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The September issue isn't any thicker - and I thought autumn was an important gardening time. Let's hope it doesn't get any thinner.
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Miranda I've managed to protect/save most of my crop by spraying with Dithane - but it may be too late for your spuds. The other thing to do is to cut off all the affected foliage and burn it - otherwise the spores will affect the tubers in the ground - and if you've ever seen/smelt/eaten a blighted potato you'll know it's not pretty! Good luck!
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But Peter you're not recommending useful websites - you're just recommending your retail site. You've only posted five posts to My Garden and they're all about promoting your website. It looks like you've changed your signature - your first posts were signed "Get your gardenbymail.co.uk". Hmmm, call me suspicious but I'd say that was a direct promotion. If I was still the Editor of the site I'd have you removed immediately. Ho hum, enjoy your fun and good luck
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Bigsusan My botany lecturer at university told us that "A weed was a plant whose good attributes had not yet been discovered." As for glyphosate - I don't think we're out of the woods yet. It was one of the pesticides due for review this spring and altho it's had a reprieve this time, there are some people out there who want to ban it. So fingers crossed - lobby your Euro MP and let's keep the only really good weedkiller we have left.
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Miranda Wow, unearthed a couple of Gong contacts on the RHS forum! OMG!! It was the Pothead Pixies in the Flying Teapots - but you're kinda there. And someone with knowledge of Gong's back catalogue. Don't worry, I won't be asking for freebies as I've got most of them in one format or another. I'm sure this is all pretty odd to anyone (most people) who haven't got a clue wot we're on about.
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As the out-going Editor of the website - and a long-standing member of the RHS (which I kept up during the eight years I worked for the RHS) I thought I'd add my two-penneth-worth. The running costs of My Garden are tiny, as very little of the on-going web costs are tied up in the forums. Those members of RHS staff whose jobs are under threat need to be aware of this as it will have no effect on their positions. The blogs are a different kettle of fish as the RHS does pay for some of the external
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Digger A yuppie I am certainly not - and anyone who knows me will tell you the same. I'm a down-to-earth kind of guy - more hippy than yuppy! As someone who checks out other forums as part of my job, I can say that the majority of everyone here - especially all the regulars, are offering a great service to everyone who turns up and posts a question. A true online community - we just need some marriages and births (deaths should be included, but I'm obviously not wanting that!) for it to be
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Aha, I guess revealing my long love of Gong and everything/one related to them does kinda give myself away as a hippy! I guess the marriage counts but not sure about the puppy births! Maybe, as we're a virtual community, we should be looking for virtual births and marriages. We did once think of setting up an online dating agency on My Garden - but couldn't decide if it was too tacky or not.
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Wow, there's a subject and a half! As far as I'm aware lots or organisations are looking into this - and I'm not sure anyone has yet come up with a fool-proof answer. I'd certainly be interested in hearing the reply. Having read the responses to the post on the fifth garden, and knowing where most of the best gardens in the UK are situated, I don't think there are many that can boast low/zero carbon footprints. Or maybe someone else knows better.
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Ann Apparently the RHS advice service has had a lot of enquiries similar to yours. This profile might help: www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profiles0708/robinia.asp
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