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I have just taken delivery of two new garden tools from PETA. A hand trowel and fork. I came across this company via a health magazine. As I suffer from severe arthritis, I find holding ordinary tools quite painful for my hands. These tools have ergonomic design handles and after using them for the first time, I was pleased by the lack of pain in my wrist and hand that I usually get after and during gardening. I just thought this information might help other people who suffer like I do. I made contact
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I grew my rhubarb from seed about five years ago. It now flowers every year. I cut the flower buds off, when I see them coming, as left on they would stop production of the stems. They have already started producing flower buds for this year, so I've just cut them off with scissors.
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Hello and welcome to the world of gardening. The first advice I would give you, is don't rush into doing anything during the first year. Wait and see what plants are already in the garden. At this time of year you may not be able to see them, as some perenials ( plants that come back year after year) will still be dormant underground. Next, it would be helpful for you to buy some good plant reference books to help you identify what plants are already in your garden, or those you would like to
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Hello Simon You don't say whether you have germinated your sprouting broccoli seeds outside or in a greenhouse. If they are outside it could be wind burn. You don't need any sun for this to happen, and it looks very similar to sun scorch. Seedlings are quite vulnerable to wind damage, especially as we have had some very cold easterlies lately. Also the drastic fluctuation in temperature during the day/night could be a factor whether inside or outside. It might be advisable to sow some more
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It looks like scilla, but it's hard to see from the picture.
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We have had bats in several of the places that we have lived in over the years. I don't know any specific plants that attract them, but my gardens have always had a mixed selection of flowers, shrubs, veg and fruit, so maybe garden diversity is the way to go to keep them coming into your garden. They also benefit from roosting places nearby. Ours lived in the loft and in the shed eaves. In one house we had a stream running through the garden and in another we had a small pond, so I think they
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My sprouts have done the same this year. I've been growing them for years and not had the problem before. Mine are in very firm soil, so it's not that the soil is too loose. Like you the plant next to it is ok, so I'm not sure why this has happened, unless it is something to do with the seed type reverting, or the weird weather we have had this year.
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I have an orange tree that I keep in my conservatory. It fruits every year, but it is one that I bought as a young tree from a garden centre. Growing from a pip is not always successful if you want fruit. The original tree that your orange came from, may have been hybridised for good crop production. The result of this could be no fruit at all or a reversion to the original type which might produce very small or bitter fruit. If your greenhouse is prone to frost in the winter the tree will not survive
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hello there. A good time to be taking over your greenhouse and veg plot. It will give you the winter to learn about and plan your crops for next year. My thoughts are that with heating a greenhouse for your crops over winter just isn't worth it, as it is so expensive. I sow spring cabbages about now and grow them in the greenhouse border over the winter. They don't need any heat and are usually ready to eat from march onwards. I use Hispi and greyhound, although there are many other varieties
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It could also be that we are getting such a fluctuation in day and night temperature that it affects the moisture levels of the fruits. My greenhouse is quite hot during the day now, but night time it can be nearly freezing. If you don't want to lose the fruit to splitting, you can always pick them green and ripen them indoors. Flavour will be affected but not enough to worry about. It's been a weird year for growing anyway with such wet then dry weather at the wrong time of the year.
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