All my local garden centres sell this in 1, 2 and 3 as well as B&Q. It is much heavier than the peat I buy and as I have a slipped disc I have to get my sons to carry it into the greenhouse. I use it in pots and hanging baskets and again have to use my children to move them for me whereas I coul...

I would think of building a good soil mix. The one in my raised beds was a third topsoil, a third peat (saved from the greenhouse pots) and a third coir. The topsoil was bought in and the coir was bought as compressed dry blocks which needed rewetting. The brand name was "Neopeat" and was ...

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This offer has just been launched again. Have a look at

http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/digin/apply_for_seeds/

They have mixed salad, courgette, french bean, basil and carrot on offer this year.

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I got mine from my local garden center.

I think they were Mr Fothergills but 11 out of 12 seeds I put in last weekend are just about ready for pricking into pots.

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Have a look at the F1 all female mini varieties. I grow these and always have a good crop which starts early and last well into October. We usually get more than we can eat from 3 plants for a family of 4.

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Have a look at this info

http://www.fruitexpert.co.uk/GrowingAvocados.html

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Hi Here is a link to an article I published a year or so ago about creating a good soil mix for raised beds. I use this in mine and find it a great growing medium. I basically well rotted horse manure, soil, used peat and coir in roughly equal quantities and then add to it with home made compost in ...

Hi I usually sow (and grow) carrots in a block system in raised beds. It is divided into small plots with wires and I often plant 36 seeds in a 12 inch square mini plot. It is hard to get 1 seed in a planting hole but I thin them out when they have germinated. I usually thin them out later as well t...

My Mum loves Roma which she grew from plants I gave her the other year. Last year she had a bad crop due to blight and lost them all, but the toms in her greenhouse fared much better than mine. They were Shirley as I usually get a good crop of nice tasting Toms from these. Never really compared the ...

Hi I started some Thai chillies on Boxing Day and they seem to be doing well if a little slow due to the lack of heat/light. Growing them on the kitchen windowsill. Did this to try and get a longer growing season. They are from seed saved from last years crop (sown in late Feb). I got 4 ripe red chi...

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As it will soon be Christmas, beg, borrow or steal all your neighbours real christmas trees and shred them.

Use the shreddings as a mulch and this will add acidity

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Try buying a bale of straw to use as a brown source. Bales are small enough to transport in a car boot but remember to use a dust sheet otherwise you will end up cleaning bits of straw out for weeks.

I can sweep the back of my estate car out with ease so I do not have any problems.

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Read the article from the Daily Mail. It lists some at the end.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... -loss.html

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Hi Check out the organic gardening site. They have green manures you can sow as late as October. Try this one m They also sell a leaflet on green manures. There is another interesting document at m Get it dug over and sow some seeds. If they do not germinate you have waster a few pounds, if it works...