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put in some courgette and melon seed, have I wasted my time?
After the last couple of weeks of wind/rain/sun my courgette and melon plants have taken a battering. Popped a few more seeds in the prop today but am now wondering if I may have wasted my time as it may be a bit late on. They are all patio/early varieties. What do you think guys?
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my recipe
just put this in the oven - I don`t do recipes I just throw things in I think will work. pork chops on top of a bed made from marjoram, spinach and lettuce (yes you can cook lettuce), and a small stalk of rhubarb (small bunches of the veg) chops with wine vinegar, olive oil and white pepper sprinkled on 1 whole bulb of…
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Help! Orchid advice needed please
My orchid has grown babies along its old flower stems, and now these baby orchids are growing flower stems! What do I do? Do I leave them on the mother plant, or cut them off and repot (how and into what?). I've no idea what type of orchid it is as it was a gift, but it is small and has small mottled flowers. (It's in a…
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What do chilli plants like ?
Last year I was generously given a few chilli plants as I am partial to the odd curry or two ;) I duly popped them in a couple of grow bags only to find that slugs and snails are very partial to the odd chilli plant too :o This year brimming with new found confidence I have grown my own from seed, they have come on well…
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Free? Gardening magazine
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=3255134
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Gardening Scotland 2011 - half price
Groupon - Newcastle still have the offer of two tickets to Gardening Scotland 2011 for £12. Register your interest by midnight on Sunday 29 May if interested. Offer is on the groupon UK website under gardening-scotland and is deal number 414999
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Laying turf - any advice?
We're hoping to lay turf today! We have a fairly small area (about 25msq) which we used to let the chickens free range in, and so of course they have rendered it a patch of mud! They've also poo'd on it, and given it a good fertilise! We've spent the last week breaking up the soil with a fork, then tilling it with an…
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Removing rust from hanging basket chains?
Hi, I have some hanging baskets I want to reuse but the chains are really rusty. The baskets are in good condition and I could replace the chain but I was hoping I could soak them in something to spruce them up. I would be grateful of any suggestions, thanks :D
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Curing a water logged garden - opinions??
It is making awful squelching sounds and more or less has puddles in it, so this is what i'm going to do: Get a auger, and make several holes in the ground about 3 feet apart, all over the water logged area (which is my entire back garden) holes will be around 1.5 to 3 feet deep i can't decide yet. Opinions on depth?? Then…
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I got basil!
Out of the roughly 150 seeds I put in, there are now 3 little tiny basil plants peeping through :cool: We've drilled holes in the wheelbarrow and filled with compost. I planted a row of strawberries down each side and a row of basil in the middle thinking it would look pretty. 5 flowers on the strawberries so nom nom, how…
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mamma removed all the plant name tags... WITH PICS!
(first, thanks to all that helped yesterday). so, mamma moved stuff around in the greenhouse and moved all the name tags too and i'm not expert enough to ident what was planted... my recollection is of planting: foxgloves, romansco cauli, bedford brussel sprouts, rudbeckia, a couple of fringe sunflowers, black eyed susan…
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Ground Coffee beans as Fertliser?
Now I don't want to start a rush to Starbucks - but for anyone who frequents one regularly... I posted this on the OS board and then thought it was probably more/ just as relevant here Our canteen at work is a Starbucks franchise and last week while I was being served the assistant asked if I was a gardener. When I said…
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Spring really was early
Just bottled some elderflower cordial in last yrs bottles (washed of course) and found one with a label still on. Last yr I bottled on 15th June, this yr 28th May. Cordil still tastes great though!
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Replacing flower beds with grass - how?!
I have today taken the plunge and started digging my overgrown flower beds - they were full of weeds and grass and we've never been gardeners so they looked pretty grim. I have started to dig out the side and bottom beds (leaving the one between the patio and the rest of the garden). I have dug the majority of the visible…
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Anyone know what i'm doing wrong with seed growing?
I bought 50 Hewthorn and 50 Hornbeam seeds on ebay, i have sown them all and have only 1 shoot out of all of them, 99 have not grown - what did i do wrong? Any ideas for my next lot? Do they need special treatment?
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Weed remover
The other day there was a dandelion removal tool advertised on TV. It was a foot treddle type with three blades. I meant to write its name down but forgot and I can't find it now. Anybody know its name?
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Is this another reason why we should grow our own?
just found this http://www.elpais.com/articulo/english/Contaminated/cucumbers/cause/deaths/in/Germany/elpepueng/20110526elpeng_6/Ten is this another good reason why we should grow our own? maybe this is another reason if we can not grow our own, then buy local 'in season' produce...
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Strawberry question
Can anyone tell me if this is a strawberry seedling please? I have about 6 of them growing around one of my Cambridge Favourites. Don't want to uproot them when I am weeding in case they are strawbs. Ta.
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free standing trellis
I've been trying to find some free standing trellis to put round the wheelie bins. Most of what I've seen is either very ornate or expensive. Can anyone recommend a site worth looking at for this?
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More bay tree troubles.
My small bay in a pot appeared to have survived the winter with some die back which I pruned off. It's now shooting from the bottom but appears to have more die back going on with the existing top shoots. I noticed yesterday that on the bottom of the main stem but spreading upwards is white patches of gunk which is very…