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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

Are you a flower beds gardener, or fruit, veg and herbs, or a wildlife gardener, or a mixture of them all like me. Zen garden anyone?

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By *ire_bladeMan
over a year ago

Manchester

Much prefer a lady garden myself

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Next year I'm getting myself a mini green house and growing fruit and veg

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Much prefer a lady garden myself "

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By *empting Devil.Woman
over a year ago

Sheffield

Not much of a gardener, I tend to put in stuff that just keeps coming back but I have got a lovely crop of strawberries

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By *ire_bladeMan
over a year ago

Manchester


"Much prefer a lady garden myself

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Why do i suddenly want a jammie dodger

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Not much of a gardener, I tend to put in stuff that just keeps coming back but I have got a lovely crop of strawberries "

Any tips on growing a good crop?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Much prefer a lady garden myself

Why do i suddenly want a jammie dodger "

I have no idea

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By *empting Devil.Woman
over a year ago

Sheffield


"Not much of a gardener, I tend to put in stuff that just keeps coming back but I have got a lovely crop of strawberries

Any tips on growing a good crop? "

No!

They're last year's plants that got left in the tubs and I haven't done anything, not even watered them!

But they're tasty

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By *aneandpaulCouple
over a year ago

cleveleys

Spend hours in our Garden its another room of the house Conservatory opens out onto a decking and BBQ area Trellising all rond with clematis and passion flowers all round must be 10 foot no one can see in on a night it all lights up with solar power lights like Christmas tree lights and the lawns and flower beds are looked after plus we can play sometimes have friends join us

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Spend hours in our Garden its another room of the house Conservatory opens out onto a decking and BBQ area Trellising all rond with clematis and passion flowers all round must be 10 foot no one can see in on a night it all lights up with solar power lights like Christmas tree lights and the lawns and flower beds are looked after plus we can play sometimes have friends join us "

I'm envious, Iv always wanted patio doors leading out to the garden

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Not much of a gardener, I tend to put in stuff that just keeps coming back but I have got a lovely crop of strawberries

Any tips on growing a good crop?

No!

They're last year's plants that got left in the tubs and I haven't done anything, not even watered them!

But they're tasty "

That gives me some hope then

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By *orkieLassCouple
over a year ago

York

Fruit, veg, flowers and chickens here. Also have an allotment

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By *at69driveMan
over a year ago

Hertford


"Are you a flower beds gardener, or fruit, veg and herbs, or a wildlife gardener, or a mixture of them all like me. Zen garden anyone?"
Dalhias , gladoli, geraniums , tulips , veoilas, pansies , potatoes ,tomatoes. strawberries , carrots and onions . I have five gardens in various locations so a lot of space to fill

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Not much of a gardener, I tend to put in stuff that just keeps coming back but I have got a lovely crop of strawberries

Any tips on growing a good crop? "

Raspberries are easy to grow, get the autumn ones, if of course you like Raspberries, lol

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By *orkieLassCouple
over a year ago

York


"Raspberries are easy to grow, get the autumn ones, if of course you like Raspberries, lol"

The yellow raspberries are sooooooooo sweet

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Fruit, veg, flowers and chickens here. Also have an allotment "

Me too, excellent stuff, love coming home with bags of fresh grub, cherries were amazing this years, stomach was a bit rife though,lol

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Raspberries are easy to grow, get the autumn ones, if of course you like Raspberries, lol

The yellow raspberries are sooooooooo sweet"

I always though they would be the opposite until I tried them, Blueberries are another favourite.

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By *rightonsteveMan
over a year ago

Brighton - even Hove!

Flowers and shrubs of various types. They just grow year on year.

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By *empting Devil.Woman
over a year ago

Sheffield


"Not much of a gardener, I tend to put in stuff that just keeps coming back but I have got a lovely crop of strawberries

Any tips on growing a good crop?

No!

They're last year's plants that got left in the tubs and I haven't done anything, not even watered them!

But they're tasty

That gives me some hope then "

The tubs are in a sunny spot and we've had plenty of rain so that's probs why they've done so well.

If you have a bed that fits that description strawberry plants will just keep coming back for years. The advantage of the tubs is that it's harder for slugs to get them - that's why people put straw around them (hence the name) to deter slugs and keep the fruit off the ground.

