Well, it was like this y'see. I've got 8 compost bins (disguised as 'beehives') scattered around my garden and, earlier in the year, I emptied...
The Prep school of which I'm a Governor, recently started something they called 'A Child's Dream Garden' (the area is - or will be when it's...
I've got a glut of raspberries, we've eaten them until we're in danger of turning red, I've frozen about 10lb, made jam, 'blitzed' them and frozen...
If you live in Kent or the surrounding area and fancy a trip to Faversham this week-end, Brogdale (the home of the National Fruit Collection) is...
Thinking ahead to next year - I want to grow something I've not grown before ..... peas. My garden is mainly given over to flowers, but I do...
Personally, I think yes. Take, for example the Hampton Court Flower Show - if you aren't/weren't an RHS member, it's a whopping 29 quid for a...
... I've just checked on 'Metcheck' for the weather in my area for the remainder of this week. Now, I don't want to worry anyone but this is what...
Not the sort of blackberry you'd stick in a crumble with apples, but the sort that you use for 'phone calls, texts, MMS, emails, and a 1001 other...
Sorry I can't give a picture as I haven't seen the plant in question (it belongs to one of the daughters 200 miles away) and since I don't grow...
You may be interested in a programme called 'The Wonder of Weeds'. I shall probably watch although the only thing I wonder about weeds (and I...
I've got two things which really annoy me. Why doesn't all compost (particularly the larger quantities) come in re-sealable bags? Some does I...
.... who makes 'flower pots' from newspaper? I was surprised to see a 'how to do it' slot, during one of the programmes from Chelsea and, I...
I've noticed an increasing number of aphids on some of my lettuce (not a problem I've ever had before) - I've 'blasted' them with the hose but...
I'm rubbish at suggesting what will grow where, so I'm asking for some help. My daughter and son-in-law have just bought their first house, the...
I heard on the radio (yesterday I think) that there's a 'shortage' of Spanish toms because they've been having too much rain. Now, this is the...
I want to send another member here an email (which I know you can do when the 'Send whoever an email' thingy allows), but I also want to send them...
Excited by 15 minutes of rain last night, I've just checked the long range weather forecast for my bit of deepest, darkest Kent. The only rainfall...
It was 4.40 this morning when the blackbird started singing just outside my bedroom window. With the sun streaming through the curtains I was up...
I don't know what's happened/happening to my French beans, they were fine I until I planted them out 3 days ago. Whatever it is, I'm guessing it...
Wandering around the garden centre ('just looking' you understand!), I spotted 25kg bags of J. Arthur Bowers 'Growmore' for just £9.99 each ........
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