BOCKING 14 IS STERILE SO IT CANNOT SPREAD BY SEED IT WILL MULTIPLY LIKE CHIVES AND GET BIGGER AND BIGGER PLANTS EACH YEAR
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WE HAVE DAMSONS IN VODKA,CHILLI PASTE CHILLI SAUCE AND CHILLI JAM,BLACKCURRANT ,STRAWBERRY,RHUBARB JAMS.RED CURRANT AND DAMSON JELLY.PEAS IN THE FREEZER.DRIED CHILLI.DRIED PUFFBALL. CONTAINERS FULL OF TOMATO SAUCE IN THE FREEZER AND FRESH VEG 12 MONTHS OF THE YEAR.THE PROBLEM IS FINDING A NEW VEGETA...

hello I have fresh pig manure from our pigs and I don't know when it is safe to use it in the veg plot how should I store pig manure I am thinking of buying a large compost bin and storing the manure in it .or if I add it to the the compost bin with kitchen waste and garden waste with paper when wou...

if you break off the male flowers and remove the petals you can pollinate the female flowers some people use a soft paint brush to pollinate fruits etc.its not a big job to do the pollinate the flowers your self

the flea beetle make small holes in all the brassicas family's leafs it might be that
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hello we don't have many horticultural shows in Ireland so we are thinking of getting the ferry from Ireland and arriving at Pembroke, Swansea or Fishguard. we would prefer not to travel more than 20-50km from the port.could you recommend a show that would be near the ferry ports listed above. we wo...

yes JB the carrots are grown in straight rows. the bed is 1.2 meters wide and 12 meters long.we have roughly 20 evenly spaced rows of carrot's a jet system would work good we are on mains water so far the water is free but they are going to fit a meter to each house in the near future 4-5 jet would ...

3 of my four raised beds have a drip irrigation system but what system would be best for my carrots would an over head sprinkler or a sprinkler spraying from the carrot bed itself.or is there another system be best.what would you recommend we grow about 6-7square meters of carrots each year regards ...

we get plenty rain in Ireland and you do too to wash off the salt.its not necessary to wash of the salt it can be used straight from the sea shore for out door use we leave it outside the tunnel for a few days before bringing it into the poly tunnel .i would only wash off the salt when i am making t...

it isn't as good as the peat in south west kerry. people come as far away as Dublin with trucks to buy the best turf as fuel

we cut peat every year to burn in our solid fuel range it costs about 350 Euro to heat and cook for a 4 bedroom house and five people.my neighbour uses about 4 thousand litres of oil to heat his house.which of us has the biggest carbon footprint .there are very few peat fuelled power stations left i...

we got ours from moles seed

our potatoes are just coming through the soil in our poly tunnel we planted them in the middle of January in a raised bed we covered the bed with the disposable sheets we used in the chalet in France i couldn't just dump them i am hoping the be digging the potatoes in the first week of may . we don'...

thanks everyone for your tips
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nemo