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And very nice as well and a good size …make sure you water once a week will be fine..

I've only ever used it myself as a soil improvement. You can usually only get it in bulk, not really looked to see if you can get it in bags.

Yes a moat is probably better, but I am so clumsy I'd probably knock everything and end up with water everywhere. Also you need to be very sure that the pot doesn't already have a slug population. I've been tidying up the greenhouse and found loads hidden under the pots.

Curiously I came across this story the other day. Apparently the Chinese have been storing cremation ashes in unused apartments in new tower blocks. China bans storing cremated remains in empty 'bone ash apartments'

I started my tomatoes today in the afternoon sunshine with a nice cup of coffee, listening to Rachel Ziegler singing ‘Don’t Cry Me Argentina’, I think I sowed Mamalade, Roma and Red Cherry.What could be better!

About 25 yet as ago I was feeling worn out such that I preferred to just sit in the garden rather than doing any gardening. So I went to the doctor and had a thyroid blood test. Bingo, I had an underactive thyroid. Since then I've taken thyroid tablets daily and have regular blood tests to check...

If I read I wake up too much, radio and I can drift off again. As for salt production in the Rann of Kutch; the traditional methods are under threat from climate change and a Wild Ass reserve.

Indeed, but I'm referring to the curves of the bank in my garden which are tighter and over a much shorter distance

It’s supposed to blacken the moss within 24 hours. You won’t lose much of a window of opportunity.

It keeps the passing ne’er do wells out of our rather isolated garden.

Weeds germinate and grow in spring, then flower and set seed in late summer, with the seeds generally remaining dormant in the soil until the following year. This is why I would try to remove them now rather than later. You can spot treat them as suggested in my earlier post, reseed the...