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grass seeds and balding lawns

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by jopsy » Wed May 03, 2006 10:15 pm

hello :roll:
dh has recently bought a new mower-he was so enthusiastic with his qualcast that he's taken all the grass of my circular lawns!...

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Wed May 03, 2006 10:28 pm
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by Test » Wed May 03, 2006 9:22 pm

Hi all!

G'night

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Wed May 03, 2006 9:22 pm
Large grobags

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by Guest » Sun Apr 30, 2006 12:37 pm

I can only find 30 litre grobags but am sure that a few years ago they were larger - has anyone come across a garden centre etc that stocks larger...

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Wed May 03, 2006 10:20 am
Slow Forum

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by Brenjon » Sat Apr 15, 2006 12:16 am
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Have been on the forum tonight and found the speed painful. I am on dial up as i can't get broadband even so the speed of getting the topics on...
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Wed May 03, 2006 8:38 am
More on rain

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by ken » Sun Apr 30, 2006 9:48 am

In this part of West Kent we've had 85mm of rain in April, making it the wettest month since last August. BUT half of it (46mm) came in that freaky...

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Wed May 03, 2006 12:36 am
Best way to move a greenhouse?

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by peter » Tue May 02, 2006 11:18 am

What is the best way to dismantle and move a greenhouse over a number of miles?

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Tue May 02, 2006 11:32 pm
Free Manure

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by Tigger » Mon May 01, 2006 10:50 pm

If anyone is in the North Staffs/Derbyshire area and would like to collect some horse manure, my brother is happy to give it away. You can have a bag...

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Tue May 02, 2006 9:24 pm
especially for gentlemen

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by peat » Tue May 02, 2006 10:29 am

Pete

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Tue May 02, 2006 3:17 pm
Wildflower meadow, best way to create please.

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by peter » Tue Apr 25, 2006 9:21 am
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At our allotment site we have a five rod, long vacant plot, just inside the gate which I have persuaded the council is our carpark. As I am the...
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Tue May 02, 2006 12:20 pm
Asparagus

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by Franksmum » Mon May 01, 2006 8:41 pm

Went asparagus hunting today round Evesham. Ooooohhhhh how good it was.... just steamed it for a couple of mins and had it with a poached egg....

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Tue May 02, 2006 11:36 am
KIDS=FUNNY

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by The Grock in the Frock » Mon May 01, 2006 4:39 pm

Was down the plot on sat having a b.b.q with liz and her son and my 2 youngest.The children were very happy diggin the tarts plot for worms,when her...

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Last post by The Grock in the Frock
Tue May 02, 2006 11:22 am
April is over, here comes the rain

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by peter » Mon May 01, 2006 12:09 am

As the clock on the wall tripped round past midnight the rain started to tap on the window here.
When sowing seed earlier today the surface of the...

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Tue May 02, 2006 10:21 am
Whitefly

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by Carole B. » Mon May 01, 2006 7:13 am

Pulling this item off another thread,what does everyone swear by to keep whitefly off the tomatoes in their greenhouses?
I don't spray or introduce...

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Last post by Chez
Mon May 01, 2006 11:32 pm
Feel like giving up

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by Happymouse » Mon May 01, 2006 1:17 pm
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My DH watched me carefully put up my homemade fleece tunnel over my carrots and spring onions then promptly encouraged our Springer Spaniel to go...
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Mon May 01, 2006 9:46 pm
Watering Can bargain

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by peter » Mon May 01, 2006 6:49 pm

Fantastic Watering Can at "The Range".
Eleven Litre plastic "Promo Watering Can" 176732 @ £3.49p with a massive black plastic...

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Mon May 01, 2006 9:39 pm
World Cup 2006

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by Chantal » Thu Apr 27, 2006 10:23 pm
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As this subject is in danger of hijacking another thread in a sensible area, I'm starting a proper one.

Yesterday (45 days BWC) I was coerced into...
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Mon May 01, 2006 7:50 pm
Help, I dont know who I am!

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by Guest » Thu Apr 27, 2006 3:34 pm
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I registered some time ago and now I am trying to log in I have forgotten my details. You need know your user name to get your password and I have...
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Mon May 01, 2006 7:41 pm
Roses

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by Chantal » Mon May 01, 2006 8:53 am

I have a bunch of roses that have been in a vase in the kitchen for nearly three weeks and are refusing to die. They've been fully open almost all...

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Last post by Chantal
Mon May 01, 2006 3:36 pm
Daft rules

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by Jude » Sat Apr 29, 2006 11:06 pm

Have just received my new allotment tenancy agreement which says we may not grow any plant or tree over 6 ft. tall.
This years giant sunflower...

