Well you need to have the banker 'Conference'. i love Comice though i read that it requires a warm spot. Wonder how it will cope with wet and cold...
If a tree is old and worn out you often get quite a few twigs dying off and leaves smaller than normal - basically a whole lack of vigour. Whole...
It should not get hot, it isn't hot composting - the bin simply is not big enough. It will take time. I simply fill up a bin over a year using the...
it is a bit difficult to suggest , not seeing the tree. Last year were there dead branches and twigs? Those are the signs that i would expect to...
I was led to believe that blight survives from one season to another on living tissue, so foliage even if blighted can be composted. Potato blight...
Well trees with two varieties grafted on will not be single cordons grown at that spacing. You would need at least a double cordon with each stem...
Better to get the seed potatoes of International Kidney than using shop bought potatoes. Read this...
I have used winter tares and that grows quite well overwinter. Another one is winter rye and this year i tried forage pea, but the cold winter...
Years ago when I was at uni I shared digs with a guy who always used to get jokes, sayings mixed up. One evening i was trying to light the gas...
Planting into manure also helps keep scab at bay.
There are two on that list that will not flower this year. Aquilegia and lupins are perennial and will flower the following year and every year...
I have used Plantex soil membrane http://horticulture.taylorschoice.co.uk/products/138012_plantex_soil_membrane_1m_x_14m.php Don't get the cheap...
Dead easy. Some of the dwarf perennial ones such as Arizona Sun and Mesa yellow are first year flowering. So I would bung them in now. As i don't...
Primulas are spring bedding as they don't flower until March and July/ august is too late for sowing. I sow primulas such as primroses and...
With the Echium don't use a peat based compost - it causes the plant to rot at the base of the stem. Use a soil based compost with added grit.
I think we have a confusion here. The compost in your compost bin is not the same type of thing as you get in Growbags - why they were called the...
Ah well Alys is a nice, wholesome lass or so it seems. The last time a redhead had an impact on male viewers of GW it was because of two assets...
I cannot see the point. You are using cold composting methods as most gardeners do. they might get warm straight after putting green stuff in but...
I am after stuff gthat will keep butterflies off my brassicas. I am having to use wire netting to keep out the bunnies......and ponies. Yep the...
I would tend to use it as a mulch later on , if you have any left, cause it is brilliant at keeping moisture in. Some people spread it on the...
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