Quite a few of our potatoes are turning out to have hollow hearts, outwardly unfamaged but a hole in the middle, therefore making them useless for baked potatoes. Varieties include Sarpo Axona, Sarpo Mira, Verity and British Queen. Is this year's weather to blame - a long dry spell followed by heav...

I have recently erected a large polytunnel, and I am sure I have seen somewhere a book on what to grow in your polytunnel, but can I find it, no I can't can anyone suggest some good polytunnel publications please.

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Anyone got any tips on overwintering this. Have got a plant in a pot and have moved it into a cold greenhouse for the winter. Is this enough? Thanks Sue I have a verbena and I have had it outside in the winter now for about six years, after the first year I thought i had lost it but it came through...

Hello Sue I've had serious problems with red mite this year and wondered if something like this might be contributing to your problem. These mites hide in the woodwork of the coop during the day and they crawl out at night to feed on the chickens. They are easily missed because when you pick up the...

Blight hit my tomatoes yesterday. Only two affected but I've picked the lot and washed them in disinfectant as suggested on another thread (which I couldn't find). How's everyone else doing around the country? I know Jerry was clobbered (Sussex) some time ago. I lost my entire crop to blight this y...

Hi all new to these boards and just want to say hello to everyone and share a little tip I have picked up about butterflies namely the small blue very rare these days.....apparently if you wish to attract this species to your garden then you need to plant kidney vetch on a south facing bank. I have ...