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By *om and JennieCouple
over a year ago

Chams or Socials

Weeds mainly. I sent off for the grow wild free seeds last year & this year to encourage bees. I appear to have wheat growing instead

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By *icentiousCouple
over a year ago

Up on them there hills

A chuffing great trampoline at the moment.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I have strawberries, chillies, courgettes, blackberries, tomatoes and peppers. I have to remember to pick the strawberries before my dog spies them

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By *iss_tressWoman
over a year ago

London

Potatoes even though we can't remember planting any! Onions, tomatoes, garlic, fennel, cabbage, lettuce, peppers, chives, rosemary, marigolds, sweet Williams, calla lilies, roses, daffodils, tulips, crocismus, and an assortment of "what the fuck are they?"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Nothing but s

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Weeds !!

Actually the tortoise does a fair job of keeping the dandelions at bay

The only produce I grow, at the mo, are herbs and wild strawberries in an old Belfast sink next to the bbq. The intention is that I can add to anything I cook ( have another sink in the other side, which I full with ice, beer and wine ).

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Fruit, veg, flowers and chickens here. Also have an allotment "

Are chickens messy?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Not much of a gardener, I tend to put in stuff that just keeps coming back but I have got a lovely crop of strawberries

Any tips on growing a good crop?

No!

They're last year's plants that got left in the tubs and I haven't done anything, not even watered them!

But they're tasty

That gives me some hope then

The tubs are in a sunny spot and we've had plenty of rain so that's probs why they've done so well.

If you have a bed that fits that description strawberry plants will just keep coming back for years. The advantage of the tubs is that it's harder for slugs to get them - that's why people put straw around them (hence the name) to deter slugs and keep the fruit off the ground."

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By *iss_tressWoman
over a year ago

London

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By *iss_tressWoman
over a year ago

London

Oh, and a vine that trails along three sides that will have a bumper crop of grapes this year.

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Fruit, veg, flowers and chickens here. Also have an allotment

Are chickens messy? "

They make mess like any other animals, but most complaints are about the noise.

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By *ouple in LancashireCouple
over a year ago

in Lancashire

small polytunnel to replace the plastic greenhouse that got mullered a couple of years ago, couple of raised veg beds..

usual shrubs etc and a decent sized area to sit out in during the summer..

love growing stuff and there's not much more satisfying than picking what your own fresh veg etc..

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Potatoes even though we can't remember planting any! Onions, tomatoes, garlic, fennel, cabbage, lettuce, peppers, chives, rosemary, marigolds, sweet Williams, calla lilies, roses, daffodils, tulips, crocismus, and an assortment of "what the fuck are they?" "

" what the fuck are they" are my favourite

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"I have strawberries, chillies, courgettes, blackberries, tomatoes and peppers. I have to remember to pick the strawberries before my dog spies them "

Dogs seem to eat more than we thing, I had one who used to chew on carrots like they were bones, and a Fox buried half a bag of prawn crackers on my allotment for a leaner time, we have much to learn,lol

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By *ouple in LancashireCouple
over a year ago

in Lancashire


"I have strawberries, chillies, courgettes, blackberries, tomatoes and peppers. I have to remember to pick the strawberries before my dog spies them "

one of our dogs when he was a pup discovered he liked the taste of strawberries, even the green not yet ripe ones..

he pretty much put paid to that years crop and the result was less than favourable when they went through him later..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I vary my growing from year to year but I've dabbled in nearly everything over the years, sometimes very successfully sometimes not

Strawberries, tomatoes, potatoes, lettuce and courgettes are the regulars!

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"I have strawberries, chillies, courgettes, blackberries, tomatoes and peppers. I have to remember to pick the strawberries before my dog spies them

one of our dogs when he was a pup discovered he liked the taste of strawberries, even the green not yet ripe ones..

he pretty much put paid to that years crop and the result was less than favourable when they went through him later.. "

Fizzy gravy, yuk!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Bush is the only thing that should be grown in a lady garden.

Does that help?

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Bush is the only thing that should be grown in a lady garden.

Does that help?"

Erm... not really

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"I vary my growing from year to year but I've dabbled in nearly everything over the years, sometimes very successfully sometimes not

Strawberries, tomatoes, potatoes, lettuce and courgettes are the regulars!"

Happens to everyone, no years is 100%, especially when you grow a large variety, you're not alone.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Snails and they eat everything. I HATE them spawn of the devil!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Next year I will be growing fruit and veg. Can't this year as the garden needs a full overhaul... bamboo is everywhere!!

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By *iamondjoeMan
over a year ago

Glastonbury

I have:-

Fig trees

Strawberries

Sweet peas

Sunflowers

Tomatoes

Apples

And some other stuff I can't talk about

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Snails and they eat everything. I HATE them spawn of the devil!! "

I spray leaves with garlic spray, it's very good, I'm quite fascinated by snails and try not to hate anything, peace baby

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By *iamondjoeMan
over a year ago

Glastonbury

Unleash your inner hippy

Levellers - This Garden

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=857lmPnOipc

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Next year I will be growing fruit and veg. Can't this year as the garden needs a full overhaul... bamboo is everywhere!!"

