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It's a popular form of loft insulation - green rather than that dirty yellow colour and no doubt pays for itself a darn sight quicker. Bit disappointing tho if he thought he was going to be picking some early tomatoes

I find the normal "cloche covers" work well enough whatever the weather. It allows light and some moisture but obviously you would still need to water in very dry periods. If necessary, you can drape green shading material over the top to lessen the amount of sun. I avoid any actual netting -...

If you are growing them outside then I wouldn't bother about feeding them at present - not worth it given the current wet weather. I have some of mine in the cold GH and even down here, they aren't showing much signs of new growth yet.

Died 2009.

As stated, some seeds whether veg/flowers will remain viable for 2 or 3 years ( more in some cases ) if stored correctly. Seed producers are often no different with their Sow By dates than Food producers are with their Best Before dates. Both want people to ditch "out of date" stuff and buy...

Thanks for the donations - message 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...

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

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,...