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for them during the coming months to fill some of the inevitable gaps the snow has caused. Sounds like some pretty scrumptious plants although I make one of the best chocolate cakes in the South(USA) if the store has enough butter that day. Nice post, James

was working at a local gym as a handman and was finally given a garden shed to store my tools. It was a flimsy modern effort with walls made from matchbox wood - a huff and a puff and I'll blow your shed down - and although I'd fitted steel mesh over the one

. Of course most of these don't store for as long as maincrop, but I've found that Harlequin does seem to be better than most. And it tastes wonderful :) Thanks for the tip on Harlequin VP.My friend in Ireland says the Sarpo varieties still succumbed to blight

and half at any other time and see if it makes a difference. Whoa that's a really great idea and exactly what I was thinking tonight as I walked to the store.. To bad I would have to go to someone else's yard to do it. I don't have a yard in my apartment

and date bags. French beans can be stored for about 12 months. Can anyone tell me why my broad beans have shrivelled and died? They did have a particularly bad attack of blackfly even after pinching out the tips, i sprayed them with a soap and water mix

are so good you should be on gardeners world. Gracious, donutsmrs-let's leave it to the youngsters! But I am happy to pull out nuggets from my vast store of tips accumulated over my many years of gardening because I do not think knowledge is private

/ You can put your seeds in a little plastic box and store them in the refrigerator till the spring, then sow them in a pot of ericaceous compost and you will get little pine trees. If they are Scots pine remember they are forest trees so

as I know I lost a fair few to the field mice.  So maybe I won't bother with pots next year?  How long are Tulips supposed to last in situ anyway?  I don't left and store them. Yvie Yellow tulips might be a bit "samey" after all the yellow daffs but I

will apparently dry on the leaves making them rather unappealing to slugs and snails!" The systemic garlic spray does work - you boil a few cruched garlic bulbs and store the whole thing till cooled. You add the garlic water (can add some more water) and water

of fun finding out what they are!!  My local hardware store that sells plants often has dead or dying plants for a few pence, the staff know me well enough to tell me when that area has been replenished - many have died but I have had a few treasures