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by magentasue
Sun Apr 23, 2006 10:50 am
Forum: Best practices
Topic: bit of a problem - suggestions please!
Replies: 8
Views: 7021

I'd have thought it would be easy enough to find pictures online so you could identify your seedlings, but no, it doesn't seem that easy. This site has some pictures if you search for 'tomato seedling', 'cabbage plant' etc. m From memory, I think the Vegetable Expert book (commonly found in DIY shed...
by magentasue
Sun Apr 23, 2006 5:33 am
Forum: Best practices
Topic: bit of a problem - suggestions please!
Replies: 8
Views: 7021

Well, the leeks and tomatoes will be easy to identify as soon as they come up. As for the greens, I would just put them out together. Depends how desperate you are to get them into the ground. If you leave them a bit, you'll be able to group like with like . I wouldn't be able to tell the difference...
by magentasue
Thu Apr 20, 2006 8:30 pm
Forum: Best practices
Topic: compost heap ????
Replies: 14
Views: 8335

We had a couple of rabbits when the children were small and, like Mandy, used straw rather than woodshavings for litter. This composted very well. Now we have chickens and use woodshavings for them. At first, I worried about them not rotting but they do and we get great compost. I think with rabbits...