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Leaf blower/vac - shall I or shan't I?
Just as the title says ;) I have a medium sized garden, with a lawn, borders (covered in bark) and a patio. I am very close to a wood, with a number of trees growing just outside the perimeter of my fence. It's just coming up to silly season for leaf dropping, and last year it drove me mad. Wondering whether to get a…
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Potato sacks
I was just about to order some 3 ply potato sacks and the choice of colour (white outer with brown interior or all brown) had me posing the question which is best?
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cabbage whitefly, slugs ooh it is tough going this year
I use mesh, I hoe regularly, I keep my plot clean but I cannot beat the pesky whiteflies and the slugs with crinkly orange bases. The whiteflies fly up in a cloud as soon as I go near and my sprout plants are looking sticky and sooty. Bah I have never seen so many of these large slimy slugs. They are pale brown and have…
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Fuchsia berries
I've grown quite a few fuchsia plants for a few years in the hopes of encouraging Elephant Hawk moths to use them as a food plant, and they've produced lovely large berries this year. They're edible, and apparently the taste varies from variety to variety of fuchsia. These are juicy and mildly sweet with a peppery…
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Any Free manure Portsmouth Area
looking to find horse or farmyard manure to collect on a regular babis to help feed my Allotment Bins any help much appreciated ty - Jim
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Plants for a shady front garden
Hello. We've just dug over and reseeded our north- west facing small front garden. It gets a bit of light but has the house at the south side, a 4ft fence in the west side and a 6ft beech hedge in the north side. Although the grass is growing the borders look very bare, I've planter some pits and baskets with pansies but…
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What is this beast?
I found this moth attached to my kids picnic table. Been there for a few days just clinging on and doing nothing... What kind of moth is it? (This is a kids picnic table so the moth isn't as big at it seems)
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Victoriana Nurseries: 20% off Fruit until end of October
Receive a 20% discount by using the offer code OCT14. See what's available at: http://www.victoriananursery.co.uk/Fruit/ The offer is valid until the 31 October 2014. EO
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Help identifying plant/weed/bamboo?
Sorry, no photo, maybe tomorrow. We moved into a house in March. In one of the beds was a "stalky shrub/bamboo" looking plant: - in March they were maybe 4ft tall. - quite broad, fairly round in proportion, lacy leaves. Stalks think but hollow. - some old, dead, hollow stalks, dark in colour, very easy to pull (dead ones…
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Virginia Creeper Just planted - was this a bad idea?
Hello all I have just planted a virginia creeper, well two infact, against a wall in order to disguise the new brick of the extension that has been built onto the back of a victorian house. I have read conflicting advice on whether it can damage the house. The bricks are all sound, as they are new and there is no cracks or…
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4TH October Championing Glasgow Allotments
This Glasgow Allotment Event, will take place on Saturday, October 4 th from 12 till 4pm at the Pearce Institute, diagonally opposite Govan Underground Station. Organised by Glasgow Allotments Forum in association with Glasgow Council. There will be homemade tea and cakes, produce for sale, allotment awards for plotters…
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Bramble trouble
Hi im asking as my Mam needs advice. Her neighbour has thick bramble and thorny type bushes overgrowing into her property. She has asked him to cut them back but as yet he hasn't done so. My Mam is unable to tackle the task herself. She has tried to prune the branches but being in her 70's and in poor health it's clearly a…
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Impatient Rasberry Grower
I want to plant rasberries that I can pick next year (as early as possible). If I planted an early variety as bare root in November, would I get a crop in Spring/early Summer 2015 or would they need two years?
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Tomato Cultivars For Next Year
Now that the weather is starting to become slightly more autumnal, I'm descending into the world of catalogues, a little fantasy and wood burning stoves and am trying to decide what to grow next year. My tomatoes did well - I grew Shirley and Flamme and both were nice but I'm thinking of trying different cultivars next…
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Strange Chillies
Hi everyone, I overwintered a peach ghost chilli last year, it survived and I have loads of fruit on it. However it is producing 2 different shapes, smallish, smooth (garden pea sized) berry types and the more typical 5cm long, knobbly carrot types. Both types are still very hot. Does anyone has any idea why? It was…
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Recommendations for Weed Membrane
Can anyone recommend a good brand of weed membrane - I need to sort out a gravelled area of my garden which looks like it has previously had just plastic sheeting (which is now completely defunct) underneath it. I'm going to lift the existing gravel, replace the membrane, then re-gravel it. I won't be planting in the area…
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strawberry planters wanted
If anyone comes across any strawberry planters/pots when browsing that are on special offer/reduced or a good deal I would really appreciate it if you could spare a minute to let me know please. Looking for 2 to plant up and give as gifts. Many thanks. X
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Recommend some budget strawberry plants for Scotland?
I'm going to plant new strawberry plants as the old ones didn't do well this year at all and wonder if anyone can recommend some online suppliers that will do them without costing too much? Under £1/plant would be good as I want around 50 or so. Thanks!
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What type of worm is this?
I'm coming across some little worms in my garden. Description = about 1" long, curled into a ball (well...they are when I see them), pretty thin, dark brown, with thin lines going across their body at intervals.
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Ride On Mulching Mower
Hello all A friend has just bought a house with 2.5 acres of garden. She will obviously need a sit on lawnmower. Any recommendations on make or model to look at? Budget < £1000. Also are the mulching ones best for large gardens?