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and no experience of growing vegetables. This seems a nice easy way to start and they can be grown in a pot. Thanks Bridget very good thank you, is there any kind of POT that you should NOT use to grow herbs and veg in ?Thanks Helen very interesting. I would like

it immediately if it appears in your greenhouse. Chickweed is a tenacious weed that can grow quickly and form thick mats, which smother nearby plants.Hand weed or hoe out seedlings as they appear, or smother them with a good layer of compost or mulch. The most

and other crops to keep them growing stronglyStop cutting asparagus by the end of June to allow the ferns to formThin out heavy gooseberry crops by removing the smallest fruits, and use these for cookingMake successional sowings of salad leaves and radishes

Shorten sideshoots growing from the framework of espalier, fan and cordon-trained fruit trees back to about five leaves from their basePick fresh herbs for dryingPick gooseberries, currants, strawberries and other fruits as they ripenSupport heavily

I work at sea 8 months of a year and my back garden consists of grey stone slate chips and decking. I have troughs and tubs of veg and herbs along the back frence I would like to have a row of mini-fruit tress that grow no more than 2.5m high

U. S A. and the other China best wishes for the coming growing season clogherhead oh forgot to mention ,they are called Living wall Planters One of this year's To Do jobs is to make a mini living wall up the front of my blueberry plot i.e. my old

For some reason I cannot seem to grow sage, which is a shame because it is so tasty. When we lived in Dorset, I tried it in sandy soil in the ground but to no avail. Now that we haved moved to Devon, the herbs are in pots. The new sage plant is in a

on lupinsPush canes into pots of tall-growing liliesFlowersSow herbs in pots to grow on your kitchen windowsillCover strawberries with nettingThin out seedlings from earlier sowings Fruit & vegWater crops in growing bags and pots dailyIntroduce biological

Grow hippeastrumThe huge trumpet flowers of hippeastrum, often called amaryllis, are sure to brighten up the dark days of winter. You might get one as a Christmas gift, but it's also worth treating yourself to one (or more!) of the massive bulbs

hi all, these are my herbs. what do you think? any tips? I have a few tips. You will get big plants from your Parsley seeds when sown individually. However, not with basil or chives. For your chives sow a real good pinch over the whole surface