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I sowed some agapanthus seeds I saved last year and when I checked them yesterday I found that in spite of still being very small plants they were already becoming pot bound so I potted a couple on - probably a mistake but hopefully

I planted several varieties nearly 2 weeks ago and I am still waiting for them to show. They are lovely plants to look at, I freeze or dry the chillies and use them all year round. I have sown 2 lots of Chilli Seeds, the first didn't take at all

I was hoping that this item would show how to clean plastic seed containers which I find much more difficult to clean than the peanut mesh ones.I clean mine at every refill but it's always hard to get the base clean. I use a metal skewer, soak

into Wales on a ferry. He told me that it always started raining as he entered Wales. We get sun, of course, but for the last few years it has been very wet anf fairly cold. Lucky3, thanks for the information about sowing peony seeds, you make me feel like

.k and that the snow will subside and I hope spring comes soon too! It has chucked it down here all day, but I spent a happy couple of hours sowing seeds in my greenhouse, with the rain drumming on the glass.  Seemed like a very cozy place to be - even more so every

gardening at the mo but I have been out doing som elight pruning of roses and clematis and have started painting my rusty obelisks.   Tomorrow I'm planning to sow seeds in the greenhouse which is gentle, satisfying work. Today I had my first garden group

cake and don't tell the courgette detractors! They won't notice the difference.This week I am mostly eating courgette pakoras. How I envy you all, my first sowing of courgetts got eaten by the snails, they were quite a nice size by the time I put them

I sowed some English lavender seeds (Munstead, Hidcote & Elegance Sky).  I gave them the pre-sowing fridge treatment.  Munstead & Hidcote germinated well, Elegance Sky less so.  They are currently being grown on in pots on a shelf on my patio, ready

've been on here a lot and sowing seeds I was going to hand my aplllication form in and hope to either geta  job or and apprenticeship, I don't mind either way, but would like to earn some money to put towards my garden. All those ideas sound good but how

. Killing animals so that we can grow a monoculture like grass is awful. Dig up the grass, put in some flowers, shrubs and veg. When the moles dig holes they will be less noticeable and you can use the lovely fine soil for sowing seeds in. Who needs lawns