My partner put the glass in the greenouse in with the wrong stuff, the roof is still on but the sides fell out lol - yes you guessed it they were looking beautiful and really healthy till then but with no protection they got blight - but a weird thing happened the blighty bits dried up and they're s...

Thank you for your good wishes everyone, hugs all round, sorry I am a day late, but life has been a bit hectic ! Lots of phone calls, visitors etc. I did have a lovely day though. Only cloud was my partner got shingles! So he needed some TLC too! Spot on Alan, I have 3 white indian runners - just li...

Remember to mulch well with compost or well rotted manure in autumn and you will be rewarded by nice spears the following year, I find parsley makes a good companion between the rows.

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I put some on one of my flower beds, within a few days a few fungi had popped up, it does contain some well composted wood or bark with the manure, so its also good to encourage the natural fungi to grow, which should benefit most plants. I would give it a thumbs up too.

My normal garlic are a bit smaller than usual, probably cos of lack of sunshine and so much rain, but they're not waterlogged and in good condition for keeping, I think being in raised beds helped them Tigger.

Agreed roast spuds are nice with christmas dinner, but after the excesses of christmas day salad pickles and new pots are nice with leftovers on boxing day

Are you going to have a bash Alan? Also are you near Chepstow ? The green gathering festival on 2 aug looks interesting .

Yes pretty cool permaculture, I also enjoyed the article on training a pup to seek truffles.

Since when have those big conglomerates ever been green! That is what the occupy movement and others were demonstrating about with a sense of humour and quite peacefully http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-19028574

I noticed a few ladybirds again yesterday, will use your tip if its wet again next summer and put some of mine in the greenhouse, they must be around still 'cos there's no aphid problem, and the greenhouse tomatoes are looking fantastic.

Hi VPM, my two boys also squabbled as kids, one was a little demolition expert the other a mini construction engineer - As adults they are both best of mates and both very capable, good parents, practical and intelligent one has a good job and travels a lot, the other is self employed and sorts busi...

I love fruit and veg, so it is often a fruity breakfast. grated apple or frozen fruit mixed into muesli with some yoghurt the night before softens overnight and makes an easy breakfast the following morning, cool and fruity, very nice on oppressively hot days, also home made fruit smoothies. On cool...

yes we are wired for nurturing, communication and connections - try and stop us from making them lol we know it drives them mad. Men... well this is a mans explanation, helpful to understanding the differences and very funny

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riMjXuJ390U

We just enjoyed a handfull of morello cherries now finished - last year I moaned there were so many to destone. I counted about fifteen apples growing - last year the neighbours had a gift of a boxful we had so many! have decided to plant strawberries in the greenhouse border in autumn for next year...