Thanks Gardengater. I am definitely going to sit back and enjoy now. The only bit of 'gardening' I intend to do this Summer is to pull the few...
Weedkiller Since I last used the website I have been in hospital. Whilst in we had a lot (and I mean a LOT) of rain. When I came home I...
Weedkillers I've taken a few bits of advice offered above. Firstly, I have been given a helping hand by two youngsters. The weeds are cleared but...
Weedkillers Thank you all for your helpful and very caring replies. You are all so kind. I like the idea of covering in plastic. I've seen people...
I have been ill and my garden has been completely neglected since almost the beginning of the year and I did very little in the few months before...
Probably the best way to make your own baby food for the first time is to copy as near as possible the bought ones. The ingredients are usually...
Day Lilies Thanks Bullthistle. I had considered doing that last year but I wondered if, as they seem so established there, it might kill them if...
Day lilies from seed. I have a few day liles growing in gravel in a corner of my garden. They have come up year after year and I don't know how...
Thanks Sjoerd, that is really helpful. I'll look into that.
Thank you very much for your replies. It appears that I havn't been doing things correctly but I certainly learn from the help I am given here. I...
Thanks for the info. I wonder if I made another mistake (besides planting them next to potatoes). I put the seeds in a container first then...
Can anyone tell me what I did wrong with my swede plants which I should have been able to harvest over the winter (I am in the U.K. by the way). I...
Composting Thank you so much for all your help. This is really appreciated. I shall look up the other sites suggested as well. Emma.
I was a brand new gardener this summer, trying to grow vegetables outdoors and in a greenhouse. My son (who has now moved out) started a compost...
Thank you Song of Joy and Glendann. I appreciate the information. I always suspected that some of the plant could be poisonous and suspected that...
Some years ago a very mysterious huge (but very stunning) plant appeared in our garden. It took a long time before we managed to identify it. A...
Thank you very much. I think it is too cold here at the moment to have put them outdoors. I was growing them all indoors, from the start, with the...
I'm sorry to report that I've killed them all - except the one I gave away!! I'm guessing that I overwatered them. I was away for a week and gave...
Limiting the size of cucumbers Thank you very much Toni and Petunia. The information and photographs are very helpful to me. I had been told,...
Can anyone tell me if I am supposed to stop a cucumber plant at a certain size? I stopped my tomatoes at 4 trusses but my cucumbers have trailed...
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