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:frow Chris, thank you so much for those links....I found the second one particularly interesting & have filed it. Personally I tend to keep my brassicas covered from the moment I plant them out. This year I have been expeimenting on two raised beds full of brassicas. One is covered with a...

:frow :frow Maybe it is just late blooming this year; mine only started into flower this last week. I thought it was dead earlier in the year, due to the last terrible winter & the subsequent drought here in the UK. It still isn't as prolific as it has been in previous years. Good luck...

:frow Your US recipes use volume for measuring your ingredients. We in the UK (& the rest of Europe) now use weight, so you could check out one of our British recipes & then use a converter to adjust the recipe into pounds & ounces. You can certainly use good quality sea or kosher salt. I...

:frow I made this one last year but addad crystallised ginger as well....I loved it :D http://www.jellyjamrecipes.com/fruit-jam-recipes/pear-preserves-recipe-easy-pear-jam-recipe/ I think it is better made with underipe or hard pears, soft ones seem to have too much liquid & less taste in my...

:frow Hi bills, I live about half an hour's journey outside Oxford but I have to go there at the end of the week (if the weather is OK; rain is forecast) as I want to visit the wonderful Botanical Gardens there. http://www.botanic-garden.ox.ac.uk/ Do you know Oxford well; did you study...

:frow :frow My sympathies.....I am having the same problem here in England this year...we are having the weirdest weather, endless days of cloudy skies & no proper rain but it is warm & humid (just about everything you don't need). All this after last winter which was the worst in over 20...

:frow :frow :frow :frow :frow :frow :frow :frow :frow :frow Hi boggy b, I am still alive & kicking but I have been kind of busy.....I had two broody hens sharing a huge clutch of eggs & last week they hatched 19 chicks.......I am so besotted by the sight of these two hens & their...

:frow :frow I have solved those problems as I have a version of that tool-head which can be fitted into different length handles They are made by a company called Wolf here in the UK. I have a lot of different interchangeable heads & handles which I have used for years & they are very strong...

:frow Hi Steve, Thanks a lot for all the info.....it helped a whole lot in answering some of my, by now confused, ideas. I feel a lot more secure now. You always manage to find just the right links at the right time........:bow :clap :love :) Hattie :) P.S. I had my first...

:frow I have just finished moving all the pots of tomatoes that have been standing in my front garden to join the other pots in the back. I have noticed that they are not producing nearly as many new flowers (or in some cases the few they produce are drying out too quickly, before they get...

:frow I would make my own pectin, apple jelly (preferably flavoured with rosemary) or cider apple vinegar. Have a great time preserving..... :D :) Hattie :)

Here is a link which explains -- not everyone believes in it. It works pretty well for me & is a cheap solution as a first try. I have it in the house for my sore feet.........!! :D http://gardening.about.com/od/organicgardenin1/f/Epsom_Salts.htm :) Hattie :)

:frow I would both spray it & water in Epson Salts. I might even rake some into the soil. I tend to do this anyway in the Spring or when I mulch them. Good luck, I hope it recovers fast. :fl Hattie :fl

:frow :frow Right, I'm back again, notebook in hand.......!! This was the state of play re my tomatoes on Sunday 18th July 2010. "Ailsa Craig" One sturdy stem, 2ft tall -- one truss of tomatoes so far, three larger unripe tomatoes plus 3 smaller ones. It plant is already is already producing...

Try taking off the next male flower & poking it into the female flowers : it has always worked when I tried this method on my cucurbits. I think your little insect polinators have short-sight.....!!!!! There is a recent post on here about the method if you need it. Sometimes the plants are...

:frow Hi there, I think it may have been too hot for them & the flowers shrivel in the heat. I had to shade mine for about a week or so ago as they just weren't making progress ; they were just trying to stay alive. I was watering them 3 times a day.....mind you I am growing them in pots &...

:frow Hi there & :welcome If, as you say, you only have female flowers, your female flowers are falling off because they have not been fertilized. You will have to wait until the plant produces them. There are a few varieties of cucurbits that are self-fertilizing (they only have...

:frow Good morning Steve :frow I haven't forgotten the list etc........ I started yesterday, but got distracted by a pile of jobs that needed to be done.........the story of my life now, after a long life of working to tight deadlines I have kind of relaxed (maybe a bit more than I...

:frow I have a whole lot of clay pots that I bought years ago when I had a house with a huge paved terrace so I put a lining of plastic inside the pots (usually re-using the bags the new seasons soil for them comes in). As long as you remember to pierce some holes in it for drainage it works...

:frow Hey hoodat! Maybe it was as alien spider adventuror......??? :gig I was so surprised by the article etc. It shook me up & gave me a lot more to think about.....I hope I can keep learning for the rest of my life.....it is what keeps me going. I hope it continues & I don't loose my...