Hello Can anybody explain why white bread flour has to have additives irrespective of whether it is thought to be a 'good' quality flour or not? I understand that wholemeal does not have to have these additions. Is there any flour that escapes this rule? Is it the same for Spelt flour? Just discover...

Is it me or is packet bought seed losing its fertility? Over years I have often successfuly bought seed used some and packed the rest in an airtight container stored in a cool dark place untill the following year. Some packets I have successfully sown from year to year I am finding now that the fert...

Marvellous! Thank you for your reply, order prepared.


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Angela

Hello Can anyone assist? I would like to grow this cabbage, an old mild type where you cooked the leves and stalks separately and apparently does not have a cabbage smell during cooking. Several sites were suggested when I googled it but they don't seem to do it anymore. Seems quite popular in Ameri...

Can I put the contents of my hoover bag in my compost bin? Can it stay in the bag or should it be removed (ugh) Does the bag contain chemicals?

Angela

I have a large bag remaining after repotting blueberries etc. What can I do with it? Can I dig it into the ground, if so what should be added? Any ideas?

Angela

Many thanks for your replies, there are rather alot of leaves mixed with this earth/dust. Hopefully this will be a one off as when (when!) the ivy is down there will be no more leaves. I have filled an Omlet food bag with some and will fill all available bags then add the rest to the compost bins, n...

I have recently acquired the use of a piece of ground (the garden next door) the garden and the building next to it where covered in ivy and as I do not use weed killers (not that I understand them to be particularly effective in this case anyway) I have been sawing, chopping, digging etc. The stems...

Thanks for the reply, I have cut through some of the lower growth and the growth above has not died. I have been told that ivy can survive easily even when it has been severed from its roots.

Can anyone assist, my neighbour who has little interest in her property has ivy covering most of the back of her house. It is now encroaching on my house particularly high up around the guttering.I am able to enter the garden and chop away but only as far as I can reach. Is there a product I can pai...

Weather still Ok, I have planted onions, rocket and spinach. Any ideas on anything else? Rather not leave the soil empty.

I hope someone can help, very involved with the preserving of produce and have done rather well with beetroot. I have been told about a beetroot jelly which is apparently delicous, anybody got a receipe?