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Garden money saving
A few tips to save money in the garden: Instead of buying seed trays for sowing seeds cut the bottoms of plastic milk cartons. Also I use containers which previously had cherry tomatoes in, purchased from Lidl. These already have drainage holes in so are ideal. Cotton bud containers are also good. You can also try egg…
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rocket in pots?
hi all Quick Question I know tihs is late in the season, but Ive got some seeds mixed salad leaves collection (coriander, corn salad, mizuna, spinach medinia, rocket & mustanrd red giant ) in a combo pack from wilkos Can I plant in pots? ONly my soil is rubbish ( took most of the hardcore out) but its dusty and without…
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Basil Infestation
Help - my crop of basil has these little white things over it - they look like tiny white specks of dust and seem to burrow into the leaf, as in places the leaves have gone translucent. The smell of the plant has changed very slightly, it seems almost aniseedy now. We used to get these from shop bought pots of basil but…
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Squirrel problem
How do keep our resident squirrels out of my freshly planted veg tubs? I have guinea pigs in the garden, so a sonic device is out. He has eaten a hole in our wire bird feeder, so would need something stronger than that. Humane ideas only please. Went out this afternoon and nutkin had been digging! I suspect i may get…
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Donating conifers
Hi, I posted this on the in my house board but thought you lot might know best. We are going to get rid of the conifers which were in our garden when we moved in, basically because there is no room for them, I think the previous owners thought they were minitures or something. We have 6 of them now and getting quite big, I…
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Greenhouse advice
My mum recently bought a small greenhouse i.e. one of the 4 tier shelves with plastic covering. She bought lettuce seeds and other various seeds. She has planted them in a trough and little leaves can be seen! (sooo cute :p ) is there any tips or things that need to be done daily/weekly that you could advise me to do.…
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Just got my hands on a greenhouse and need help?
Hi, Got myself a 6x6 greenhouse yesterday (lady no longer required it) and should be up within 2 weeks needs new screws 'w' & 'z' clips and need to replace 2 broken panes (done in trasport) and need a base for it. so what things can you suggest i'm a total novice here i know you can get excellent results with toms and…
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Do I have time for an allotment?
Hi after reading this site for a while I have been dead impressed with all of those people who grow thier own veg. I want to do this too :j but have no garden to speak of (what I do have is all paved). I thought about an allotment and have been beside myself with joy ever since, but since reading up on the web Im not so…
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How deep do potatoes go?
Not sure if this belongs here, or "In my home" but I'll give it a go... Our refuse collection service has just changed to wheely bins, so I've got 3 spare conventional bins. Rather than throwing them away, I thought I'd use them for planting some potatoes. Now, to save soil/compost and make them easier to move, in similar…
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Garden produce
(bout time we had a gardening sub-forum) I've grown some veg for several years now but this year going for it big style (for me anyway). This is what I'm growing: peas runner beans tomatoes (3 varieties) lettuce onions - grown all these before so know what to expect herbs (got mint/thyme/parsley/sage/rosemary/pineapple…
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Strawberry plants
I bought some strawberry plants a couple of months ago and put them in my planters but I have a question. The shoots that come off them and I presume are supposed to stick in the ground and regrow, if I nip these off and put them in hanging baskets, will they grow again next year or are they only for a year and then you…
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Sieving Vegetable patch.
I have loads of earth that i need to sieve. I have a small garden seive but it will take forever. Anyone got any clever ideas on how to sieve lots and effeciently? TIA
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Clearing vegetable patch please :)
Hi, Ive got an 18ft square vegetable patch. Its covered in weeds and blackberry bushes. Im trying to clear it but it seems an impossible task. I dont really want to use and chemicals because i want my produce to be organic, but i really dont know how im going to clear these weeds! Maybe a long weekend of weeding is in…
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My baby seedlings
Am a very happy bunny today. Have patiently watched, watered and waited..........and the seedlings are popping through happily now. The plants are well away but the veg have taken a little longer but sprouting now. The broccolli is going great guns. So I have broccolli, carrots, peppers and leeks. Cabbage and lettuce will…
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Home Grown Potatoes ???
can anyone tell me the best variety of potatoes to grow in the garden and when to put them in. I have prepared a vegetable patch in the garden for runner Beans already and wanted to grow potatoes aswell. Any help is more than welcome.