Hiya My outdoor toms were spectacular this summer - way more than I could eat - friends groaned when they saw me coming down their drive with carrier bags full to give away. The blight struck a couple of weeks ago BUT on a patch of ground where the chickens had been for a few months several tom plan...

Hi I've just returned from a few days away to find my 3 gooseberry bushes completley defoliated by what I assume is gooseberry sawfly (little black headed catapillars?) There isnt a leaf left on my 2 year old bushes. I've picked off and squished as many as I could find but will the bushes survive? Sue

Bloody Sonic Mole deterants!! Worse that useless cos they cost the best part of 20 quid and just DONT WORK
If living things are eligible then wasps - dont care how many fruit trees they polinate or how many greenfly they eat - cant stand the hot arsed little gits

Despite assurances from a very nice lady on the help line I havent got mine yet - again! If it doesn't come tomorrow I want my money back!! Strange fact of life that all administration fails but the bit where they take the money from your bank account always works bloody perfectly!

Ouch! u poor thing - I dislocated my sholder years ago and they didnt need to put me under to put it back - I passed out all on my own! Only labour came close to that kind of pain On the subject of temp I recorded -11 deg C on one and -10 deg C on my second thermometers on Friday morning, coldest I ...

Delighted to say I've won twice! set of root trainers and a fabby wolf garden tools carry bag with a trowel and hand fork - only problem is they might have come from the 'other' magazine - I cant remember - I enter them all every month!

Chantals right - although I have been disapointed this time, my previous subscriptions have been trouble free. I will put it down to the change of ownership - funny how the 'taking the dosh from your bank account' bit always works perfectly though -

From Thursday 2nd MArch;
grow bags @ 98p
Secateurs from 99p
Aluminium & Polycarb cold frames @ £19.99
Telescopic pruners @ £9.99
Folding Garden saw @ £2.99
Loppers from £3.99
Polytunnel type green house H192xW121xL165 cm £29.99
2x5 mt cloche from £1.99

Hi Val
Just to say the greenhouse I had from you is nearing completion - Taken me a while to get round to getting the glass in but hopefully I will soon have somewhere warmer to hide from the weather and still be in the garden

Bright and brezzy on the North Staffs/north salop border but "bloody 'ell its cowd" Brass monkey weather and more of a day for making final adjustments to the 2006 garden plans and seed and job lists while sitting ever closer to the stove than actually going out the door

A few of years ago I bought several fruit trees and bushes and due to a sliped disk Ouch - my plants were left in a shed for nearly 3 months. The were well wrapped and kept moist but after planting the red currants were a bit slow but otherwise everything was just fine. When you think that supermark...

If we had a moderator we could split this rant session into two threads - the pro/anti charging for emergency rescue services and the slightly more academic debate about the English language! Its exactly this kind of debate that keeps me logging on! Its a great site for info re the garden but its ju...

That sounds like just the ticket Johnboy - what is SBK and where can I get it?

I thouroghly enjoyed the fruit growers special last night. Any footage of people in shorts sleves with a tan is good for the soul at this time of year I found it quite informative but really it was just 'nice' viewing. I loved the way Sarah Raven kept refering to her 'limited space' and 'small' orch...

I have inherited a border against a wall that has been neglected for many years and I am now about to start to revive it.I have cleared as much of the weeds and couch grass that I can but am now left with a lot of well established wild brambles - I've pulled and cut out what I can but am left with s...