sneaked in. Threw him into the garden and some weeks later, he reappeared. This happened several times. In the end I tipped him into a plastic

toms & peppers (in a propagator) relatively late, i.e. mid-April, then housing them in the greenhouse till the end of May (I grow lots for a village plant sale). BUT this year, they've not grown strongly and are so TINY, I may only be able to charge 25p

Adam,this is good practical advice and I enjoy your tips in the magazine. But am I the only one who struggles with wanting to grow vegetables? I'm doing it because I feel that I should -- I want to teach our children how, and I've been persuaded

of household waste, good soil and a little sand. i have taken note that by putting basil near carrots keeps flies away. and on planting the seeds on a base of sand and newspaper encourages then to grow long and straight. also leeks should not be pressed

.Plants that herald a new season like snowdrops,tulips, roses, callicarpa, holly give us something to look forward to.Scented plants like freesia, honeysuckle, lavender, lilies often come with memories.Other plants we love just because they survive and grow for us

slug repellent, beer traps and none have been particularly successful. I won't use pellets as I have two young children, and a pond is out for the same reason. Guess there are some things I will never get to grow! Sigh.... I dream of Hostas....!!! i

there several reason for your growing problem in you green house.1. you pot size probally to small beefsteaks need at least a pot size of a half meter or greater.2. you soil is not in right ballance3. you are watering irregularly4. gardener delight

of ladybirds.Sadly this doesn't seem to work on broad beans - the blackfly seem to win this battle.Adam I grow nasturtiums specifically for luring blackfly away from my other plants; not sure how lured they'd be away from broad beans though I am going to try a

flowering to seed. I can't tell you what the variety was but they had very dark purple flowers -flute shaped...growing in greenhouse! help I have successfully grown the sweet basil, salad leaves, tomatoes and chillies from the free seed packet earlier

weatehr I usually use it to grow a few potatoes but it'll drain too fast now.  Bummer. Rosa - cleaning for me too before I get out there.  Just learne dthat chappy is coming round this pm to sign the contracts for our damp proofing and the floor is covered