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Last post by lizzie
Mon May 01, 2006 12:30 pm
blasted beetles

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by Diane » Sat Apr 29, 2006 3:51 pm

Just found 5 lily beetles munching away on my fritillarias (sp?). I have duly savagely squashed the little blighters. Is there no stopping them? Have...

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Last post by Speedy
Sun Apr 30, 2006 10:29 am
wooden gates

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by jopsy » Sat Apr 29, 2006 3:29 pm

Dh has just been to mole valley farmers.
We cannot find the right sized gate that we want for our garden/allotment.
He has now decided he's going...

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Last post by jopsy
Sat Apr 29, 2006 5:07 pm
Win a polytunnel

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by Allan » Sat Apr 29, 2006 8:08 am

This is a competition to win a Northern Polytunnels Super 8 tunnel. I can't see any commitment. There are other competitions on the website

If...

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Last post by PT
Sat Apr 29, 2006 8:20 am
Well done Kings

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by haggis » Fri Apr 28, 2006 10:11 pm

I posted a topic a few weeks ago - raging about a plant house which my family bought me. It was really shoddy. I contacted the supplier (Kings...

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Last post by Chantal
Sat Apr 29, 2006 8:13 am
Girls - need more time for gardening ?

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by Happymouse » Fri Apr 21, 2006 10:24 pm
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If you need to get your house under control to enjoy more time in your garden is brilliant and free. I find it difficult to stay indoors. If the sun...
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Last post by STEVE PARTRIDGE
Sat Apr 29, 2006 5:03 am
Hello from newbie!

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by retropants » Thu Apr 27, 2006 1:16 pm
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Hello everyone!

I have just joined your fab forum recently, after loitering for a while (I'm a bit shy). I may have added to a couple of posts but...
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Last post by Johnboy
Sat Apr 29, 2006 4:56 am
Water shortage (media) and boreholes

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by peter » Tue Apr 11, 2006 1:51 pm
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Article in recent Daily Mail regarding the hose pipe bans went on about boreholes, wife has since recycled it :evil: .

Living as I do within both...
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Last post by jopsy
Fri Apr 28, 2006 7:23 pm
hello there! i'm a new person!

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by jopsy » Wed Apr 26, 2006 7:00 pm
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i stumbled upon this site whilst looking to find out more about vine weevils!
i live in devon with my dh and little girl whos 1
i love...
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Fri Apr 28, 2006 3:56 pm
lilies

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by jopsy » Thu Apr 27, 2006 8:10 pm

i'm rather new to gardening :D

i ordered 25 lilies off ebay! (yes, i am hooked to my pc)and they were cheaper than the garden centre! :oops:...

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Last post by Franksmum
Fri Apr 28, 2006 3:31 pm
sooo exciting!

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by vicki » Mon Apr 24, 2006 10:04 pm
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Is it just 'cos I'm new to veggie growing or does everyone get really excited every time something germinates/ grows another couple of leaves etc :D...
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Last post by jopsy
Thu Apr 27, 2006 7:14 pm
Website suggestion.

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by peter » Thu Apr 27, 2006 5:22 pm

Could we have a sub-forum or a page, under strict control of our beloved moderators, (i.e. only they could post to it), that listed members blogs?...

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Thu Apr 27, 2006 5:22 pm
Pictures

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by PT » Sun Apr 16, 2006 11:08 pm

Can anyone tell me how to post pictures on the forum. I don't know what URL is.

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Last post by PT
Thu Apr 27, 2006 7:12 am
Rain

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by PT » Mon Apr 24, 2006 7:49 am

It was suppose to rain all day yesterday. I don't think we had more than 1/4".
We haven't had a good down pore for 3 weeks or more.

There's...

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Last post by Anonymous
Wed Apr 26, 2006 4:09 pm
What have u all been doing?

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by Compo » Sun Apr 23, 2006 9:58 pm
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The 'today I have been mostly...' thread was great last weekend so I thought that I would start one again.........So today (or this weekend, I have...
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Last post by Carole B.
Wed Apr 26, 2006 3:59 pm
Encouraging wildlife

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by Colin Miles » Sat Apr 22, 2006 11:35 am
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On Tuesday (18th) saw the first swallow at Woburn. Yesterday the first house martins appeared here in Llannon.

Into my second year in a new...
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Last post by vivie veg
Wed Apr 26, 2006 9:35 am
Am I going crackers?

