Reminder from: FreeToGrow_manchester Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FreeToGrow_manchester/cal Longford Park Festival 1200 - 1700, check out plant...
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Hi Tams, Only just seen this! There's something very wrong with my mail. Thanks for that...that's me then and I didn't know it. melanie ... -- melanie :-) ...
Check out the website, they have a variety of pamphlets to download on beneficial beetles and green mulches and attracting wildlife and all sorts of stuff. ...
My name is Barbara and I live in West Yorkshire. I am delighted to have found your group. I am willing to post seeds when I have them to other members and...
Hi Barbara and other newbies, Welcome aboard. I'm melanie in Levenshulme (there's 2 of us here) and I have a very small garden which I love but get distracted...
I have some spare rhubarb seed (Glaskin's Perpetual) which i bought a little while ago. It is very easy to germinate, so I would send you about half a dozen...
I'd love to try some rhubarb if you have any left. I have a packet of portulaca sunshine mixed that I could send to you. melanie ... -- melanie :-) Check out...
Has anyone got a little Pulmanaria to spare? I need some ground cover for a shady spot. I have some Lysmachia to offer - the purple variety. -- melanie :-) ...
I saw it advertised on Trafford Freecycle and within reading a couple of messages I've learnt something new! Everyone seems really friendly and I'm glad to...
I'm new to this group. I saw Melanie's post on Manchester Freecycle. I've been a keen gardener on and off for a few years now. Just planning to grow my own veg...
Hi to everybody. I have a question reguarding CARROTS. How do you grow them? I have bought the seeds a while ago and I followed the instruction on the package:...
Shield them from carrot fly. Carrot flies fly at very low levels so you could just erect some kind of windbreak effect around them to stop the little...
Hi Marina, Carrots don't need much attention really. Just protection from carrot fly with barriers or strong smelling plants like Tracy M said. You could try...
How lucky for you - I'd have loved to have been raised in a potting shed! Other's here know more than me about veg growing so I won't give any advice there but...
Aw! Thank you Melanie, I think it was one of your freecycle messages where I saw the ad for the group. Not as cossie as it may seem, actually I was raised...
Sorry...been a bit slack at getting these up. Here's some jobs to be getting on with. *Taken from BBC's garden section* Flower garden Lilies Potted lilies will...
I take cuttings every year when I prune, and have this one left over. It's getting a couple of feet tall and I really don't need more than one of the things....
http://www.pilotbegreen.co.uk/tree/ Use code - 404DTX122 fill in your details and answer yes to all 3 questions. -- melanie :-) Check out my other groups... ...
hi everyone, just been talking to a neighbour and they have been looking for a flower called 'Midnight sent' they have not found anywhere that sells the flower...
Thanks for your email. i have spoken with the neighbour again and she's been doing her own research and thinks that it is 'night scented stock'. Do you know...
Hi Greg, They’re annuals and germinate VERY easily from seed, which you should be able to get from most places. I got my last packet from Woolies ;o) ...
Hi all We are having a plant/seed swap thing (you dont need to swap though, but its as good a name as any) at the Bolton Natural Earth Freecycle festie. If you...
Just a quickie to say 'hi' to the new members and to get a show of virtual hands! Who's planning on going to visit the flower show at Tatton this year? -- ...
Hi, I'm going to the Tatton show on Wednesday as a punter, but I've been helping to build the show garden for Reaseheath College for the last 2 weeks (I'm a...
Hi Juliette, Im exhibiting a back to back gerden for the Tatton Flower Show, at B9. if you have any free time come and say hello, and if you know anyone who...
Hi, Im exhibiting a garden for the Tatton Flower Show and could do with help, over Sunday and or Monday. The weather has really pushed the building work back...
Hi Andrew, I will put the word around. Unfortunately I won't be back there until Tuesday or I might have been able to give you some help. I don't know how the...
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