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...
Hi Juliette, I'm opposite the art & garden Marquee. I think they are all chaotic, mine was last year! Luckily the judges are delaying until noon on Tuesday...
Hi there, love the group and its aim, I joined because there wasn't a similar local group in my area. So, would it be possible to set one up to expand the...
Hi, Thanks...yes that would be brill and no problem with you using the prefix (that's what I envisaged tbh) The only thing I would say is that someone from...
Hi Does anyone want any oak trees (or know anyone who does?). We have one growing in our garden which is now about 6' tall and I would like to get it moved...
hi i'm intrested in the small saplings but only if you think that they will be ok growing in a large pot as for our alley way that we are greening up thnaks ...
Hello All, How are the gardens coming along? we've just harvested our first lot of spuds. -washed the mud off and then left to dry. Now they're dry, they're...
Hi Joe I dug up some spuds today too - ours grew by themselves (I think from old sprouting potatoes which were in the compost bin) but there are quite a few...
Hi all, We have had oak trees in pots for quite some time now and they manage OK even in the odd dry spell when we forget to water them. As long as you go for...
Hi, i want to start growing my own vegetables in my garden with my children.. this way i can cut down on the waste i throw away and send to land fill. ... ...
Hello everyone, I have finally managed to get an allotment, after three years of trying I gained a key today, so I suppose I am now officially an allotmenteer....
Hi Tamara I've got an allotment - have had it for about a year so I was starting last year about the same time. You can still do quite a lot. I think you...
Hi All, I find myself with a wheelbarrow and nothing to move in it...any use to anyone? (decent condition) -- melanie :-) Check out my other groups... ...
Hi Teresa I am up in sunny Swinton, Salford. I had loads of stuff until the slugs went mad, and between them and the rain and my 2 small kids the whole lot is...
hi Carolyn from what someone else said that the small oak saplings will only grow as a small bush i'll take all the saplings if that is ok with you as we are...
... Me too - I've seen some you could saddle up and ride on in my garden. Has anyone here tried seaweed fertilizer? I've heard that 'cos it's salty the slugs...
hi I have an xmas tree and would love to take some cuttings to be able to have a few more but how do i take a cutting and when. does any one have any idea ...
... Ah, not in my experience I'm afraid. I use the granulated seaweed meal, and whilst it is excellent stuff, my crops have still been devastated by slugs this...
I've just googled for an explanation, this one looks about the most useful http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/hil/hil-8702.html HTH Much love Tracy M I...
Tamara I'm not too sure what you can still plant... I know some kinds of late potatoes can still go in... try www.dobies.co.uk because they are good at listing...
Hello all, I have grown some summer veg this year with my kids. We have an abundance of courgettes and baby toms which i never thought i would get sick of...
Veg gardeners' calendar August There are lots of crops to pick this month, especially the vast range of salad crops. Lift onions, shallots and garlic when...
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i did this this yeR WITH MY GRANDSON AND HAVE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL BY GROWING A LITTLE OF EACH THAT WE LIKED IRENE ... ...