You can eat bamboo shoots, get clump forming varieties, Black bamboo in my favourite, green leaves against black stems are gorgeous.

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"I have:-

Fig trees

Strawberries

Sweet peas

Sunflowers

Tomatoes

Apples

And some other stuff I can't talk about "

" it was there when I moved in officer"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Snails and they eat everything. I HATE them spawn of the devil!! "

Get a hedgehog they will get rid of them for you

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Our house is only a terrace so doesn't have a proper garden, still got sunflowers, strawberries and some bedding plants.

Where we live its ridiculously windy so things blowing over is a problem

800ft above sea level on a hillside with no windbreaks - right laugh

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By *ouple in LancashireCouple
over a year ago

in Lancashire


"Snails and they eat everything. I HATE them spawn of the devil!! "

i have used a product which is basically tiny little nemotodes who eat the snails and slugs, they are present in the soil naturally but this is just a way of tipping the balance..

safer than pellets..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Snails and they eat everything. I HATE them spawn of the devil!! "
Totally with you on this, awful F*@king things

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Snails and they eat everything. I HATE them spawn of the devil!!

Get a hedgehog they will get rid of them for you "

Spot on, make sure they have access and water available, they will clear a garden in a couple of nights, little mates

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I don't grow anything. It all grows itself.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Snails and they eat everything. I HATE them spawn of the devil!!

I spray leaves with garlic spray, it's very good, I'm quite fascinated by snails and try not to hate anything, peace baby "

There snails!! And don't call me baby! I love all gods creatures.. With the acceptance of snails and fooking slugs.. They've chomped their way through my Lillies!! And have now moved on to anything else they have taken a shine too.. Grrrrr

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Snails and they eat everything. I HATE them spawn of the devil!! Totally with you on this, awful F*@king things "

NOOOOOOOO!!!!! not Snails, they can't help it, they probably look up at us and think the same,lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Snails and they eat everything. I HATE them spawn of the devil!!

Get a hedgehog they will get rid of them for you

Spot on, make sure they have access and water available, they will clear a garden in a couple of nights, little mates "
my 2 dogs would kill it

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Snails and they eat everything. I HATE them spawn of the devil!!

I spray leaves with garlic spray, it's very good, I'm quite fascinated by snails and try not to hate anything, peace baby

There snails!! And don't call me baby! I love all gods creatures.. With the acceptance of snails and fooking slugs.. They've chomped their way through my Lillies!! And have now moved on to anything else they have taken a shine too.. Grrrrr "

Hi baby doll

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Next year I will be growing fruit and veg. Can't this year as the garden needs a full overhaul... bamboo is everywhere!!

You can eat bamboo shoots, get clump forming varieties, Black bamboo in my favourite, green leaves against black stems are gorgeous."

I don't want anymore of it! Was there when we moved in and is tearing up the decking...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Snails and they eat everything. I HATE them spawn of the devil!! Totally with you on this, awful F*@king things

NOOOOOOOO!!!!! not Snails, they can't help it, they probably look up at us and think the same,lol"

I gonna nuke the fockers.. SALT

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By *iamondjoeMan
over a year ago

Glastonbury


"I have:-

Fig trees

Strawberries

Sweet peas

Sunflowers

Tomatoes

Apples

And some other stuff I can't talk about

" it was there when I moved in officer" "

No, it looked like the Somme but covered in chicken shit when we moved in.

I'm sculpting it, slowly.

The back garden is the remnants of an old orchard. Or apple tree is the last one left.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Roses , lots and lots of roses. Plumb trees, herb bed and getting the veggie plots ready for next year

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over a year ago


"Snails and they eat everything. I HATE them spawn of the devil!!

I spray leaves with garlic spray, it's very good, I'm quite fascinated by snails and try not to hate anything, peace baby

There snails!! And don't call me baby! I love all gods creatures.. With the acceptance of snails and fooking slugs.. They've chomped their way through my Lillies!! And have now moved on to anything else they have taken a shine too.. Grrrrr

Hi baby doll "

Ohhh too funny you aren't you, snuckems

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Snails and they eat everything. I HATE them spawn of the devil!!

