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Seeds at woolworths
Woolies have a heap of seeds from the worth it range. I got a few yesterday Each pack is only 97p each 6 pack herb seeds- dill, parsley,basil,chives,thyme & oregano 6 pack veg seeds - carrott, cabbage, raddish, beetroot, cauliflower&onion 6 pack of flower seeds - nasturtium, lavender, poppy, sunflower, pot marigold 7…
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Low Maintenance Front Garden - Help!
Hi - looking for a little advice for my boring & plain front garden. I enjoy gardening but am not the most knowledgeable about the best plants for certain conditions etc etc. I would like to create a low maintenance front garden with conifer style shrubs, some low & spreading some larger but no more than about 2ft (whether…
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Where to buy chillies
Does anybody know of a reputable store I can purchase chilli seeds from? I am looking for a mixed bunch including things like Bih/Bhut Jolokia, Chocolate habanero e.t.c so it needs to be a store that specialises in chilli seeds. Preferably in Birmingham or surrounding areas, put online stores may be ok.
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how much land needed to grow enough veg for family of four ?
I am just curious about how much space one would realistically need to grow most if not all of the veg required by a family of two adults and two children ?? Was thinking about it whilst shopping in mr t's and nearly fainting at how much everything has gone up in the last 6 months ! Thanks
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Radish trials
Found this in the March issue of 'Grow It!' Radishes on trial. The RHS is inviting members of the public to take part in a trial of radish cultivars currently underway at their gardens at Wisley, Surrey. Gardeners are invited to get in touch to receive two free packets of seeds to trial in exchange for filling in a…
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Gardening book reccomendation to grow your own veg please?
Got my mum a gardening type hamper for xmas, including seeds to grow her own veg. Can anyone reccomend a good and cheap (under £5 if possible) book that will help her. She has only just started the veg growing thing, and prob has no idea when to sew seeds etc. :T thanks in advance (Also if you know where I can get cheap…
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solar powered lights Netto
I have been wondering since the nights started getting darker, how to light my leanto. As technically it is out side and it now has a tendancy to leak in very heavy rain, putting main electricity outside was not a bright idea. My OH, kind soul that he is, found these, solar powered (very green) shed lights, according to…
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Garden shed satisfaction
Opening the door and seeing piles of junk, denying access spurned me to don my old gardening kit, last used in November and, with the promise of a dry sunny not too cold day, embark on clearing all the discarded boxes etc. Why do we store things which have little or no value?. All too often that magical phrase "It will…
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Neighbours unruly hedge grows well over the boundarys
My neighbours unruly hedge grows well over the boundary between us. Shes lovely & I don't want to cause bad feeling about it. But I want to fence it. Its her hedge (& her boundary side), so it's up to her what happens to it. But we work hard & hate spending out little free time trying to control this mad hedge, front &…
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Recycling Tin Cans
Hi everyone I am going to resign or rather re shape my front garden this year then make it more user friendly and weedish free if that is ever possible...anyway have done a recki on things I'll need like... weed fabric and gravel and coco mulch and a log edging in between to divide the mulch from the gravel...anyway this…
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laying a new lawn (merged threads)
last year i had a landscape gardener do some work in my garden. the final thing he did was to lay a new lawn for me. this he did on december 2nd, at present it still looks a bit patchy and today i noticed the top of the grass is yellow and dare i say dying. no one has been on the grass since, i have it blocked off from…
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very novice gardener, manure question
:o Hi there i have been reading this forum for the past month and decided to put in an application for an allotment this morning. Never done any gardening in my life. I have read alot about 'mulch' but don't have a clue what it is, also i heard that manure is good to mix with the soil, what kind of manure does it have to…
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1/2 price plants at Woolies
Been to Woolworths today, saw lots of plants such as clematis, wisteria, roses, rhubarb, raspberries, blackberries, kiwi, strawberries 1/2 price. Admittedly, they look like tiny plants or crowns, but at £1.99 -£2.99 it seems a bargain. Other than the strawberries I wouldn't expect anything to fruit this year. Still, a good…
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Basil Leaves
Does anyone know why you have to tear basil leaves off by hand and not use scissors? Thanks for your time!!:confused:
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Growing Anemones
Hi everyone, If I wanted to grow Anemones to flower at the end of May, when would I plant the bulbs? Thanks
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Monkey Nut & Coffee Bean plants at Poundland
I saw "grow your own Monkey Nut" and "Coffee Bean" plants at poundland which consist of a little soil disc, a ceramic pot and seeds. For a pound, I thought Why not give it a go? They also have 6 different packs of seed for £1 collections including flowers, herbs & veg. However, I already have all the herb/veg seeds I need.
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Replancement Parts - Damaged Patio Heater - B&Q Milan 15kW
Not sure if this will be of any use but with all the heavy wind we've been having, my shiny stainless steel patio heater blew over and looks wrecked. After much searching around, I've found the following details fow all B&Q patio heaters. If you call 00 353 1 287 3797 they can send you replacement parts. I needed the whole…
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VEG Plot , What and when ~ where to start
i am planning to have a veg plot this year. my daughter is very interested. Now as silly as this sounds my dad is a gardening by trade knows everything there is to know about anything to do with garden's. But he gets a bit to complicated for me and he gets so excited about it that i don't end up finding out what i need to…
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Can trees be easily moved?
After moving into a new house there are three trees a few feet away from our boundary fence and its a bit odd. Now i want to get rid but the OH likes them. What are the chances of them surviving if i was to try to move them next to the fence? Is there anything i need to be aware of as never done it before. One of them is a…
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Bay trees
Hi all, I have been given two rather handsome standard bay trees approx 1m tall, at the moment they are in 25cm pots just wondering what size should they be in ideally ?.