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by Chantal » Sat Mar 04, 2006 5:07 pm
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Are the courgette flowers at the top of forum new? If they are, what was there before? Was it chillies? Am I just getting old and confused? Every...
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Last post by Allan
Tue Apr 25, 2006 11:29 pm
Bee problem..HELP!!

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by Mick W » Tue Apr 25, 2006 9:38 am

My nieghbouring plot holder intends to install bee hives on one of his 4 plots, not in between his two central plots but only feet away from mine and...

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Last post by The Grock in the Frock
Tue Apr 25, 2006 10:28 pm
Itching to try my new toy ( Honda Tiller )

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by Happymouse » Mon Apr 10, 2006 6:07 pm
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After your advice in "Tools and Machinery" (Thinking of buying a Mantis) I finally decided to buy a Honda Tiller FG201 today. Itching to...
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Last post by Happymouse
Mon Apr 24, 2006 8:49 pm
am i going daft

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by richard p » Mon Apr 24, 2006 4:09 pm

am i going daft or did the experts forcast a cold winter with lots of snow. i see the health minister is claiming the nhs has coped well with one of...

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Last post by Sarahlee
Mon Apr 24, 2006 8:08 pm
MSN group

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by CatBud » Mon Apr 24, 2006 2:45 pm

Hi everyone, since looking on gardening forums I decided to create my own group. It's open to anyone who fancies joining. Just follow the link. Just...

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Mon Apr 24, 2006 2:45 pm
Nightsoil

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by oldherbaceous » Sat Apr 22, 2006 9:06 pm

I was talking to one of the posher folk in the village today, we got talking about how the village used to be before he had moved here. I got round...

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Last post by lizzie
Mon Apr 24, 2006 12:45 pm
Have finally become motivated

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by fuchsia » Sun Apr 23, 2006 6:52 pm

I have been suffering from cant be botheritus this year think its the long dark months to be honest .but have finally spent the day down on the lotty...

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Sun Apr 23, 2006 8:02 pm
SELF-SUFFICIENCY

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by ROD 'MR CHILLI' HOLMES » Fri Apr 21, 2006 7:56 am

Good morning to one and all,
Just quick news on a fantastic re-write/re-print.

JOHN SEYMOUR'S 'THE NEW COMPLETE BOOK OF SELF-SUFFICIENCY', is now...

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Last post by Carole B.
Sun Apr 23, 2006 7:53 pm
Short or long sleeves?

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by peter » Wed Apr 19, 2006 9:25 am

Do you wear long or short sleeves for gardening work?

My wife keeps telling me long sleeves would prevent me getting scratches on my arms, but I...

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Sat Apr 22, 2006 10:52 am
Chantal - I got a lulu too!

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by Jude » Thu Apr 20, 2006 10:37 pm

Made myself a brillo 'personal space' today using Aldi brushwood screening and 4 stout posts, carefully positioned behind compost heaps in space in...

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Last post by Chantal
Sat Apr 22, 2006 7:22 am
Low price Compost Bins.

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by peter » Wed Apr 19, 2006 1:08 pm

Essex County Council has been running a discounted Compost bin scheme for its residents, up to three bins per household.

The discount price,...

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Last post by fuchsia
Sat Apr 22, 2006 1:08 am
Canada green grass seed

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by Happymouse » Wed Apr 19, 2006 11:10 am

Is "Canada Green" grass seed any better than other grass seed ? Someone on the iVillage girls website mentions it

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Last post by vivie veg
Fri Apr 21, 2006 3:15 pm
Care of Gardeners Hands

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by peter » Tue Apr 18, 2006 3:56 pm
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I'm sure everyone has their favourite method for getting the muck off their hands/paws/trotters (delete as appropriate) .
This is mine, and I am...
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Fri Apr 21, 2006 1:41 pm
Egyptian walking onions in the post

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by David » Thu Feb 02, 2006 4:43 pm

Hi all,

Last year on the old forum I asked a kind member if I could have a sample of some Egyptian Walking onions (I think thats what they were...

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Fri Apr 21, 2006 12:17 pm
Solar Water Pump

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by Chantal » Fri Apr 21, 2006 8:21 am

I was sent this as a press release and though it may be of interest to some of you.

SOLAR POWER HELPS GARDENERS BEAT WATER CRISIS

19 April...

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Fri Apr 21, 2006 10:54 am
Allotment Brew

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by Carole B. » Sun Apr 16, 2006 11:05 am

Sheer Luxury!!! A friend of mine who had to give up her plot gave me her old primus burner and a kettle to go on it and now I can have a proper cuppa...

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Fri Apr 21, 2006 10:01 am

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