I spray leaves with garlic spray, it's very good, I'm quite fascinated by snails and try not to hate anything, peace baby

There snails!! And don't call me baby! I love all gods creatures.. With the acceptance of snails and fooking slugs.. They've chomped their way through my Lillies!! And have now moved on to anything else they have taken a shine too.. Grrrrr "

Peace baby was meant as a general term from the 60s, calm down. Lilies are a good example of garlic spray, I think they were the first plants it was used on, leave some broken cloves soaking in some water, then sieve into the spray bottle, remember to spray after rain, works a treat.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Weeds mainly. I sent off for the grow wild free seeds last year & this year to encourage bees. I appear to have wheat growing instead "

Snap!

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over a year ago


"Snails and they eat everything. I HATE them spawn of the devil!!

I spray leaves with garlic spray, it's very good, I'm quite fascinated by snails and try not to hate anything, peace baby

There snails!! And don't call me baby! I love all gods creatures.. With the acceptance of snails and fooking slugs.. They've chomped their way through my Lillies!! And have now moved on to anything else they have taken a shine too.. Grrrrr "

Get your clogs out and do a stomp

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Next year I will be growing fruit and veg. Can't this year as the garden needs a full overhaul... bamboo is everywhere!!

You can eat bamboo shoots, get clump forming varieties, Black bamboo in my favourite, green leaves against black stems are gorgeous.

I don't want anymore of it! Was there when we moved in and is tearing up the decking..."

Non clumping is a nightmare, I don't envy you mate, good luck sir!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Snails and they eat everything. I HATE them spawn of the devil!! Totally with you on this, awful F*@king things

NOOOOOOOO!!!!! not Snails, they can't help it, they probably look up at us and think the same,lol

I gonna nuke the fockers.. SALT "
Salt will take ages to hill them and it will be painful, use grenades quick and painless and then no garden left for them to come back too

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

kill not hill

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Weeds mainly. I sent off for the grow wild free seeds last year & this year to encourage bees. I appear to have wheat growing instead

Snap! "

Try Naturescape, they have a website and send plant plugs too, Bee flowers is one of the best things you can do at the mo, please don't give up, some councils are planting Bee flowers in the beds and road verges

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"I have:-

Fig trees

Strawberries

Sweet peas

Sunflowers

Tomatoes

Apples

And some other stuff I can't talk about

" it was there when I moved in officer"

No, it looked like the Somme but covered in chicken shit when we moved in.

I'm sculpting it, slowly.

The back garden is the remnants of an old orchard. Or apple tree is the last one left. "

Lot of digging up roots I suspect?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Snails and they eat everything. I HATE them spawn of the devil!!

I spray leaves with garlic spray, it's very good, I'm quite fascinated by snails and try not to hate anything, peace baby

There snails!! And don't call me baby! I love all gods creatures.. With the acceptance of snails and fooking slugs.. They've chomped their way through my Lillies!! And have now moved on to anything else they have taken a shine too.. Grrrrr

Peace baby was meant as a general term from the 60s, calm down. Lilies are a good example of garlic spray, I think they were the first plants it was used on, leave some broken cloves soaking in some water, then sieve into the spray bottle, remember to spray after rain, works a treat."

Pmsl @this ok I'll try to calm down.. I'm sorry for my outburst Although I do fear they are taking over the universe!!!

I'm away for salt and some big boots... Kerrrrrunch!

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Snails and they eat everything. I HATE them spawn of the devil!!

I spray leaves with garlic spray, it's very good, I'm quite fascinated by snails and try not to hate anything, peace baby

There snails!! And don't call me baby! I love all gods creatures.. With the acceptance of snails and fooking slugs.. They've chomped their way through my Lillies!! And have now moved on to anything else they have taken a shine too.. Grrrrr

Peace baby was meant as a general term from the 60s, calm down. Lilies are a good example of garlic spray, I think they were the first plants it was used on, leave some broken cloves soaking in some water, then sieve into the spray bottle, remember to spray after rain, works a treat.

Pmsl @this ok I'll try to calm down.. I'm sorry for my outburst Although I do fear they are taking over the universe!!!

I'm away for salt and some big boots... Kerrrrrunch! "

Please be humane, poor little sods can't help it.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Snails and they eat everything. I HATE them spawn of the devil!!

I spray leaves with garlic spray, it's very good, I'm quite fascinated by snails and try not to hate anything, peace baby

There snails!! And don't call me baby! I love all gods creatures.. With the acceptance of snails and fooking slugs.. They've chomped their way through my Lillies!! And have now moved on to anything else they have taken a shine too.. Grrrrr

Peace baby was meant as a general term from the 60s, calm down. Lilies are a good example of garlic spray, I think they were the first plants it was used on, leave some broken cloves soaking in some water, then sieve into the spray bottle, remember to spray after rain, works a treat.

