Ooh, your are well trained. Mine like the lavender hedge but I've not seen them tidy up the dandelions yet!

I can vouch for that tigerburnie! My seed bill for niger seed says it all...

Gotta love a chart, Geoff!

Most flour and yeast is packaged for commercial (bakery) use, as they use the bulk of supplies- that is why no real bread shortage (just sparadic over-purchasing by consumers). The (dometic) shortage was a perfect storm. Flour in smaller bags was selling at extremely high volumes (they package it we...

There is an edible version of sweet lupin (RealSeeds has them) but the flowering ones we all love, are not for human consumption. I have never seen the goldfiches eat them either (and we have so many of them!). I just put my deadheaded tops in the compost, no problems after all these years. Same thi...

Interesting Geoff, mine must be pre-sell-out. They are old but I take good care of them. I did see some in the last year or so and thought the material did look a lot thinner than mine. Shame. A great idea let down by the cost savings of using flimsy materials.

It must be brand-related as my loo roll tubes are not white inside. So it must just depend - good spotting! I collect them in a basket and outside of sowing season they are torn up and added to the compost bin. I guess I don’t use enough paper towels to try cutting them down for use! I use them ever...

Humax is peat-based, and I do not use peat products. For a soil improver, I would go for Dalefoot Double Strength. It is too strong to use neat in pots: They have other products for seeds, potting, etc. I got a good deal, believe it or not, from a Sarah Raven a few pennies cheaper and I had a free s...

I do love these plant developers and their name You'll have to give us your taste test results!

I just harvested some Framberries last night (a type of strawberry: curious? look up strasberry in Wikipedia), the plants were a gift last year and I just bunged them in a pot, not expecting much. Wow! A flavour explosion - vey rich and tasty. Very dark red, like you want a strawberry to look. Has a...

Primrose: Scandinavians use redcurrants in all manner of muffins, cakes, and tarts. Have a browse on the interwebby for some ideas. Although we love the jelly as a savory accompaniment, too! If I find I have more than I can freeze, use, or share, I take off the netting and let the blackbirds have th...

I grew a whole big planter of White Soul wood strawberries last year- really lovely. I brought some to work for an "eat and tell" and they went down a storm.. Most were skeptical, but once they tried them they said they were not quite a strawberry flavour but really tasty. I just planted s...

Ah, gardeners must be made of stern stuff or maybe philosophers at heart. My first toms are ripening, the French beans I delayed planting out are shooting up their canes, salads are exploding. and my cucumbers are dead - victims of last week's unexpected cold am (2C). I keep looking at them, willing...

Thanks Sally! That sounds a like simple solution - I will dig out a saucer and capillary matting in the am. Deterrent rather than death is a good plan.

I am growing a peach "Crimson Bonfire" in a large pot in my greenhouse And very happy it is too. But this a.m. I went into the greenhouse to find massive ant earthworks in the pot: many large holes (to the nest) and lots of activity on/in the soil. I checked again for pests on the plant th...