@mazambo I have the same problem. They love the soft compost mixed to perlite, so easy to dig. There are a few solutions though: 1) Of course,...
I bought these and they seem to last for the moment.https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gardening-Gauntlet-Polyester-Sleeves-Protect/dp/B07HK5723K/They...
Today we all felt like it was the weekend already, because yesterday evening we finally got to use our new brazier! It burns quite fiercely, as...
Everything proceeds but it is a bit of a mixed bag.The blackberries are doing great and should now be sweet and dark enough to pass the @shiney...
The wind decapitated the tip one of my toms, but it has another stem which survived. Perhaps it is not an entirely bad thing either, given it has...
Today it rained all day, so I left the the garden to fend for itself. Tomorrow I might collect more blackerries, apparently the weather will be a...
@shiney You are right that they were not ideal for eating straight from the plant. Sweet but with some sharpeness to them. Good for jam or mixing...
In truth I am not terribly good at leaf vegetables, so spinach, radish and part of the pak choi flowered. Still nice to eat, but the flavour is...
I was in my local M&S gas station shop and the police did come in to check that everybody was wearing masks. Accordingly to the security guy it is...
Very true :) Two programs I found quite useful were:Synaptic Package Manager | Linux This is a package manager which sometimes can point to more...
@ricky101 I tried using some manuals, of which there are many on the internet, but frankly I think they are only useful if you are genuinely in...
I only removed some more pak choi, I think we are getting a bit tired of it, and seeded some "perpetual spinach" instead. It is a bit early...
It looks quite nice actually. What is the smallest dial for? Temperature or barometric pressure? Average ripeness of the tomatoes?? (I would love...
"What goes well with salmon?" me: "uhhhh.. Beer?" "Nooo, as a side, from the garden!"So, well, I collected anything that looked remotely...
I am not familiar with the file format used by kindle, so I am not entirely sure. It would seem that those books which requires no registration,...
Not sure where to put this, perhaps in Freebies, but it is an online free library, so even there would perhaps feel out of place..Anyway, I...
Today I only watered. Now that most plants are mature I start struggling to keep up with watering. On a warm day they need around 40 to 50 liters....
I know, it can be a bit of pain.. For my tiny vegetable patch I made fixed sides, which can slide down when sowing, and a "roof" secured with...
Did my usual pollination round for the pumpkins, it involves lots of back and forth carrying flowers and trying not to mix them up, because I have...
I am no expert but, reading around, it would seem that there are three or so kind of butterflies which will depose their eggs on cabbage. They do...
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