We have a docking station for my husband's laptop which he uses for work and we can swap in our own laptops. That way he can use the large...
My Cosmos and Michaelmas daisies survived last night's storm: The Cosmos grew wiry in the hot summer so stood up better I think. Rudbeckia looks...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I'm jealous, my Crown Prince squash didn't do anything this year. However my South African neighbour introduced me to...
Got a good recipe for picallili? Mine is always either too thick or too thin!
Mine did the same when they were in a dry spot and it was a very hot dry year like this one. Moving to a moister spot might help but they do like...
Is that similar to what we called the rabbit's foot fern?
I grew up half a mile from the nearest village and we had no street lights but your eyes got used to the dark and you could see the stars! When my...
I have a variegated one in my front garden and it makes a nice decorative shrub about 2 to 3ft high. It has very pretty flowers which aren't so...
I agree with the hard prune idea. However I would get on with it this winter, you will get fruit a year earlier. I pruned back hard an espalier...
Same down here in Cornwall, lots of acorns on the ground. I'll have to look to see if the evergreen oaks are producing as well. A good year if you...
I had Knifofias years ago but found that they were a hiding place for snails - found dozens amongst the leaves. I think my favoutite is K. Rooperi...
Incidentally, the flowers of Crown Prince squash have a lovely scent. That one has done really badly for me this year though it is usually the...
The first year I grew these I let one grow and it got to 4 feet long and weighed 8 kilos so watch out! I started the plant in the greenhouse and...
I sowed some turnips in modules and they are ready to plant out but are a bit leggy/floppy. Do you think I should plant them more deeply or leave...
Just noticed I have a flower coming on one of my plants:
I seem to remember that if you save rocket seed they have a dormant period before they will germinate, however my self saved seeds (saved last...
House tomato - first to fruit, not bad flavour. I usually grow these in pots and chuck out when tastier varieties come. They will go on a long...
I have 3 large pots growing under my tomatoes in the greenhouse, started from shop rhizomes early in the year. They prefer it a bit shady and warm...
I've never thought about it before @fairygirl, but the spot where I usually grow my sweet peas does get shade in the afternoon and they do fine there.
Most of mine are going over now, I think the large flowered ones tend to be later. When we moved into this house in 2000 there was a large...
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