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We are all made of stars...

I like the moat method for seedlings I sow in the greenhouse and it works well (I put the legs of the stand in water so I have more room) but you do get intrepid slugs that scale the greenhouse glass and glide down on a mucus rope from above, like a wildlife mission impossible. I've tried...

truggling to get your lawn looking its best after laying turf? Here’s something that might help…We speak to a lot of customers who’ve laid fresh turf and then aren’t quite sure what to do next. The first few weeks (and months) make a massive difference to how your lawn establishes and looks...

Think one of the biggest draws to rats is BBQs, especially 'chilled out' neighbours, not tiding up, or leaving the tidying until morning after a jolly good BBQ.

Maybe when we're all long gone some scientists will figure out how to decommision the waste and it will stay with only being a storage puzzle until processed.

I can't just sit or watch TV all day. although I watch a fair amount of nature/geographic/wildlife/crime programmes. I like to spend time outside doing what I can in the garden, and indoors I crochet a lot for charity as I like to keep my hands busy. I like vegetables .. but the thought off...

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.

Round here that idea got dumped years ago, for a sum of money I can have either three plants the same or three different plants. I will admit that the three different plants could all be Mahonia or Polygonatum or Lilies etc.

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!