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Keep harvesting root vegetables as they mature, including parsnips and leeksOrder seed potatoes, onion sets and shallotsStretch netting over brassicas to protect them from pigeonsCover clumps of rhubarb with buckets or terracotta pots to force early

Hi,My name is Stephanie and I'm currently writing my bachelor thesis on the usage of grow lights. In order to gain insight I have spoken to several persons on similar forums. I was getting alot of information and decided to make a tiny questonnaire

. See all the plants in flower.  Do you grow other foxgloves in your garden? I have it ordered and was going to give it to a friend who loves foxgloves. Unfortunately I had a letter saying delivery potponed until spring. Looking forward to it, just hope

but this was for 4. I did order them after I watched a video about them,and you can get 17 plants into one basket. The problem I have had with all hanging baskets is longevity, I tried wooden baskets and they rotted, the plastic ones went brittle after a couple

? it could be about level of service you received etc etc etc, but what it will do is identify and let others know of your experiences. Brumbull wrote (see) Must say my initial reaction when i recently received some plants i had ordered from Van Meuwen

'pot on'. I thought from June when I ordered them, I should be able to plant them out in my garden for this year! But do I really have to put each one in a pot and tend it until it is big enough to put in the ground? Will they flower this year?  How

plants for sale at garden centres or by mail order, offering everything from delicious cherry types to beefy cooking toms - the choice is yours. Plant tagetes with your tomatoesScoop out floating pond weed and algae from poolsHoe bare soil and hand weed

and ceramic pots that aren't frost-proof Order farmyard manure or mushroom compost Around the gardenPlant heathers and trailing ivy in pots for winter colourCut down faded stems on rudbeckia and Shasta daisiesFinish planting tulips as soon as possible

I'm growing 3 pepino melon plants in the greenhouse. They are doing well and I have quite a few fruit now ranging from very small to the biggest which is around a large cooking apple size. One problem is that I didn't have them tied up as the stems

Could anyone advise a relative beginner on mulching perennials for winter. Should the crowns of tender plants be covered or just the bases, and if so must the mulch be removed for spring? Thanks for any advice. If you're mulching in order to protect