Pmsl @this ok I'll try to calm down.. I'm sorry for my outburst Although I do fear they are taking over the universe!!!

I'm away for salt and some big boots... Kerrrrrunch!

Please be humane, poor little sods can't help it. "

Stomp stomp keruuunch keruuunch

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Snails and they eat everything. I HATE them spawn of the devil!!

I spray leaves with garlic spray, it's very good, I'm quite fascinated by snails and try not to hate anything, peace baby

There snails!! And don't call me baby! I love all gods creatures.. With the acceptance of snails and fooking slugs.. They've chomped their way through my Lillies!! And have now moved on to anything else they have taken a shine too.. Grrrrr

Peace baby was meant as a general term from the 60s, calm down. Lilies are a good example of garlic spray, I think they were the first plants it was used on, leave some broken cloves soaking in some water, then sieve into the spray bottle, remember to spray after rain, works a treat.

Pmsl @this ok I'll try to calm down.. I'm sorry for my outburst Although I do fear they are taking over the universe!!!

I'm away for salt and some big boots... Kerrrrrunch!

Please be humane, poor little sods can't help it.

Stomp stomp keruuunch keruuunch "

No, my little mates, blubb

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I don't do gardening!

When I landscaped my garden last year, I designed it specifically as a low maintenance garden.

I don't have ANY pot plants for a very, very good reason. They don't last long.

I either over-water them or don't water them enough.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I've got apples and cherries growing in mine. Also lavender but i don't do anything with that. My dog, guinea pigs and rats are buried in it as well.

My soil is sandy and very wet, so bushes and trees do well in it. Most flowers have died. I've mainly got bushes all around the edge, with trees interspersed in there too. I'm keeping the trees small. Letting the bushes grow wild.

I need a gardener...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

We've currently got loads of herbs and vegetables growing in ours. I'm experimenting to see if I can feed two vegetarians with just a small container garden (and staples from the shops). It's an interesting experiment I think.

Yesterday I got a small poly walk-in greenhouse and I'm planning in the autumn to construct some hanging guttering inside to grow strawberries in.

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By *oachman 9CoolMan
over a year ago

derby


"Fruit, veg, flowers and chickens here. Also have an allotment "
do you let the chickens roam or Keep them penned up.

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By *onbons_xxMan
over a year ago

Bolton

We weds most of the time but mine is a shared plot of it and it's a faff to get to

Houseplants on the other hand

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By *oachman 9CoolMan
over a year ago

derby


"Are you a flower beds gardener, or fruit, veg and herbs, or a wildlife gardener, or a mixture of them all like me. Zen garden anyone? Dalhias , gladoli, geraniums , tulips , veoilas, pansies , potatoes ,tomatoes. strawberries , carrots and onions . I have five gardens in various locations so a lot of space to fill"
I,d like to know what strips the leaves of runner beans ? only attacks at night.

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By *ophieslutTV/TS
over a year ago

Central

I grow for wildlife and my own enjoyment. Plenty of wild flowers, something flowering at every point of the year, as well as for insects, birds, aquatic species and other wildlife.

My plants include the seemingly exotic. I have Bird of Paradise plants, various palm tree varieties and plants that evoke the jungle feel. Bees and butterflies love it here, and a summer evening always has a gorgeous scent in the air. My honeysuckles are pervasive and their scents are mixed with other flower scents, depending on the month.

I also like simple plants, so some sweet peas, which also have a captivating scent, are great too.

For food, I'll grow tomatoes, peppers and herbs mainly, as well as strawberries for dessert.

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By *ophieslutTV/TS
over a year ago

Central


"Are you a flower beds gardener, or fruit, veg and herbs, or a wildlife gardener, or a mixture of them all like me. Zen garden anyone? Dalhias , gladoli, geraniums , tulips , veoilas, pansies , potatoes ,tomatoes. strawberries , carrots and onions . I have five gardens in various locations so a lot of space to fillI,d like to know what strips the leaves of runner beans ? only attacks at night."

Slugs and snails love runner bean leaves, so look out for their slime trails. If it's these, you could potentially provide some barrier, that would prevent them getting to the plants.

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By *innamon!Woman
over a year ago

no matter

At present s mostly .. in the process of completely restructuring the whole garden.

