I guess we've all had this but, some of my tomato truss stems have continued to grow beyond the actual fruit and have produced small clusters of...
I was just wondering. Do you have a particular item or tool which you use all the time but which was never designed for garden use? I've got...
Re-vamped the garden last year and bought several different penstemon. Took loads of cuttings with about 97% success rate. Healthy plants now in...
I'm fiddling with the TV remote and come across 'Yesterday' showing repeats of 'The Victorian Kitchen Garden' with Harry Dodson and Ruth Mott....
... what should I look for to know when to harvest lupin seeds? ... once collected should I store them (how/where?) or plant them immediately?...
Ideally, we'd like a small water feature to bring some 'life' into the dark corner (formed by the house and our neighbour's fence) of our patio....
Last year, for the first time, I bought a 2' high strawberry 'planter' and 6 small plants. I had a few fruits but didn't expect too much although...
At a school fete recently, I was given some left-over 'teeny beanie' runner bean plants, very healthy and about 8" tall. I've no idea who grew...
Does anyone here use one of those digital label making machines for their plant labels? A friend of mine wants one and whilst they all seem...
I'm sure we've all seen those lovely pictures of gardens where every conceivable type of container has been pressed into service to hold a plant -...
Our wisteria is roughly 16 years old, every year it's laden with beautifully scented flowers and after a 'make-over' we've identified an area in...
Recently I bought some plants which came in the 'new' bio-degradable pots. Reading the attached label, which looks and feels like plastic, it says...
Yesterday in the garden centre, I noticed they were selling seed potatoes (no idea which variety) at half price. I didn't think much about it at...
For all sorts of reasons, not least of which because I can be disorganised, easily side-tracked or just plain interrupted, I can often spend as...
Whilst in the garden centre recently, I decided on a 'just in case' basis, to buy some 'RoseClear' to deal with possible black spot problems....
Yes, I know I'm sad, but for the last 5 or 6 evenings I've had to get the hosepipe out - these hot, dry days play havoc with my sandy soil. Today...
During the night one, or more, snails have clearly held a dance on my lounge window - the sun is now shining through their tell-tale trails. Yeuk!
For various reasons I actually bought my runner bean plants this year - 2 trays of them. I hardened them off, I planted out one row but had to...
I've been offered some dwarf bean plants which I'm anxious to accept but I'm seriously short of space. For some time we've been thinking of...
We garden on sandy soil and last year, after a major make-over, planted pretty much the whole lot (roughly 60 sq.m. excluding lawn) with hardy...
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