I bought these seeds accidentally,has anyone tried them.Also they are for autumn planting but when is autumn exactly,or do I just do some sucessional planting,guard against slugs and see what happens?

Yet another reason to grew your own,how many of us are suffering from a courgette shortage?

Just 5mins of rain here but a cool wonderful breeze spilling off the clouds which are off to rain somewhere ealse.

I should`t worry about anphibians since fish were put in years ago and so have reached a fair size,luckily the dragonflies are managing to survive but we otherwise only the odd toad.Also I don`t think this is well meaning he just wanted the pond full.And yes Cider boys I do know there isn`t a hosepi...

I don`t know where to post this.We are Trent (fraudster)waterboard customers,no hosepipe ban...but .What do you do if a few days ago you notice your neighbour putting a hosepipe into a dew pond,after 3 days I noticed that the water level had gone up ,another 3 and it is up to predrought levels.?This...

I do indeed own a hoe,it has seen a lot of action this year as little heaps of desicating weeds atest,it`s v. good in this hot weather.At least these are seedling and come up easily and one day these beds will only be dug over occasionally,when we`ve added enough horse muck and compost to improve th...

As an Archers omnibus adict I have missed most of this series,on sunday I watched people deal with things at this time of year,much less precious than some other bbc progs.I don`t know how many are left but I will watch.

Back to top,thunder here but no rain.....

Made me laugh out loud-thankyou.

Silly question but why do I keep the curds covered-obviously to protect but is this sun ,rain or both?Also,I do sound demanding,how do ensure all the curds develope to a reasonable size? Sorry but v.excited because all have little curds and someone told me after I`d transplanted them that they were ...

Have just seen the latest weather forecast,thunder/lightening then rain through until sunday,bad news is temperatures will stay up.I`m off to lift the onions.

I expect some of the weeds are because of all the digging that has gone on this year and maybe imported in the horse manure.I also have to admit to letting some thistles in a wild patch flower because it was covered in hoverflies.I expected more dandelions as my 3 year old likes blowing the clocks,o...

Jenny,I have raised beds and the buttercups are showing up as seedlings,and strangley so are nettles and thistles this year.Some of my veg are not convinced that they are in moist beds. Although we have used black plastic ,old carpets etc for a few years as the veg plot has expanded,and I am so draw...

I have woodlouse problem,I have tried the organic keep areas clear bit,but then you put a pot outside and after a few days they`ve moved in.I`ve had violas demolished this year and greenhouse cherry toms last year.The one thing that seems to work is ant powder at least on a solid greenhouse floor wi...

Jenny,creeping buttercup is tolerated in the boarders,pretty in the lawn with the daisies and clover,selfheal,dandelions etc.but has snook on the veg patch in quantity this year and it is up there with slug inp opularity,I find bindweed easier even hand weeding it.