Dear Sandy, leeks after 1st early pots. beetroot, chard, turnips & carrots after autumn onions. Module sow the beets or they will not have enough time to make a crop. Autumn onions, shallots and garlic after maincrop potatoes. kale and broccoli after broad beans. If you are not sure then try it ...

Dear Laurie,
Piper nigrum comes from the tropics and may not like the conditions in an unheated greenhouse. Perhaps if you were to heat it to 30 degrees C and install a dozen growlamps you may be successful....
Regards Sally Wright.

Dear Colin,
I have to agree with Taralistair, the birds don't bother my Autumn Bliss in the Autumn. But, they do take the fruit off the summer ones and off the AB when they are left to fruit on last years wood like the summer ones.
Regards Sally Wright.

Dear Old Herbaceous,
the only evergreen that will resist the dreaded HF and make a good hedge is Yew. They are said to be immune to it and I have found no evidence to contradict this and the garden where I work is riddled with the stuff.
Regards Sally Wright.

Dear All, my B-I-L sells lots of pumpkins in the Autumn as well. Don't go for the biggies though as folks find it difficult to deal with them. He has grown turks turbans and butternut squash, which sold though the more unusual ones did not sell. Ornamental gourds such as claws and the small mixed on...

Dear All, butternut squashes are one of the more difficult of the squashes to grow, they need a long growing season so the following tips may help. 1. plant the seeds at least two to three weeks earlier than you would for your other marrow family members, a month is better if possible. They are slow...

Dear Peter, I expect some sites do not allow them, here in Cambridge they are allowed but it is strongly recommended that you are in the local beekeepers assoc. However, unless you are actually on the plot where the bees live and are standing in front of the hive it would be very difficult to prove ...

Dear Nog, bees are the only livestock which have their own "vets" aka the bee inspectors. These people have been around for many years and will inspect hives for free as bees are the only livestock with NHS priviledges. These government workers have been instrumental in helping the nations bees stay...

Dear Frecklestone,
if you want commercial quantities of seeds then try Moles seeds www.molesseeds.co.uk . If you want baby plants there are several places you can try, but mostly they want big orders if you have them delivered although some do a cash and carry service.
Regards Sally Wright.

Dear Kay, go to the website for Thornes, www.thorne.co.uk On their website there are links for most of the county beekeeping societies and you should go along to meetings to see if you would still like to keep bees after meeting a hive with the lid off. 60,000 bees can be very intimidating to the no...

Dear Peter,
don't get rid of the plants just yet, they may still produce some tender shoots as the weather warms up.
Regards Sally Wright.

Dear Guest,
I work at one of the Cambridge University colleges that has a dining hall and chapel, both of which are lit wholly by candles. Happy now?
Regards Sally Wright.

Dear Peter, I agree with the berberis, pyracantha can grow 6-8 ft a year when it is established (and who will volunteer to prune it?). The reason it is called fire thorn is because when you are bitten by the thorns it stings like fire! Another shrub to consider might be one of the shrub roses such a...

Dear Johnboy,
I think the act has been updated since then, in the 80's I think. I cannot remember exactly what it is called now but people have been done under its rules. It now includes those alien lovelies the giant hogweed, Japanese knotweed and Himalayan balsam.
Regards Sally Wright.

Dear Nog, I would try your local heating oil company. Some will deliver paraffin in large drums with a tap on them. Plan B would be a large DIY shed or failing that your local garage. I was under the impression that heating fuel was more like motoring diesel than paraffin. But if you have a large gl...