Hi RBC,

I get mine from a local cafe and restuarant.

Try scavaging on the days that the rubbish is put out for collection.

Toms take 6 to 8 weeks to grow from 'set' to harvestable, therefore your toms may be ready by late October. I generally clear out my toms during the October half-term holidays (Free labour ) However, I may well be leaving them this year until much later as I have a polytunnel for the first time I gu...

Firstly, I store my onion sets in mushroom trays, this allows the air to circulate and stops them sweating. They are kept in a well ventilated shed. Secondly, planting them now very close together (touching) will give you springonions in 6 to 8 weeks Throw out the ROTTEN ones, but plant the ones tha...

Last week I had 20 split GD ALL from one truss.

However no splitting on any other trusses this year (touch wood!) and I have about 20 plants in the polytunnel.

Hi Johnboy, I grew two F1 varieties from seed in 2005, so nothing cropping yet, also only 10 & 12 seeds per packet. So I might try the Martha Washington as the seed is so cheap and I have plenty of ground. It's always good to have a recommendation rather than relying on the catelogues, that obvi...

Why not leave your old bed intact and grow fresh plants from seeds. They are really easy to grow from seed. I did my first lot in Feb in a propagator 10 seeds in 1 litre pot and pricked out into 2 litre pots when big enough and second lot in July one seed to a 2 litre pot (I got 100% germination bot...

I have vague memories that there are (were) two different types if chemicals used in Slug pellets, one the slug were becoming resistant to, and needed huge doses to kill them. so a small sprinkling may give them a bad tuimmy for a few days but they would recover. However I have not used slug pellets...

OH,
At Disneyland, they have horses drawning an old fashioned tram giving rides to people. These horses are fitted with a heavy duty bag for collecting the various wastes. So Chantel would not need her bucket I have only ever seen them use female horses though.

If you haven't already thrown them on the compost heap, give them a bit of TLC and they might grow back.

Try Car bootsales or some garden centres, but it's getting late.

I believe that the legislation ONLY applies to COMMERCIAL premises, so a private owner of 20 horse would not qualify, but a small owner RENTING out one stable would qualify! and the maximum size of the muck heap would be 5 tonnes, before registration? action is needed...again not sure of the exact r...

What's It For? — Calcified Seaweed Calcified Seaweed is a calcareous marine algae resembling coral, known to marine biologists as Lithothamnium Calcareum. It is dredged from the sea bed mainly off the Brittany coast, dried at low temperature and crushed to a fine powder, which is readily assimilate...

Weed, The cost (fuel, machinary, time) to the farmer of spreading it on his land, may not justify (profit wise) his doing so, especially if he can get paid to deliver it to you He may not calculate in the benefit of spreading it on his own land, it's easier to see cash in the hand from selling it co...

I have the same problem too.

While I'm watering or pinching out I look out for the tell tale signs of caterpiller poo and generally find the caterpillar just above. It then gets disposed of underfoot

Otherwise insect netting to stop the butterflies or tomato moth (in this case) getting in.

Like Johnboy I am not sure if Calcified seaweed is banned by the Organic rules, but it's use is certainly frowned upon by the ecologists. Calcified seaweed is not a seaweed, but is our equivalent of coral reefs and harvesting it for fertilisers is unsustainable (we are harvesting it faster than it c...

Tigger, Isn't it disappointing though when you lovingly tendered seeds don't germinate? Especially if you wait say 3 or 4 weeks and have then missed the sowing season or don't get your harvest when you want it. And then there is the hassle of going out and buying a replacement at the eleventh hour. ...