snails like to live in the spouts of watering cans?Sod's Law whenever I want to use one of my cans there will be a,soon to be dead, snail in the spout blocking it.Out with a garden cane,poke the snail into the can,tip it out,tread on it .Dead.The total is mounting up!!!

Had a yogurt flavoured with prunes with my evening meal.Supposedly prunes ,which are only dried plums after all,have a reputation for easing constipation due to their high fibre content and in fact there used to be a saying years ago which stated"prunes makes the going great!!!" Why then w...

Thanks everyone for your replies and suggestions.My beef is the p&p costs anything from £4-99 to £6-99 which almost doubles the price of buying the sets.I shall wait and see what the local Garden Centres have to offer when,or if,they have them in stock.If not then it is a packet of Zebrune seed ...

And check with the local Council that it doesn't have a Tree Preservation Order(TPO)on it.If it has then that will restrict you in doing what you want to do and will need permission from the Council to do anything except cut down any dead branches. The other problem is the local tree-hugging do-good...

Never grown these shallots and would like to have a go with them next season.Any Forumite know of a supplier of sets at a reasonable price?The best price I have found so far is £7.99 plus p&p at a silly cost for 20 sets.

Was bored so went to the plot after I had my tea.Picked runner and dwarf beans and lifted a row of Nadine potatoes and a very disappointing crop.I was more than a little surprised because Casablanca and Kestral had produced a very fair return.Be interesting to see the return from the main crop of a ...

Evening Westi,
Have a look at Keter(or similar)storage boxes,on E-bay etc.They might be just the job for your purposes and are relatively easy to slot together.

There is a survey of our Butterflies ongoing at the moment,Primrose.Started July 14th and finishes August 6th,link below:-
https://bigbutterflycount.butterfly-conservation.org/

Try The Compost Centre in Woking.Free delivery and will deal for bulk orders of composts and manures.
http://www.thecompostcentre.co.uk/

Elixir Garden Supplies for fertilisers and sundries.Again,free delivery and may deal for large orders.
elixirgardensupplies.co.uk

Evening Westi,
If your Pumpkins/Squash have cross-pollinated then I would suggest that it will show up in the seed,if you save it for next year,and not in this season's fruit.

After a slow start, lifting early potatoes and picking broad beans.All the other crops are doing well.I may get a late harvest but I am well pleased with the way things are going at the moment

One of the lads on the site has devoted half his plot to growing wild flowers so in consequnce every other plot on the site is growing self sown poppies and borage.Great for the pollinators!

I am growing Supersweet 100,Orange Pixie,Sungold,Ailsa Craig,Roma,Sparta and Skykomish a variety from the Real Seed Company, old seeds which I found in my "seed box"took a chance on, and two germinated but only one is growing away.The others were chosen by my son in laws seven year old nep...

Me,too.

Hi Primrose,
Read somewhere average consumption per day for an individual is 142 Litres (approx.30 gallons in English).