Complete Newbie to veg growing!
Sun, 28 Sep 2008 11:19:01 +0100
I have decided to grow veg on raised beds and have no idea where to start. I
have a small piece of lawn that I will be converting. Does anybody have any
recommendations for a book to give me ideas and advice. I'm presuming (maybe
wrongly) that I can't actually plant anything right now but would like to
begin p ...
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Growing grapes
Sun, 28 Sep 2008 10:49:49 +0100
Hi all,
I know this is uk gardening but have a holiday home in Turkey, last year I
planted 2 small grape vines, I am back out in a couple of weeks and
apparently are about 3 feet high now, I basicall just have them tied to an
upright stake at the moment..
I intend to grow them straight up to a height of abou ...
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Strange growths on acorns
Sun, 28 Sep 2008 10:42:36 +0100
Please see these pictures:
http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/mphearnorama/Acorns?authkey=-AN0HKOPy2k#slideshow/5250999535032005154
We have several oak trees in our neighbourhood, where we have lived for over
30 years, and the first time we have noticed that some ( about 5-10%) of the
fallen acorns have these gro ...
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Honey fungus panic!
Sat, 27 Sep 2008 22:18:17 +0100
We had a large conifer chopped down and the stump ground out last year.
In the last couple of days something that looks horribly like honey
fungus has popped up. I've read up about it and apparently it can grow
on roots. We can't do anything about the roots - they go under the
lawn, into next door, and, probably, ...
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Now a new raincoat.
Sat, 27 Sep 2008 21:44:34 +0100
Hi all,
After buying my Ray Ban sunglasses earlier in the year, it has been mostly
cloudy and has hardly stopped raining, at least in my neck of the woods. You
might all like to know that I have just bought a new, full length raincoat
for the winter. Keep your fingers crossed. ;-)
MD
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Rose the wrong colour
Sat, 27 Sep 2008 18:07:41 +0100
We have a Rose which according to the label is Grandma
http://www.myalbum.com/Album-BEFXP8LK-Photos-of%20-Other.html but as it was
given on either a Birthday or Mothering Sunday, we 'assumed' that this Rose,
from a range 'A Rose for a special occasion, was suitably named, so I
googled it, only to find that Gra ...
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Growing Shitake, Lions Mane and Oyster Mushrooms
Sat, 27 Sep 2008 17:53:37 +0100
I've had the logs I inoculated with spawn sitting in large plastic bags for
about 9 months and thought it about time they came into the air seeing as
most of the logs are showing good signs of infection by going black at the
ends, even showing some Mycelium on the outside of the logs in the case of
Shitake and ...
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Could this weed ........
Sat, 27 Sep 2008 14:05:49 +0100
.... be a Yew?
Self setter just to the right of the curtains in the first picture ("View
from the Computer" with apologies to Arthur Miller) near the Torbay Palm
http://www.myalbum.com/Album-WG86SSIG-Photos-of%20-Other.html
Mike
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Best time to prune / cut back overgrown Cape Fuschia ?
Sat, 27 Sep 2008 02:21:14 -0700 (PDT)
Hello,
I managed to grow a rather large Cape Fuschia in my garden and it has
reached a height of over 1.5m and a spread of about 1m. The plant is
hardy and remained in leaf throughout last winter. The problem is that
in its current state it is crowding out the surrounding plants. I was
wondering should I cut i ...
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abc for newcomers to uk.rec.gardening
Saturday, 27 Sep 2008 00:29:01 +000
For detailed information on this newsgroup you are recommended to
read the charter for uk.rec.gardening at:
http://www.usenet.org.uk/uk.rec.gardening.html
There are a number of FAQ files (answers to Frequently Asked
Questions) which have been put together by the contributors
to this group and are a ...
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