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BargainGalore

Seedswap stop spamming your web site it isnt allowed on here nor is having link in your signature

Vicki5678

Found a really good site the other day for gardening hints and tips called Jacks Garden Store. You can buy stuff from here but the blog is really useful if you are just looking for advice.
You can learn about plants, garden products and also how to become more self-sufficient using your garden.

weeowens

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miltonskeen

Ive joined the forum specifically for this board!!!

This is my first year of GYO, so looking forward to sharing hints and tips and passing on any bits of advice I might have.

katholicos

miltonskeen wrote: »

Ive joined the forum specifically for this board!!!

This is my first year of GYO, so looking forward to sharing hints and tips and passing on any bits of advice I might have.

Welcome to the forum, pick a thread below and post away as and when the whim takes you

fingersxed

i find carpet best because its heavier n does blow away or rip in the wind. strawberry plants mass produce quickly. anybody with strawberry plants will be able to give u off cuts but failing that the garden centre ones will do you proud next year. I now have them on my bit of aalotment and in tubs in garden!! we love strawberries. i have even froze some this year

eclub

Great idea!

gardeng1rl

fingersxed wrote: »

i find carpet best because its heavier n does blow away or rip in the wind. strawberry plants mass produce quickly. anybody with strawberry plants will be able to give u off cuts but failing that the garden centre ones will do you proud next year. I now have them on my bit of aalotment and in tubs in garden!! we love strawberries. i have even froze some this year

Carpet is heavier, but might contain chemicals which could leach into the soil after rainfall

At my allotment I use cardboard or newspapers weighed down with stones or clods of earth. The weeds are suppressed and the soil is improved

You're right about the strawberries! One healthy plant might give you 5 babies each year. At home I've got wild strawberries and they froze really well.

greengardener_2

I started a while ago - more fun that I thought and beats lugging compost everywhere. I bought a round 'composphere' compost bin, as I found my dalek style compost bin a pain. I just roll it now. Used it for my potatoes on the decking. These guys in brighouse make them and sell direct, so saved £40 off the original price from other guys on the web.

Primrose

greengardener - can you say why you found your dalek style compost bin a pain because I was thinking of getting a couple. We've currently got two open wire compost cages and they invariably end up being home to rats. But I don't want to replace them with something else if they don't work particularly well. Is yours the type with the small flap at the bottom for digging the compost out? I've always suspected that it's a bit fiddlesome and that digging the rotted compost out isn't nearly as simple as it would appear, especially if the compost is heavily compacted.