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What did I do wrong!? Part 2 (or what else did I do wrong!?) 14 Aug 2013 | 11:26 pm
Potting on The next stage things can go wrong is when transferring seedlings to a larger pot. The first reason plant may struggle is by leaving them far too long in a seed compost. Seedlings should ...
What did I do wrong!? Part 1 8 Aug 2013 | 11:26 pm
Some years, try as we might, doing everything by the book, things seem to conspire against us. At other times our plants either fail to germinate at all or have got off to a good start then all of a s...
Cordyline australis, (Cabbage palm, Torbay palm) 16 Jul 2013 | 02:57 pm
Cordyline or the Cabbage palm is a common garden plant originating from New Zealand. It can be found far from it’s native land growing in the South of England in municipal beds and the occasional g...
Himalayan Balsam – Impatiens glandulifera – food for free – Dave Hamilton 16 Jul 2013 | 12:13 am
After finding out that Japanese Knotweed was edible (use the young shoots as you would rhubarb) I began a quest to find out what other invasive weeds could end up on the dinner plate. I came across a ...
Self Sufficiency As a Retirement Strategy 4 Jul 2013 | 06:10 pm
Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Most retirement strategies focus on “wealth creation” or providing you with enough cash to maintain your pre-retirement extravagant lifestyle. This is not necess...
Elderflower – Sambucus nigra – By Dave Hamilton 27 Jun 2013 | 10:04 am
Folklore, Elder cordial, Growing Elder, Elder as a food, Medicinal Uses of Elder By the end of May and the beginning of June the weather really starts to warm up. Summer starts rolling in marked, as ...
Hay Box Cooker An Old Invention. Out of New Materials By The self sufficient Guru Nev Sweeny 20 Jun 2013 | 06:22 pm
I first heard about the concept of the hay box cooker, which uses stored heat to cook food, many years ago. I made one out of straw, a pine box and a large glass casserole dish but it was not really s...
Wild Mezze Platter 18 Jun 2013 | 12:07 am
I love Middle Eastern food in all shapes and forms. Nothing satisfies me more than tucking into a mezze platter of falafels, domla (or dolmades), homous, olives and pita bread served up on a bed of ...
Nasturtiums 10 Jun 2013 | 11:50 pm
They’ll take over your garden They’ll grow like the wind Plant them just once And they’ll grow again and again Old English Rhyme – written by Dave Hamilton Sept 2008 Nasturtiums are often over looked ...
Irrigation 25 May 2013 | 04:59 pm
Irrigation Regardless if you believe in climate change or not you cannot deny our weather is becoming more unpredictable. In the past we could rely on steady spring showers watering all our newly pla...
