What colour is it? If the straw is mainly yellowish then it is probably fresh. I always ask my farmer friend for well rotted - that is a very dark...
Try this. Recommended on another site and i think i will use them later....
I think you would probably need polytunnels and several acres to make it worthwhile. The vast majority of the plants would be useless and a waste...
Oh there is hope for your kids. Our kids used to be the usual...hate vegetables,love Mcd0onalds etc etc. The youngest who is 24 and a trainee...
I think that people who do their own cooking, as opposed to buying processed food, do in general eat a different diet than our parent's...
Sarah Palin goes fishing for barracuda.
Where you know rats have been just be careful about touching it. They carry Weill's ?? disease in their urine so dont touch the compost with your...
Well I am going to make Roders jealous.............. i had lunch with her....and she is even nicer in the flesh than on the telly. :) She was a...
While not being a fan of Gordon et al I do think there are better places on this forum for a political rant. This section is about composting and...
I think you have given the answer to why they were going in - the rice and cooked potato. I would put a rat trap in. If your bin is enclosed then...
Why not just walk down to the allotments and ask. There will probably be someone who has an open bean trench and wants something to put in. When...
Forget the mesh. Rats will just dig under. If you don't put cooked food in then it wont attract rats. Leaves are high in Carbon so need mixing...
I heard someone say that the more learned he became he became more aware of how much more he did not understand.
Seeds dont always germinate as the temperature rises. Lettuce will stop germinating if the temperature is too high. A lot of primulas go into...
If you stick it in a pot then what will you be getting ?- a stunted misshapen tree. I would dig it up and transplant. I would get hold of some...
Another thing that might be relevent if you have a modern house. When they build them they drive heavy machinery all round the future gardens. In...
But just think only 20 more days, December 21 st ,and the days start getting longer. :)
Every year I would cut it down to nearly ground level. It is the easiest pruning technique to understand. Not only do you reinvigorate the plant...
I came across that site years ago. Remember it is a US site. Sometimes they can be a bit too evangelistic and think their way is the only way....
Try putting in some birch and you have already mentioned Rowan. those two are very fast and get up high quickly. I have used them in the past as...
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