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You can’t trust ants (they are in cahoots with the aphids!)
When I saw an aphid infestation on my willow tree, I thought to myself ‘don’t panic, there will be a biological control along soon enough’. When I saw the ants I thought the problem was solved. I was wrong. It turns out when you see something like this: It is a beautiful example of a…
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Finally transplanting tomatoes and cucumbers into polytunnel
Thanks to the great Scottish weather we’ve had for the last few weeks, my plants are really suffering but I’ve finally managed to get some tomatoes and a few ill-looking cucumbers transplanted into the polytunnel on the plot. I’ve used the string method, where you tie the string to a bar at the top of…
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Brassicas without the massacre
Last year was a disaster so I’m hoping this year will be a brassica win. We finally got a break in the weather to get up to the plot and get some of the brassicas in. We need to grow them under a cover with hoops due to the birds which will strip them in…
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Do You Have a Favourite Day of The Week?
Here is why I don’t always jump to Friday. I was thinking about this earlier today when I worked out which day of the week it actually was. Have you ever spent a whole day thinking it was one thing then finding out it was something completely different and Bingo – you’ve gained a day?…
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Electroculture Gardening – what is it and can it boost your harvest?
Have you heard of electroculture gardening yet? It’s thought to date back to around the 1700s and seems to be yet another one of those things we discarded into the pit of knowledge – but it’s resurfacing big time. It is claimed it can boost your harvest by 100- 300% without needing to add extra…
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Dealing with the overwhelm – Top 10 Tips
Do you have periods in your life when you definitely feel the overwhelm more than others? I know I do and I think I might be in one just now! Between the usual home-school work, caring role, keeping the house going, the garden work, the allotment (not to mention blogging about it all or keeping…
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Making Herbal Teas – comparing methods
When making a herbal tea, most people will think either 1. put the stuff in a teapot or 2. just throw them in the cup you’re using – I’ve done both but I have found some other methods which I use too depending on what the tea is for. If you have a cold for…
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Save compost and time with this method for sowing larger seeds
Have you ever sowed a lot of large seeds like squash only to have a few come up? Then you think ‘what a waste of compost’! Well, as I’m running out of space in my ‘seed nursery’ in the living room, I decided I could only use the seeds which I knew would germinate –…