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By *oachman 9CoolMan
over a year ago

derby


"I have strawberries, chillies, courgettes, blackberries, tomatoes and peppers. I have to remember to pick the strawberries before my dog spies them "
I try and do this with figs Before the local blackbirds start pecking lumps out of them I don,t want them then only last week one blackbird Was trying his luck with a unripe fig they can,t wait to pounce.

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By *atelotmanMan
over a year ago

Chatham

My garden is decking,fake grass an slabs.I only have 2inches of top soil over a major layer of chalk.All the plants which are David Austin old English roses are in tubs.

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By *oachman 9CoolMan
over a year ago

derby


"Weeds !!

Actually the tortoise does a fair job of keeping the dandelions at bay

The only produce I grow, at the mo, are herbs and wild strawberries in an old Belfast sink next to the bbq. The intention is that I can add to anything I cook ( have another sink in the other side, which I full with ice, beer and wine ).

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Like the Idea of the tortoise, but no spraying or slug pellets while he,s there I lost a hedgehog once due to the pellets, which really got to me Any I put down now is minimal and once A year, pleased to say we have the Hedgehogs back, but still thinking of Useing egg shells Instead in supply when needed pity they don,t keep the cats off.

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By *oachman 9CoolMan
over a year ago

derby


"Fruit, veg, flowers and chickens here. Also have an allotment

Are chickens messy?

They make mess like any other animals, but most complaints are about the noise."
I Think the local red fox,s had Some local hens just across the yard,shame not to see them anymore but They were allowed to wander, black sussex, banti,s etc along with a rooster.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Weeds! Lol

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"I grow for wildlife and my own enjoyment. Plenty of wild flowers, something flowering at every point of the year, as well as for insects, birds, aquatic species and other wildlife.

My plants include the seemingly exotic. I have Bird of Paradise plants, various palm tree varieties and plants that evoke the jungle feel. Bees and butterflies love it here, and a summer evening always has a gorgeous scent in the air. My honeysuckles are pervasive and their scents are mixed with other flower scents, depending on the month.

I also like simple plants, so some sweet peas, which also have a captivating scent, are great too.

For food, I'll grow tomatoes, peppers and herbs mainly, as well as strawberries for dessert. "

Let me know when you are having a garden party

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By *oachman 9CoolMan
over a year ago

derby


"Snails and they eat everything. I HATE them spawn of the devil!! Totally with you on this, awful F*@king things "
When the song thrush population was pretty stable which it is,nt now, you could often hear The song thrush smashing the shells on a (Anvil) stone, mind so could the local cat but even so you still heard them,never do now..

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Snails and they eat everything. I HATE them spawn of the devil!! Totally with you on this, awful F*@king things When the song thrush population was pretty stable which it is,nt now, you could often hear The song thrush smashing the shells on a (Anvil) stone, mind so could the local cat but even so you still heard them,never do now.. "

Rarely see or hear them here either, loads of Collared Doves and Chaffinches, we have Pipistrelle Bats, I put a raised bed of night scented flowers on the shed roof and they fly over it feeding on Moths and gnats.

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over a year ago


"Fruit, veg, flowers and chickens here. Also have an allotment

Are chickens messy?

They make mess like any other animals, but most complaints are about the noise. I Think the local red fox,s had Some local hens just across the yard,shame not to see them anymore but They were allowed to wander, black sussex, banti,s etc along with a rooster. "

A bloke on the allotments has never lost a chicken to foxes, and everyone else has, they want to kill the fox, he tries to explain why he doesn't lose chickens, but they don't want to know, everytime they kill a fox we suddenly get over run with Rats, Mice and Voles, and they moan about them. What is it that prevents some people from seeing sense?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Weed(s)

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By *oachman 9CoolMan
over a year ago

derby


"Snails and they eat everything. I HATE them spawn of the devil!!

I spray leaves with garlic spray, it's very good, I'm quite fascinated by snails and try not to hate anything, peace baby

There snails!! And don't call me baby! I love all gods creatures.. With the acceptance of snails and fooking slugs.. They've chomped their way through my Lillies!! And have now moved on to anything else they have taken a shine too.. Grrrrr "
Try some tiger lilys thou well Established they,d rather hide under The leaves as well as frogs etc quite Cool under there.

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By *oachman 9CoolMan
over a year ago

derby


"Are you a flower beds gardener, or fruit, veg and herbs, or a wildlife gardener, or a mixture of them all like me. Zen garden anyone? Dalhias , gladoli, geraniums , tulips , veoilas, pansies , potatoes ,tomatoes. strawberries , carrots and onions . I have five gardens in various locations so a lot of space to fillI,d like to know what strips the leaves of runner beans ? only attacks at night.

