Trusty Welsummer broody still strongly attached to her little brood when they're eleven weeks old!
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Happy Birthday Dan, missed it on the first pass this morning as usual. Now I understand your username. Have a good day.

I recently replaced my whole decking with Degmeda burnt wood . It has water and fire resistance, great preservation from rot. My question is: how do...

I need to prune back my currants (they didn't get cut back last autumn). I expect I will have to sacrifice next year's crop of the red currants).
Any...

Had to remove 50% as it got too large to walk around. Makes a better photo this way at least.

Hi all. I am looking for varieties of cauliflower which, at the stage when they are not yet planting flowers, are able to survive our winter under...

The compost in six pepper pots on my indoor windowsill have suddenly started crawling with little black flies.
Don,t have any insecticide spray &...

My plants have been growing on my lounge window sill and have never been outside yet the leaves either appear to being being eaten around the edges...

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As the added value in the April edition.
I hope they last well.

Hi Pawty!

I think I agree with Johnboy! My only surviving greenhouse cucumber was sulking big time, but my grafted tomatoes were in flower so I...

is it free?

It is only journalistic reportage not the scientific study behind the headlines but this makes interesting reading.
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Is there a problem with the KG site, as it is saying "Please try later"

Think there is a typo here or somebody has moved spring... back says harvest May & April front says September to October.

Received my new secateurs and snips today well chuffed, so a big thankyou to KG and Spear and Jackson's giveaways. :D

Hi all ,I'm having a go at growing some rapini this year only about four plants ,they are around six inches high maybe a bit taller they are...

The pallet conversion is simple and clever. I feel I ought to have thought of it but haven't.

What are the most common unwanted insects damaging your kitchen garden plants?

I put ladybug larvae on my plants when I find them. They seem...

I believe these have a couple of seasons that they are active. Any idea when it would be safe to take the mesh off the leeks? I have covered them...

Just wondering if anyone has the discount code for the garlic farm that was in the October issue of kitchen garden please? Possibly around page 31....

I was telling my son that the pumpkin seeds I brought back from Thailand were growing so rampant they were taking over the garden.

He suggested a...

I live in New Zealand and have recently acquired a Shay Rotogardener 80 which, after a little "fettling", burst into life and appears to...

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This is the Great Dunmow side of Stanstead airport.

We have just got back from a few days away, as always my wife is straight into the garden to check it out ,today I got a shout "there's...

Although they grew well, they are a right faff podding them, so I think these will be something I now buy in the frozen veg aisle. There are loads of...

Fortunate to visit Eve Hill Veg Co last week and had a great time.

This is community market garden based just outside the village of Reepham,...

I would really like to preserve some of the baby artichokes in olive oil. Anyone done this that could talk me through the process? I like the charred...

The drive belt keeps jumping off the large drive belt pulley. I think the reason it is doing this is because the drive belt is not sitting correctly...

The Pallet wood Hydro-driver is a ‘mechanical’ way of actively driving moisture out of water-saturated ‘heavy-clay‘ soils during the critical root...

Surprised this hasn't been posted already,

If you have not taken part before the link leads you to a page where you may click on a 'survey...

Autumn is a period of pumpkins) I work as an essay writer , but I like cooking, especially from the own-raising pumpkin. Pumpkin Gingerbread sounds...

Decided to roast some of the tomatillos - just spread them out on a baking tray and popped them in the oven for 12-15 mins. They sort of exploded...

Is there anything I can add to make tomato skins softer?

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Beryl.

The Organic Academy helps people learn to grow organic food. Growers join our friendly online community and build their skills with courses that take...

I had a lovely lot of Persian silk tree babies growing in a seed tray in the greenhouse. Checked them today and half have bent over with the cold....

I was sorting out my seed boxes today and came across this one dated 2008. (Yes, i know but we all have a few oldies lurking in our collections,...

My garden started off empty with just an apple tree, 2 roses plus a few plants brought on special offer.

The apple tree had a very small amount of...

Today I picked up a rose bush at the range for £2.50
The only label on it calls it Rosa the fairy. And says its a 0.40m mini rose bushes. Other than...

I've kept finding damage to my peaches and thought it was slugs or snails, but for a change they are innocent, it is woodlice. I've picked some ripe...

Well not the show actually but kind of related!

Red Arrows did the show in Bournemouth this evening. (The day events cancelled due to the high...

My onions, which are almost ready to be lifted, have all suddenly developped black upper leaves, although those below have remained green and the...

Having problems with my Toms again. This is on a plant of Ailsa Craig. The fruit has grown to a quite big size but are mealy inside. This is grown in...

I know this has been done before and there are hundreds of recipes out there but does anyone have a simple recipe without all the frostings and cream...

My cordons have always been a bit untidy - I'm an untidy gardener - so they haven't really been shaped very well. Although the advice for summer...

Does anyone have an answer to this problem of squirrels trashing carrots even though they are well protected. My tunnel was surrounded with bricks...

I'm feeding everything using a mix of pee and comfrey tea , I'm hoping this will result in a fairly balanced fertiliser as the two have quite...