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metres by 1 metre (slate covered), and the troughs put anywhere where there is room. Its a wonderful year for climbing roses and passion flowers. Our dahlias aren't doing too badly either.   Its the weeds that get me everytime.  They're very prolific

-not for growing plants-again you have no idea that all pests, diseases,weeds seeds etc are not still present. To me it is false economy not to buy propriety compost for plants-everything costs money that I would rather spend it on that than lose plants. That is my

,only limited by fences and the proposed new bed gets a tab bit more sun then where they are now. What I don't want is a plant self seeding and becoming a weed. Has anyone tried pineberries? It will self-seed, but it doesn't become a problem - they are very easy

to all this, NO WEEDS OR DIGGING!!!! Thank you all for the wonderful ideas and inspiration!! I will keep you posted

and pods.Peas 'Half Pint'Radish seeds are fairly large, so they can be sown at the correct spacing, without the need to thin them out. They are ready to harvest within a few weeks, and just require a little hand-weeding and watering in dry weather

materials - dry, wet, soft and woody - otherwise they become slimy. Don't add nettle roots, unless your heap is very hot.Nettles on the compost heapMore about using garden weedsMake a nettle feed in a containerHow to feed your plantsMake a comfrey feed

.  What slightly worried me however (as a vegan myself) was that he was using manure (an animal product) to grow his vegetables.  Has anyone found a way round this particular dilemma?  I use sea weed collected from the beach & add this to my compost bin

gardeners collecting sea weed,beachcombers are accepted as is people who collect flotsam and jetsam,also shell collectors and so forth,the tide lines used are high mean ,so between the high tide line and the sea shore and sea bed that is almost always

all dead leaves and weeded the pots. i've bought some straw and added it to the plants. i am unsure how much straw to add and whether to cover the plants or have the leaves poking through. the small new plants aren't big enough for this really

if that is what you are tyring to achieve-what it will do is keep the weather off and suppress the weeds When you remove it you will have a soggy layer of soil-a load of hibernating/hiding slugs and a few other nasties and probably some white roots-far better