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Hi I've acquired 2ks of meal worms and 3 pots of wax worms (long story). I can hear the little blighters thrashing around in their paper bags. They will die if I don't make a wormery today. How do I do it? I can't afford to buy one. If I have to buy one, can I keep then for a few while in a plastic ...

I've filled up my first bin and moving onto the second. I have no outdoor compost bin as my garden is so miniture and so hoping to just bury the contents after the prescribed 2 weeks of anaerobic baking in my tiny veg plot. No idea what is happening at the bottom of the container but the top seems t...

I've unravelled jumpers from charity shops in the past. Wash them, dry them and wrap round a hot water bottle as you unravel and then most of the worst of the kinks come out. Beware modern woollies, many are made from knitted sheets and then the pattern cut out as if from fabric. Obviously not usefu...

Hi, I'm growing potatoes for the first year in tyres. I did the first layer and stuffed the tyre with newspaper to cut down on soil. I was advised to get some light fluffy garden centre bag soil (I did as I was told). Now the 4 potato plants are poking up about 3 or 4 inches and seem a bit nice to s...

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