I've been busy stretching netting all over the tops of my fences and other entry points to keep the bl***y CATS out! I'm finding that netting...
You can't be too adventurous with gardening. If it fails, it fails! I try sowing everything and anything. Try and find out what they need with...
To give an example. When Toby went round to Sarah Cox's house and showed her how easy it was to make a small veg patch. Now, we all know that...
Lollipop - don't get me wrong, I'm a big fan of Geoff Hamilton. His Barnsdale Collection on video is a favourite of mine when I'm ill and can move...
I completely agree with that, Helenium. Half an hour, once a week, is not enough. The problem is that gardening can actually be quite boring on...
My girlfriend doesn't like Alys Fowler and gets a bit spikey when she is on TV. I'll leave you to draw your own conclusions as to why...!...
I really liked the new format. The 30 minute fixes, the chats at the end. You came away with new ideas you could adapt and run with most weeks -...
I'm planning to have a big seed sowing session this weekend. Cabbages, beans, chillis etc. And flowers - Sweet Peas, Nicotiana, Marigold etc....
I'm worried about my Cistus 'Silver Pink' (my favourite plant of all) and my hardy Fuscias. Both are hardy in normal winters. But this one is...
Alan Titchmarsh is dull. Bringing him back to "inject new life" into Gardener's World is like bringing back cart and horses to inject new life...
Sorry, I'm not lecturing or anything - last post could have come across like that! I just find it quite interesting. I've gradually cut down...
Wow. That's a heck of a stock of chemical enhancement, Doghouse! Out of interest, have you ever tried cutting right back on what you use, or...
You might have missed the fancy expensive bulb varieties, but now is a great time to pick up some bargains! Garden centres would rather...
I use very little fertiliser. I find if you keep the soil in good condition, there is very little need for fertiliser. It's all marketing by the...
Haha. Seedling ID ing is one of the trickiest bits of gardening I find. I'll eat my hat if the top one is a carniverous plant. But I don't...
The top one looks very much like a sunflower to me. Bottom one, I don't know. Lemon balm or summat, possibly.
Just to add - I've grow sweetcorn in similar shady conditions your tree spot this year, Paul. I have a long growing season (am in a town in the...
2) if you fancy some fruit, a blackcurrant bush should do OK in partial shade like that. (Plus a fruit bush might benefit from the annual leaf...
Thanks Shiney. How hard should I prune them? Just a few inches of top growth, or more? Some of my plants are quite tall and a wee bit leggy.
Has anyone tried overwintering chilli plants? The growing season never seems to be long enough for me to get a bumper crop of peppers and...
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