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Rotavators

Thinking of buying a rotavator. does anyone have any recommendations or advice? Needs to rotavate small plot of land for veggie garden. got quite a bit of rubble in it so needs to be quite robust...

Thunderbird+

Courgette Cooking ?

Hi Folks, Whats the best and simlest way to cook these babies. Thanks...

chrisdan

I have grown tomatoes in a greenhouse for a number of years. This year they have grown well bu the skins are very thick. So thick in fact that I can't eat them freshh, only cooked. Any ideas of the...

wideboy

Strange Insect

Similar to 'The Big Gill' but not about scorpions - we just found a flying insect in a bucket in our garden today. I've never seen anything like it -neither in the flesh nor in general reading. It can...

patsyann

Patio Pear Tree

We purchased a patio pear tree from a garden centre but unfortunately the growing instructions were in Dutch.we have successfully grown it from a little sprig into a reasonably tall healthy tree but...

bexta

Fast growing privacy plants/trees

Hi all, I'm having my front garden converted into a driveway soon but I would like to put some plants in between my drive and my neighbors 1) because theirs is ugly and there is a pick up truck parked...

The Big Gill

'Scorpion' cont.

Can anyone help me identify what this creature is, or suggest who I ought to contact (e.g. Natural History Museum, local council etc.)? I live in London. p.s. I've seen a previous question like this,...

burslem

plates

if you break a plate

GRENDONIAN

can you complete the following saying?

it is not spring until

beejaybee

Help re fruit tree

I`ve got a tree that`s got some fruit on it. How can I tell if it`s a plum tree or damson or what?? The tree has been growing for years & only this year has fruit on it. My neighbour has the same tree...

dohnutdic

Dog chases lorries

I have a 2 year old border terrier, who it seems never wants to grow up, and whenever I take him for a walk near a busy road he barks like crazy at passing lorries,buses or motorcycles. The other day...

willa

How to coax a calla lily to bloom

My husband was given a huge calla lily in a big pot following the tragic death of his nephew last year, so the plant has great sentimental value to him. We've both got black thumbs, but have managed...

Jamjar74

Transplanting a False Acacia

We have a False Acacia which we planted some 18 months ago. Unfortunately it is now more over our neighbours garden than ours. We intend to transplant it in the autumn. Has anyone ever transplanted a...

2243

plum trees

Is Victoria still the No1 variety or have there been any new variety's developed.

wii man

palm reading

i recently found a small white stone kind of thingy inside a coconut i had eaten. i planted it in the hope that it was a coconut seed and would grow into a palm tree. can someone please tell me what...

maisymouse

cucumber plant

why are the leaves on my cucumber plant getting a white mould lke residue on them? They are still producing excellent cucumbers. they are in my greenhouse.

dumbass

banana plant

i have a banana plant in a pot, about 3 foot high in a shady spot, and thriving but as if over night all the leaves have a brown dust over the top of them. the plant from being healthy has turned to a...

wii man

hopped off

i have a pond in my back garden. there were two frogs in it but when i cleaned it out they all hopped off and didn't come back. they were adult frogs. i am 12 years old and love animals why won't they...

Trillipse

The Smell of a Dog

Where is a dog's mysterious Third Nose?

dogfish

Death after bloom

Is there a specific name for a plant that dies immediately after flowering?

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