Slugs and snails love runner bean leaves, so look out for their slime trails. If it's these, you could potentially provide some barrier, that would prevent them getting to the plants."
well if it is snails or slugs doing this I hate them worst than I did before with a passion, to Be able to chew through mature leaves There chompers know no bounds, ground up egg shells should help next time I,ll pile them high next year at the bases, I was thinking they may have been earwigs egg shells would not stop Them I lost half my plants this year..

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By *oachman 9CoolMan
over a year ago

derby


"My garden is decking,fake grass an slabs.I only have 2inches of top soil over a major layer of chalk.All the plants which are David Austin old English roses are in tubs."
I was reading the book by andrew marrs, Looking at britain from up above some Wonderful photo,s and it showed the White cliffs of dover and how this region developed from acient seabeds and how profound the chalk deposits were and the lay out of the land there Can,t be much fun being a gardener there sometimes, saying that does kent still have many orchards for fruit growing apple trees etc? must be a certain amount of soil there.

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By *oachman 9CoolMan
over a year ago

derby


"Fruit, veg, flowers and chickens here. Also have an allotment

Are chickens messy?

They make mess like any other animals, but most complaints are about the noise. I Think the local red fox,s had Some local hens just across the yard,shame not to see them anymore but They were allowed to wander, black sussex, banti,s etc along with a rooster.

A bloke on the allotments has never lost a chicken to foxes, and everyone else has, they want to kill the fox, he tries to explain why he doesn't lose chickens, but they don't want to know, everytime they kill a fox we suddenly get over run with Rats, Mice and Voles, and they moan about them. What is it that prevents some people from seeing sense?"
My folks had chickens let them roam, there was no red foxs to take them then like there Is now, but saying that we got brown rats instead so yes haveing a fox keeps vermin down, I don,t mind shrews, field voles, or harvest mice I have seen all these in the garden and Indoors before in the past but of course they belong outside and thats where i prefer them to be mostly.

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By *at69driveMan
over a year ago

Hertford


"Snails and they eat everything. I HATE them spawn of the devil!!

Get a hedgehog they will get rid of them for you "
Are hedgehogs expensive to buy and how do you ensure that they do not disappear into someone elses garden?.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Pampas grass, groovy baby.

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over a year ago


"Snails and they eat everything. I HATE them spawn of the devil!!

Get a hedgehog they will get rid of them for you Are hedgehogs expensive to buy and how do you ensure that they do not disappear into someone elses garden?. "

SuperGlue them to the plant you want protected

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By *osieWoman
over a year ago

Wembley

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By *opinovMan
over a year ago

Point Nemo, Cumbria

Brambles, apples (cookers and eaters), red currants, strawberries, raspberries, loganberries, elderberries, hazel nuts, plums, gooseberries, etc.

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By *uby0000Woman
over a year ago

hertfordshire

my garden is pretty but not done by me hubby loves gardening

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Snails and they eat everything. I HATE them spawn of the devil!!

Get a hedgehog they will get rid of them for you Are hedgehogs expensive to buy and how do you ensure that they do not disappear into someone elses garden?. "

You can't 'get' them, you have to attract one to your garden. Start by cutting some notches in your fence that a hedgehog will fit though, and make sure you put out food that the hedgehog will like. Eventually you might get one that passes through your garden on it's nightly patrol.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Herbs and strawberries and the ever popular s

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Went out into the garden this morning and the whole place seems to have grown two inches overnight. :D The butternut squash and pumpkin vines have turned into triffids overnight and there are several courgettes that I'm going to pick this evening to make into quick pickles to top burgers during the week.

I planted a type of tomato called sweet pea currant this year too, which has formed the most beautiful, tiny, perfect little trusses of green fruit. Now just to hope my runner beans come through in the next couple of days... I want my bean curry!

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By *aneandpaulCouple
over a year ago

cleveleys

Our Garden is like another room to us like i have already said on this thread spent a lot of money on it just had a watering system put in to water all the hanging baskets hay racks and troughs it would take me the best part of an hour twice a day to water them

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over a year ago


"I have strawberries, chillies, courgettes, blackberries, tomatoes and peppers. I have to remember to pick the strawberries before my dog spies them

Dogs seem to eat more than we thing, I had one who used to chew on carrots like they were bones, and a Fox buried half a bag of prawn crackers on my allotment for a leaner time, we have much to learn,lol"
do you have a prawn cracker tree now?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Cant be doing with prissy flowers give me a rhoderdendrum or however you spell it. And cordelines any day of the week.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

mostly shrubs and perennials - love to potter about in the garden but its nothing special - just alive

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By *at69driveMan
over a year ago

Hertford


"Our Garden is like another room to us like i have already said on this thread spent a lot of money on it just had a watering system put in to water all the hanging baskets hay racks and troughs it would take me the best part of an hour twice a day to water them"
It gives me great pleasure just standing in the garden admiring the flowers when they are in bloom . When people passing by compliment me on the flowers it gives me a real kick.I have gardens in five different locations ..

