Chickens go mad for it - hence the name I suppose.

John

Excellent posting there, Jerry. I've used a similar method with both fleece and enviromesh. Enviromesh has worked much better for me - I think it is because it allows air and water to move through to the crop and everything stays cooler. Fleece seemed to provide an ideal cosy place for every local a...

Hello Peter I'm sure that Clive will be on this case pretty soon. In the meantime I'd just like to say that over the last couple of year I've been using a Briggs & Stratton fuel additive (I think it's added at 5ml to 5 litres - bit more for overwinter)and I reckon that starting is much better es...

Thanks Chantal.
What is Sky? Is it yet another tv channel!!!!?

John

This all seems like a case of black pots and kettles calling each other names. ' ... different language to ...? 'From' surely or as we might say in American English, more precisely, 'than'! I do feel sorry for Chantal having to pick up grammar as she goes along - an almost impossible task. John

This looks like another hatchet job for Mr Moderator

Hello Sue and Jude You could try cutting down all the top growth and waiting for the new shoots to appear in the Spring. When the first leaves have opened out on this new growth, go over everything with a paintbrush dipped in Roundup solution (or the garden centre equivalent), using a stronger solut...

Hello Phil Just a few more wrinkles that might help you. As you realise, whatever way you clear your plot you are going to have a weed problem - quite serious in your first year but getting a lot easier hopefully in subsequent years. Start off as much as you can in pots or modules so that when you p...

Hello Lizzie They would be well suited to this. These sort of machines can easily be picked up and turned round with two hands after a short run then you're ready for the return run. They're also easy to use along an edge. My little Honda starts easily and idles away quietly between runs waiting for...

Hello Colin I agree with you that rotovating uncultivated soil to get it back into condition can often create a serious weed problem. If you go about it sensibly though the problems are not too bad compared with many many hours of laborious digging and forking. I think the secret is to run the rotov...

Hello Val The seeds are best sown in an upright position with the scar pointing down. This puts the seed in the best postion for the first root to grow straight down and the new shoot upwards without them needing to do any twisting or turning to get into the right directions. If you are sowing in po...

Hello Lakeview The vine weevil problem is well-covered on the RHS site: m with some good photos as well. If you are going for a chemical treatment, the stuff you need is Bio Provado Vine Weevil Killer. I've used it on pots with fuschias in and it has been very effective. The problem seems to be wors...

Hello Lakeview I think I remember seeing pots of sweet pea seedlings for 50p in my local garden centre last year. I have bought them in the past but now I always grow my own in the same way as some of the others here - singly in rootrainers. This way you can get strong bushy individual plants that b...

Certainly agree with all of you. As Mr Piglet says if this idiot is is a guest can he/she be barred? Probably not? Perhaps Mr PH you should reconsider your decision to have an open forum? I only regularly visit a few forums and this is the only one that is completely open. Isn't it time to allow onl...

Hello Beryl I don't know about Kiwi fruit but I think you've touched on a general problem with a lot of supermarket fruit. It is simply picked too early in the hope that it will ripen during the journey through the wholesale markets to the store counters. In fact though it looks colourful on the out...