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I know I just noticed after I posted, still learning - just joined today.

That’s one of the many benefits of gardening @CostasK, learning from your mistakes, we all do it. There used to be a thread called something like gallery of shame on the old GW forum, not just amusing but helpful. I could certainly contribute to that .

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I keep to the old names, I remember them better, and I know what plant it is by its old name. I'm hopeless with people's names

Mrs Shiney loves kohlrabi raw in her salad. I buy two large ones for her every week and they are quite cheap in the local Indian wholesaler. I do the shopping as Mrs S hates food shopping and I enjoy it. She also uses it when she makes a form of coleslaw.

Maybe try blanching them to get rid of the bitterness?

I saw that on the News on TV. They look so realistic. I suppose a lot of us here do gardening for the same reason.

I go to Peter Beales for roses, it's only about 20 mins from OH's cottage in Norfolk. There is a huge variety from lots of different rose breeders as well as their own. I've been to David Austin too. The roses were gorgeous but less variety and more were bred by Austin's though they did have old...

Greenhouse 2026

I think to be fair to some "bird feeders", their surroundings could be fairly sterile with little or no natural food available and how often over the years have gardeners been asked to encourage birds and other native wildlife to their gardens by offering food ? I hadn't been aware of this...

That's a plant pruned to fit in a box but still remain tall enough to charge a higher price.I think alot of the people who work for these companies are there for customer service skills rather than their horticultural skills. I doubt they know they are repeating nonsense.I would also...