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By *ady LickWoman
over a year ago

Northampton Somewhere

I love my garden We've grown salad potatoes, carrots, runner beans, onions, cucumbers, tomatoes, strawberries, raspberries and blueberries this year. The fruit is doing really well. No marrows though....lol

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By *oachman 9CoolMan
over a year ago

derby


"Weeds !!

Actually the tortoise does a fair job of keeping the dandelions at bay

The only produce I grow, at the mo, are herbs and wild strawberries in an old Belfast sink next to the bbq. The intention is that I can add to anything I cook ( have another sink in the other side, which I full with ice, beer and wine ).

Like the Idea of the tortoise, but no spraying or slug pellets while he,s there I lost a hedgehog once due to the pellets, which really got to me Any I put down now is minimal and once A year, pleased to say we have the Hedgehogs back, but still thinking of Useing egg shells Instead in supply when needed pity they don,t keep the cats off. "
This july I tried to video a hedgehog in my garden but it was just a bit to dark to see properly, 10 or more minutes later I could hear the hedgehog chomping away on slugs or snails behind my tiger Lilys and just a bit of movement from moveing plants etc location wise as Someone said earlier I hope they can detect and clear as many of the slime Trailing critters as possible.. Last year when it was light two hedgehogs were mateing I can understand where they get their name From now listening to them at the time Did,nt think of videoing them a real Wasted opportunity, hopefully one or two offspring were born which will benefit the garden in later times.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Never been one for gardening until last year. I built a raised flower bed with breeze blocks, rendered & painted. It's now full of various flowers. Just recently I've built a decking & also used the remains of the wood & an old under counter fridge to build a garden cooler, it's great when filled with ice.

I've now built a herb garden out of a pallet & its mounted on the wall. I have two different chilli plants, basil, Rosemary, sage & parsley all growing very well.

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By *opinovMan
over a year ago

Point Nemo, Cumbria

I used to do quite a bit of gardening on a self-employed basis but got put off in the end, working for some lady called Mary who was always pestering me for progress reports - she was most contrary.

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By *opinovMan
over a year ago

Point Nemo, Cumbria

... well, quite, at any rate.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Tomatoes on one balcony.......strawberries n peppers on t'other.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Silver bells and cockle shells and pretty maids all in a row......

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Living in a 1st floor flat

I only have my lady garden

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Living in a 1st floor flat

I only have my lady garden "

I wonder what grows in there?

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over a year ago


"I have strawberries, chillies, courgettes, blackberries, tomatoes and peppers. I have to remember to pick the strawberries before my dog spies them

Dogs seem to eat more than we thing, I had one who used to chew on carrots like they were bones, and a Fox buried half a bag of prawn crackers on my allotment for a leaner time, we have much to learn,loldo you have a prawn cracker tree now? "

I wish, lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I've s nettles . A find nettles keep the thieves away

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"I've s nettles . A find nettles keep the thieves away "

There's 101 uses for nettles, I think you just made it 102.

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By *oachman 9CoolMan
over a year ago

derby


"I've s nettles . A find nettles keep the thieves away

There's 101 uses for nettles, I think you just made it 102. "
You want to try nettle beer me dad used to Make it, its got quite a sting in its Tail..

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over a year ago


"I've s nettles . A find nettles keep the thieves away

There's 101 uses for nettles, I think you just made it 102. You want to try nettle beer me dad used to Make it, its got quite a sting in its Tail.. "

Never tried that, tea, soup and omlette.

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By *oachman 9CoolMan
over a year ago

derby


"I've s nettles . A find nettles keep the thieves away

There's 101 uses for nettles, I think you just made it 102. You want to try nettle beer me dad used to Make it, its got quite a sting in its Tail..

Never tried that, tea, soup and omlette. "
Not in the garden but Out in the nearby countryside in june I Was Lucky to see small tortoishell butterflie catterpillas on some Nettles you,d be lucky If you got them In your garden, small tortoishell don,t seem as common as they used to be, but in the past one of the reasons I used to keep a small bed of nettles Was to get such catterpillars in the 70,s..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

And your garden looks well attended to

If you ever need a gardener

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