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    Advice on creating a wildflower border

    I wonder if anyone could give me the benefit of their wisdom with regard to the pics attached. A children's nursery have asked me to do various...
    Thread by: AndyS, Jun 26, 2019, 0 replies, in forum: General Gardening Discussion
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    Overgrown plot - how to get under control?

    Hi,I've offered to help a group establish a community allotment. I've just seen the site they have taken on and it's very overgrown with...
    Thread by: AndyS, Jun 10, 2019, 5 replies, in forum: Allotments Discussion
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    Soil Testing Kit - Water advice

    Hi,I'm going to help a new community gardening group to test their soil. I have got them a probe and one of these TestWest soil testing kits -...
    Thread by: AndyS, Apr 10, 2019, 7 replies, in forum: General Gardening Discussion
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    Heuchera & Physalis - dead?

    Hello,I planted some physalis and heuchera in pots last spring, expecting them to be perennial. They both spread nicely and have a good display...
    Thread by: AndyS, Mar 19, 2019, 10 replies, in forum: General Gardening Discussion
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    Hull Seed Swap - This Saturday

    Gardeners of Hull & East Yorkshire - The Hull Seed Swap returns this weekend!FREE entry at Jubilee Central - Hull City Centre. Event runs...
    Thread by: AndyS, Feb 28, 2019, 4 replies, in forum: General Gardening Discussion
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    Plant suggestions please - ground cover at base of hedge

    Hello,I'm supporting a church to develop a community garden, to include veg growing area, pollinator friendly zone, activity/workshop area etc...
    Thread by: AndyS, Jan 25, 2019, 15 replies, in forum: General Gardening Discussion
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    Dandelions in the lawn

    What's the best way to eradicate them? Ideally organically/without using glyphosate?I have an old unopened bottle of 'feed and weed' in the shed...
    Thread by: AndyS, Aug 28, 2018, 16 replies, in forum: General Gardening Discussion
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    Deadheading Sunflowers?

    Afternoon all,I'm dead chuffed with my sunflowers this year - virtually none destroyed by slugs, and some of them now standing at over 10' tall....
    Thread by: AndyS, Aug 28, 2018, 9 replies, in forum: General Gardening Discussion
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    Plum trees - safe distance from properties?

    Hi,I'm currently helping two people with their gardens and by coincidence both have concerns about plum trees being close to their properties. I...
    Thread by: AndyS, Jul 13, 2018, 2 replies, in forum: General Gardening Discussion
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    Chives - one flowering a year?

    I love chives, but am always disappointed when their flowering season is over. I deadheaded mine last night and wondered if there's any way to...
    Thread by: AndyS, Jul 3, 2018, 4 replies, in forum: Edible Gardening
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    Digitalis - Foxgloves - How best to nurture them year on year?

    Hi,I have planted a few Foxgloves in our garden this year, as they are my wife's favourite and seem to tolerate the shady spot I had a gap in...
    Thread by: AndyS, Jun 8, 2018, 10 replies, in forum: General Gardening Discussion
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    Sourcing Summer Bulbs

    Hi,I could do with a big old sack load of mixed summer flowering bulbs. Seems pretty easy to find spring flowering bulbs in bulk but less so...
    Thread by: AndyS, Apr 5, 2018, 2 replies, in forum: General Gardening Discussion
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    Geraniums & Shade

    I need to find something suitable, and ideally perennial, to plant as a border plant alongside a low wooden fence. The problem is, the area in...
    Thread by: AndyS, Mar 23, 2018, 8 replies, in forum: General Gardening Discussion
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    Using Concrete Blocks for a raised bed - unsafe?

    Hi,On our community allotment plot we have inherited some old concrete blocks - it's been suggested to use them for a raised bed but one person...
    Thread by: AndyS, Jan 15, 2018, 33 replies, in forum: Edible Gardening
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    Getting the best from a Passiflora

    Hi,I planted a Passiaflora in late Spring this year; it's in good quality compost in a planter (approx 1m x 50cm x 50cm), growing up the side of...
    Thread by: AndyS, Nov 7, 2017, 6 replies, in forum: General Gardening Discussion
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    Advice on what to plant in 3 beds - perrenials

    Hi,I have been doing some food-growing sessions in a local school, teaching the children about how to grow salad, herbs, tomatoes etc.The...
    Thread by: AndyS, Jun 27, 2016, 3 replies, in forum: General Gardening Discussion
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    Wildflower and Grass advice

    Hi,I'm soon to be helping the local council plant up a communal area of land. We have put in an orchard already but I'm a bit out of my depth...
    Thread by: AndyS, May 4, 2016, 0 replies, in forum: General Gardening Discussion
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    Killing Weeds in paths

    Hi,I'm against using chemical weed-killers but am also becoming rather worn down by the thrice annual ritual of scraping out all the weeds and...
    Thread by: AndyS, Apr 25, 2016, 13 replies, in forum: General Gardening Discussion
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    Plants for shade - wildflowers?

    Hi,I have just taken out several huge and sadly much neglected lavender plants from a shallow bed in my back garden and am now looking for...
    Thread by: AndyS, Apr 15, 2016, 5 replies, in forum: General Gardening Discussion
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    Community Growing Project

    Environmental & Management Solutions is a registered charity which works with local residents, community groups and businesses to alleviate food...
    Thread by: AndyS, Mar 4, 2016, 5 replies, in forum: General Gardening Discussion
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