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only burnt wood and paper (and maybe 4 cubes of firelighter). Or if not the vegetable patch on the flowerbeds?  I grow hardy orchids in both pots and in the garden. They benefit from liquid feed. My problem is do I add even more water by liquid feeding

plants (there was a particularly striking group of them in Tom Hoblyn's Chelsea garden in 2009). These have slippery sides into which insects fall and are then digested by the fluid at the base of the pitcher. There are large colonies growing in both

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in spring. But I love it because there is a hint, a big hint that gardening life is on its. way again.I start to potter with all my gardening things and feel a big glimmer of excitement at the thort of growing things and of all the plants and bedding

see we have been busy.   Uploaded with ImageShack.us     And this is some Orchids we shallneed to give a lot of TLC.   Uploaded with ImageShack.us Congratulations, Scotcat. We'll look forward to more updates. Thankyou Gma all we need now is heat

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

mediterranean herbs/shrubs. Well my dream list would be......... Peonies...........Japanese anemomes....mmmmmm........orchids (if I could get outside growing ones).......errrmm.....bedding geraniums (absolutely love!).........packet of wild flower seeds

favourites! Marigolds, I agree with that. Ugh, the smell! They always look a bit grubby to me too, as if all soil particles stick to their petals. its euphorbias I dislike and green flowers-- it doesn't seem natural I really really hate ALL orchids, I cannot

last Christmas. On another thread, started yesterday... mummycrafts wrote (see) .. I grow more exotic plants including curry leaf trees (indoors) ginseng and Orchids in my conservatory I've never seen a curry leaf tree, but from pictures it looks like a

    kerri, is it the scent of hyacinths that you don't like? I'm not a fan of cut flowers at all except sweet peas if I grow them. I prefer my flowers live and growing outside.   Also, in the past, kittens and young cats have always seen flowers in vases