I reckon pellet seeds are a very expensive waste. I use the crowbar method mentioned by Kirsten for carrots and parsnips. I sow three or four...
I've used predators, phytoseiulus, to very good effect on indoor plants - brugs and citrus, but found that with plants, mainly cucs, in the...
My father had a coal fired boiler heating his greenhouse and he used to sterilise soil for seed growing by standing a galvanised bucket of damp...
Red kidney beans are the ones with toxins (and quite nasty too) , but they are perfectly safe if cooked.
We've two 'dalek' type bins that we use as worm composters and have had them now for about 7 years. The rate of composting is I reckon at least...
I doubt if sulphur smoke would have much effect on blight spores as if indeed there are any they will be on or very close to the soil surface....
You can get the free version of Malwarebytes here - http://www.malwarebytes.org/The free version of AVG is here - http://free.avg.com/gb-en/homepage
I run a daily scan with AVG and a weekly one with Malwarebytes. No probs with them at all.I used Malwarebytes to clean up a neighbour's PC who...
Just read an article on the BBC site. Microsoft have issued a critical warning about Internet Explorer....
My garden watch was a bit disappointing this year with the number of species down a bit on last year. However goldfinches and green finches were...
OK lordspudz, here's my opinion for what it's worth. After having had a look at the pics on your own website, this isn't a patch on your...
Brilliant Steve!! How many exposures went into that cracker?
Super photos Shiney. Looks like you were on a real adventure.:dbgrtmb:
Thanks ClaraLou:dbgrtmb: & Marley!I'll have a trawl through my archived photos and see if I can dig out anything.
Thanks Clueless - that sounds interesting though there's a vast difference between filling with vodka and the stuff we've got. It might work...
We've just inherited about 1.5 litres of Polish Rectified Spirit ' Spirytus Rektyfikowany'. It's 96% alcohol (192% proof). We could I suppose, use...
If you want to grow a victoria plum in a container you need to get one on dwarf rootstock such as pixie. You'll need a pretty large container though.
Yes I was lucky! I've been trying to get a decent shot of a wild raptor for ages and this morning just as I stepped outside I heard squawks...
If the 'plate' you are talking about Pip is as shown in this photo of my Canon it's the mirror.[IMG]
Oh dear me. You should never clean a mirror in a DSLR Pip the coating is very, very thin. If you absolutely have to remove dust from a DSLR...
Separate names with a comma.