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Great thanks. Research suggests: Use chicken pellets in early spring for nitrogen and soil improvement, then apply potassium fertiliser 4 weeks later to encourage fruiting. Avoid fresh manure, and always use well-rotted or dried pellets to prevent plant damage. For organic gardening, Fish, Blood...

Ice and snow warnings as another blast of Arctic air sweeps across the UK

I'm pleased that I don't like hot cross buns but as it is a type of moan thread I'm cross that I have nothing to be cross about the hot cross buns.

Thanks for the donations - from Webmaster. The tech guy shall be in discussion with Admin over what needs doing, what can be done and what may not be possible if the updates for some things are no longer available. I won't be involved in the tech side as I know nothing about tech.I don't...

@Allex50 concerned about PUFAs: this might be worth a listen. BBC Radio 4 - Toxic!, A Recipe for Disaster?

I dont grow plug plants as such but I do grow multiple seed in cell trays, mostly works for onions for me. With most plants where you dont want hundreds I still find sowing in a 4in pot and pricking out into the trays the best way, plugs are too small for me so the cell trays work better.Its...

Thanks all for your replies. I’ll wait & see what happens in the spring.

I had a look in the perspex shelters by my old garage yesterday. I was thinking of taking some plants that have been overwintering in the house, back to the shelters but there's no room at the moment, there's a lot of tidying to do first. I was happy to see my Anisodontea and Pandorea have...

@Pete8 thanks for that. Yes, I had checked the MSF website and saw that there have been maintenance work on February 3 to 5. Last time I changed the battery immediately. This time, I waited and it went back to normal an hour later. I wonder if it has to do with the summertime change in March,...

Another Iris reticulata.