Tips, tricks, problems and solutions for the gardeners out there
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nuthatch
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by nuthatch » Sun Apr 10, 2016 7:08 am
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Placido
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by Placido » Sun Apr 10, 2016 11:46 am
Like that, Nuthatch

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The 'cut the side out of a carton' is ever such a good idea

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I reckon the best way to preserve basil (MMMMMMMMMMMMMM

:yummy) is to make pesto. I've never successfully grown basil but desperately wish I could. Perhaps that tip is for our Mediterranean viewers.
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Jacksparrow
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by Jacksparrow » Sun Apr 10, 2016 8:13 pm
Placido wrote:Like that, Nuthatch

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The 'cut the side out of a carton' is ever such a good idea

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I reckon the best way to preserve basil (MMMMMMMMMMMMMM

:yummy) is to make pesto. I've never successfully grown basil but desperately wish I could. Perhaps that tip is for our Mediterranean viewers.
Have a word with your head gardener and get them to put it in the greenhouse or Orangery.
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Placido
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by Placido » Sun Apr 10, 2016 8:31 pm
Gardener, greenhouse and orangery ?!?!?!?!?!
Methinks you have our roles crossed, Cap'n.
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nuthatch
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by nuthatch » Mon Apr 11, 2016 7:26 am
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Placido
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by Placido » Mon Apr 11, 2016 8:38 pm
I think a V8 carton would do well

. Would match my colour-scheme of red, maroon, orange, black, green and white.
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by peregrine » Mon Jul 18, 2016 12:57 pm
Anyone ever got rid of Rose Black Spot? I believe it is a fungus. What can I use to treat the roses, they are in large pots.
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by Willpar » Mon Jul 18, 2016 7:24 pm
Pick the leaves off and burn them. Look up copper fungicide for roses. Think that is the stuff.
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by Jacksparrow » Thu Aug 09, 2018 8:19 pm
Resist the temptation to invite Yarrow into your garden.
Yarrow is often cited as being bee friendly(which is true) but it also spreads like wildfire both by sending out creepers and self seeding. It has proved to be drought proof and has prospered in my garden while all around it have turned brown. It grows in the lawn and it grows in the border and has resisted all my attempts to curb it's progress. A dab of the weedkiller Roundup will slow it down but gets nowhere near eradicating it.
You have been warned
