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  • Re: Which Flower Show?

    Forum post by Buttercup on 12 Jun 2008

    Thanks for all the suggestions. I quite fancied Tatton Park, is that the one Joe Swift had a show garden at? Read more..

  • Re: Bind Weed

    Forum post by Buttercup on 11 Jun 2008

    We had bad bind weed established in our garden when we moved in and I'd never had a garden before, talk about the deep-end! I trained it up bamboo poles (as suggested above) and then treated it with weedkiller and I also dug it repeatedly. Fortunately we were happy to just dig up the bed and largely start again, which is probably an advantage. Anyhow, I managed to get it beaten and within two years it was gone. Persevere, it will go, honest! Read more..

  • Re: Distance Learning

    Forum post by Buttercup on 11 Jun 2008

    Just doing mitosis and meiosis (nearly posted that spelled wrong - doh!). I've found that if I do a little bit every day or so instead of doing big chunks of studying, I seem to remember things better. I usually sit at the kitchen table while I make dinner and my son does his homework and I can usually get about 30 - 40 minutes done, and then I need a lie down! The other day I found my daughter's 'Revision Notes for Higher Biology' (we live in Scotland), by Andrew Morton, although Read more..

  • Which Flower Show?

    Forum post by Buttercup on 11 Jun 2008

    Hi there, I wonder if you could offer me some advice? This year I went to the Scottish show at Ingliston with my mum. We quite enjoyed it, but decided that we'd like to go to a bigger event next year. My question is which show would experienced show go-ers recommend for show novices like us? A few point to consider; we live in Scotland and we can travel, but obviously there are some practicalities to consider, we are interested in garden design and plants, not really in buying loppers and wrought Read more..

  • Re: Distance Learning

    Forum post by Buttercup on 06 Jun 2008

    Hi fellow swots. I just signed up for the HCC level2 course. I've literally just cracked the spine on the first lesson, getting my head round angiosperms, gymnosperms etc etc. I too am finding it a bit challenging, but I suppose that when we move through the course using the proper plant names will become second nature - hopefully! I was quite concerned to read the negative comments about the HCC material, but I guess the proof of the pudding and all that. I intend to read around the subject Read more..