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On 10/03/2013 in forum

pair that have never been lost, and a new favourite, I've just bought a seed sowing kit from Wilkinson's with dibber, seed disperser, fine sieve and a little thingy which you lower seedlings into compost with. Love my small kitchen fork (without handle


Talkback: Quicker compost

On 28/11/2011 in forum

other, is this true? I feed my vegetables with my menstrul blood, which I save from my mooncup. It provides my plants with lots of nutrition - who needs fish, blood and bone when you can make your own?! I am getting composting quite nicely established


My hardneck garlic is falling over

On 18/07/2012 in forum

to a week ago. I'm growing solent wight as usual, plus early purple wight & some elephant.  So I rang the Isle of Wight garlic farm which is where my seed garlic came from.  They said I'd done the right thing in gently pushing back the soil to check


Talkback: Sowing seeds - chillies and sweet peppers

On 19/06/2012 in forum

How can we tell when the chillies are ready to pick? I planted the free pepper seeds(Anaheim) indoors as suggested but unfortunately thev'e all failed although every one of the tomato seeds (Gartenperle) are doing well Are you sure those Chilli


Pruning tall evergreen holly

On 06/12/2012 in forum

to get a copy of the R.H.S. Propogating book. possibly second-hand via Abe Books etc on the internet. It lists techniques for growing a wide range of plants from seed and cuttings as well as grafting. The Pruning book is excellent too. All the R


Talkback: Growing tomatoes: best tomatoes for flavour

On 28/11/2011 in forum

with flavour. It's now replaced Sungold as my fave. Give it a go. The best tomato that I have tasted lately was from the seeds that I got with my Gardener's World magazine in 2009. The flavour was fantastic and the best I had tasted since my earlier days


Bad service, bad plants beware!

On 18/07/2012 in forum

to get a refund for a dead Damson tree, they have ignored all three of my requests. Beware new gardeners and select carefully from this company, whose catalogue comes inside GW magazine. Better to use Crocus for excellent, large plants, Chilterns seeds


B&Q M.Purpose Compost Issues.

On 25/07/2012 in forum

some more losses but hopefully will save most of my 2012 seedlings. I let you know how they progress. No more B&Q gardening products for me. I have learnt a valuable lesson, and as you advised I will pay top money for compost in the future. It's just


Talkback: 'Grow Your Own' Week

On 28/11/2011 in forum

so am just looking to save abit of space. Can anyone advise me please on which broccoli seeds to sow to grow the "Tenderstem Broccoli" that I can buy in the supermarkets? My wife & I took over an allotment in September last year. It was quite overrun


Talkback: Garden birds and Feed the Birds Day

On 28/11/2011 in forum

time today. I regularly get Robins, Blue and Great Tits, Finches and occasionaly a Lesser Spotted Woodpecker. that's a nice tip about the seeds. I left the heads from my sunflowers out and they've been devoured by squirrels. I do so hate grey squirrels


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