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Thanks Henwoman. I planted the aubergine in a large box and I think the problem might that I used a peat based compost only. The website you recommended told me that without the addition of lime, the plant could"nt take in calcium. Next year I"ll plant in the border which has the proper PH...

Whats this Ebony Cosmoon, Jeeze, I allow my kids log on to this forum!

What is FriendChase talking about? Should I answer this?

Welcome to the forum minxthelinxs, Sure ye don"t have to be liven near ye to share tips, With the Summer we"ve just had,we could all be living in the Rain Forest! Sadly without the heat.Looking forward to Global Warming and all that entails, Next Summer is going to be a scorcher, (Yea) :ro...

Its not to late atall Clare, whatever you buy, get it from a reputable source, give him/her plenty of grass ect and turkey growers and finisher (when time) and all you want then is a big Oven! Happy Christmas!

Hi all, Can anyone tell me why my Aubergines failed. I have them in the tunnel and lots of flowers, but, each time a flower bearing fruit forms, (And I mean a very small fruit) it imediatly starts to rot, I don"t know if the word "Rot" is right, it seems to die off from the back of th...

Girls and boys, first, remove your designer clothes and nose, this is organic gardening, secondly, only remove the top leaves on the nettle plant, the young ones, if your not mixing them with freerange hen sh-t or something similer, please go to your local store and purchase your poison. (no smell) ...

He! He! okay I"ll stop wondering.

Hi! I have two bushes, don!t know the name, sorry, every year I collect around 14kg from one bush and 8kg from the other. (first one green 2nd one red) we use them mostly for jam. The reason we use them for jam is because I got fed up trying to beat the blackbirds to the ripe ones! Has anyone notice...

hi! millymollymandy, you say you had a lot of ladybirds come to your rescue, please, please, tell them where Ireland is, I found four this year! As a child in the field we had hundreds in every patch of field we lay in, what has happened? where are they? what do they need? Can I encourage them into ...

Thanks for the welcome folks, I"M from the Midlands in Ireland, Beside the river Shannon, and surrounded by bogland. Nice and quite, Looking forward to meeting you all.

I don"t know if this has come up before but when I read the article in the Daily Mail (Irish) today I just had to share it with anyone out there who does"nt know and like me thought the only good one was a dead one. As we all know the Queen builds the nest. She scrapes wood from a rafter o...

Are they getting some layers pellets? I agree with Ann above re laying under a bush, once they start they"ll keep goin there. Did you try locking them up in home for a day, if there laying they will use the nestbox, i put some straw in the nestbox and once they make a nest 9 times out of 10 all...

Is it to late to pick elderflower now? Read somewhere that end of May and start of june are best times

Thanks Zoe, its not called a fox for nothing, The funny thing was, I knew where the vixen, her den, and her cubs were, but I just could"nt harm them. A very old friend of mine once told me, Nature will always balance out, and I"ve always believed that. (But if she comes back again, Well Ma...