You probably should have filled the bag about half full, put the seed potatos in, then covered with compost and added more as the plants grew....
Dry, bright, and almost sunny even - Sun! In August! Bit of a nip in the air though. More like spring than late summer. Here's hoping for an...
I have a large (about 15ft tall) elder in my garden. I'm pretty sure it's just common elder, Sambucus nigra. I don't want to kill it, but would...
I've got spuds, parsnips, cabbage, swede and carrots in for Christmas - some will get there, some won't. But it's probably a bit late to sow and...
The weather in the last few years, and future? That's great, it starts with an earthquake, birds and snakes, an aeroplane Lenny Bruce is not...
What she did is no more cruel than, say, battery farmed chicken... I wonder how many of the mob* have thought about their own behaviour towards...
Cheers, Doghouse. Interesting stuff. I'm itching for a bigger garden that I can re-design from scratch. I'd definitely try to work some Japanese...
Now THAT is absolutely fantastic, Doghouse! Love the Acer in front of it, too. What variety is that? You need a stream with arched bridge, and...
What's a tea-house, Doghouse?
Well said Aaron. It's bad enough when it's a mob baying after someone who is genuinely vile - a murderer or someone. But for this.... let's...
Oh come now. She didn't hurt anyone. She didn't even cause much harm to the animal, luckily. There are people who chase animals on horses and...
Clearly not a nice thing, but I find the tabloid-led witchhunt against the woman even more disturbing. The hatred has got so silly that her life...
This is beautiful, and very appropriate YouTube- R.E.M. - The Flowers of Guatemala
I would just dig the apples in, personally. Nature knows what it's doing. They will rot down and add structure and goodness to your soil in time....
You can get foliar calcium feeds for a quick fix, I believe? Or did I imagine that? I never bother. Water properly, and it's never a problem!
Yeah, my garden's looking past its best, but I quite like the way it looks - as if it's getting weary after a hard season's growing, and settling...
Proper watering is the key. Most soils / composts should have enough calcium, especially if you are feeding, but the plants can't take it up if...
Currently revising for RHS exams, listening to Rage Against the Machine as I go. Learning latin plant names and raging against the institutional...
Hey Vince. Actually, it's only the ceremonial torture of foxes that is banned, really. I don't think anyone who loves nature could argue with...
BAH. Gone. Dead. Wilted, rotted, fell off it's perch, shuffled off this mortal coil, pushing up the daisies, is an ex-Cistus. Apparently...
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