Hi,We've just started chitting potatoes (King Edwards and Cara) and I was thinking of putting some polythene on the soil to get warming it ready...
Thanks Fran! Yes I think I will move my one and only successful plant back inside and lop off any other buds (I'm told you should normally get 3-4...
Question - what is half a centimetre long and shiny purple?Quiet at the back, if that was the answer I'd be on a different website wouldn't I?...
It's not ideal for ridding your whole garden of them, but to protect any individual plant from slugs one way that worked for me is crumbled up egg...
I reckon the key is decent tools. Go to one of the major chains and get some tree loppers and new shears - if you borrow from someone else then...
That's alright then I'll send the kids out with their wellies and some dancing music when I dig the compost in and that should do the job. I might...
Thanks everybody! I'll have to print this off and get to the garden centre next March or so with a list, although if you do that traditionally...
And another question. We've been merrily bunging our eggshells in the compost heap for the last 18 months. But the other day when Herbert number 2...
Hi, more help needed for a novice here - I'd like to plant some sort of bush or other plant in my garden that will attract butterflies. Adds an...
Thanks Fran! With the help of a gardening book to tell me what the stamen and stigma were (dropped out of Biology at 14 I'm afraid!) I've had a...
Hi all, just wanted to say hello, I am also a novice veggie gardener, hope I can hang around long enough to help as well as be helped, although...
Hi, I am very new to this gardening caper, and I am in need of some help. I�ve been trying to grow Aubergines, and thought I was doing ok....
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