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- Sun Apr 24, 2022 7:01 pm
- Forum: Ask the team
- Topic: shade plants for a rockery under a holly tree
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9508
Re: shade plants for a rockery under a holly tree
Hi Daxtell71, I have ended up with a small, dry shady rockery in one corner of the garden (it has become shady since next door's trees have grown taller). I have put some heucheras at the back of it and also some cyclamen. Bellis also seem to thrive. Each year it gets over-run with dog violets growi...
- Wed Sep 23, 2009 9:34 pm
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Evening Primrose roots
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2404
Re: Evening Primrose roots
Thanks Alan. I have a lot plants this year which have self-seeded from a neighbour's garden, and now the flowers are finishing I have started pulling them up. I shall try steaming the roots like carrots and see if it is worth cultivating them in the future.
Lyn
Lyn
- Mon Sep 21, 2009 9:05 pm
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Evening Primrose roots
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2404
Evening Primrose roots
Does anybody know if the roots of Evening Primrose are edible? They look and smell as if they should be.
- Sun Apr 26, 2009 6:48 am
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: homemade liquid feeds
- Replies: 46
- Views: 16649
Re: homemade liquid feeds
Oh dear, Johnboy - you'll be writing in capital letters next!! Yes, it would indeed be antisocial if it were quite so strong as you imagine (are there [i]really[i] people out there who regard high pungency as being directly proportional to efficacy?). However, you only have to be within a couple of ...
- Fri Apr 24, 2009 9:40 pm
- Forum: Seasonal tips
- Topic: How late can you sow outdoor tomatoes & still get a crop
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2717
Re: How late can you sow outdoor tomatoes & still get a crop
Hi Primrose - I like them very much and think they are well worth growing - although they are quite tiny, they are very, very prolific - you will get hundreds of little yellow cherry-sized toms off one plant, and I find them to be just as sweet and flavoursome as Gardeners Delight (both these variet...
- Fri Apr 24, 2009 9:23 pm
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: homemade liquid feeds
- Replies: 46
- Views: 16649
Re: homemade liquid feeds
Hi - Yes, it can be quite "aromatic", particularly when I give it a stir, but, lacking a proper lid, I put a large upturned plastic pot (15'' diameter) on top weighed down with a brick to stop it blowing off. It just fits the rim of the drum nicely. If you don't have a suitably sized pot,I...
- Wed Apr 22, 2009 10:17 pm
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: homemade liquid feeds
- Replies: 46
- Views: 16649
Re: homemade liquid feeds
Hi nemo - to return to your original question - you don't need to make a fresh lot each year. I have a large plastic drum into which I add nettles, comfrey, borage, and the occasional shovelful of manure scooped up from a nearby bridleway, and top it up with water. I don't start a new lot each year ...
- Thu Sep 25, 2008 10:35 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Malvern Autumn Show
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2660
- Thu Aug 28, 2008 8:53 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: PLANT DYES
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3472
Hi Grock, Woad is very easy to grow, (and the bees love it) but if you use it as a natural dye in the normal way you will get a green rather than a blue dye. I use it to dye wool that I have spun, and with a tin or alum mordant it gives a lovely soft green colour. If you want blue dye (like the Anci...
- Thu Jul 31, 2008 9:56 pm
- Forum: Weeds, Pests and Diseases
- Topic: pear tree leaf disease?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 9144
- Tue Apr 29, 2008 10:01 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: Allan Day
- Replies: 25
- Views: 9424
- Tue Jan 29, 2008 1:31 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: The pros and cons of mulches
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3933
- Wed Jan 16, 2008 10:54 am
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: does size of garlic cloves matter ?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3047
- Fri Dec 21, 2007 9:11 pm
- Forum: General chatter
- Topic: So scared of cataract operation
- Replies: 16
- Views: 6807
- Wed Nov 28, 2007 1:32 pm
- Forum: Best practices
- Topic: Liquid gold - again
- Replies: 18
- Views: 7404