Over the last few years i've been using leaves to mulch my flower beds. Then the following year i dig it into the soil and reapply more leaf...
Anything manufactured by Monsanto will have corporate bullying tactics behind it, to have it legalised.
Sorry for the delay in responding and thanks for the suggestions. Sandy the distance from my garden and the canal where i would draw the water...
Here in Italy we've had months of extreme heat and a couple of days rain in that period :sad: Everything in this region looks exhausted, trees and...
I've been a biker for the last 30 yrs and love em. I live 30 mins from the Ducati factory and every now and then at a our local bike haunt you can...
I moved into my house around 5 yrs ago and what is now the garden was a piece of land that had been left to the weeds. A couple of years ago i...
It's been averaging 23C here over the past week and sunny. But as the temperature increases the problems will begin - no rain, high humidity,...
We've worked for a couple of fountain pen producers painting artwork on their pens, one in the UK and one in Italy. We've probably painted over a...
Thank you so much Sheal. It's very kind of you to find this and post it :) Never realised how incredible these little creatures are. Also they...
I thought i would add this to the thread as i see many different suggestions for the use of leachate, that liquid found at the bottom of worm...
Okay i recieved a response on another forum. Just if anyone is interested, i was told that it takes a couple of weeks for the worms to settle in,...
I'm new to all this, I set up my worm bin a couple of weeks ago and put bedding and ground up kitchen waste in the bin. I've stopped feeding the...
Today i planted 2 pomegranate trees, young uns about 2m high and a holly bush. It's been pretty frosty in the morning, this passed week, so i hope...
I can't take credit for this one. My wife woke up early one morning, leant out of the window and took a picture of a neighbouring farmhouse. We...
I don't mean to drag out this post but i thought this may be useful to anyone using Neem and possibly answers my first question:...
I've never attempted to grow anything from seed and it just so happens that i have a packet of Lavender seeds which i hope to grow or attempt to...
Thanks Shiney,i just did a little more research into what could be a reason and found some interesting writings regarding my quiery. This is a...
This is an extract from a Wikipedia site: 'In the UK, plant protection products that contain azadirachtin, the active ingredient of neem oil, are...
I would be happy to see it grow back. Maybe this could be what it needed, an extreme cut.
Thanks Palustris. He made a point in telling us that the tree was old, unlikely that it had been maintained and had become very susceptible to...
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