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tomatoes scrape out your seeds and use flesh. place washed seeds into a glass jar, fill jar with a little water enough to cover seeds twice over. now leave this mix on windowsill to ferment, after a couple weeks you should notice a foamy scum, strain out seeds from this fermentation juice...

this i compost my old stuff with my old plants, i chop everything up and make layers. soil greens soil greens soil. i also add worms i find in garden to my compost. hey even dig it into the flowerbeds or sprinkle over the lawn

well ladys gents, boys and girls. the time has come too close my first grow journal. it certainly has been a journey into the past for me. bringing back child memorys., the green house is no bare devoid of life and the smell of summer, the plants have been cut and harvested. my nieghbours...

one word ANTI vandal paint. you cost tops of fences and walls, this stuff is so messy you cant get it of clothes and takes some good wirebrush scrubbing too get of skin. spread the stuff everywhere and watch. add a little barbed wire too top of fencing

worried your cucumbers may rot or your mellons will become spoilt have no fear womans bra's and stocking are here. yes thats right i heard about old bra's or slings being used too hold fruit up from the ground. who cares what it is or looks like it does the job. stockings, old ones are...

most dont even know about comune gardens and allotments. i turned my standing back yard into a mini grennhouse holder. im now turning soils and adding waste too bulk it up for next years rasied bed. i had so much fruit this year i have been giving it away too friends and an old chap across the...

i realy do love the vivid clash between the yellow orange and red in the first picture. the bmx in background does kinda spoil it a little but overal very nice with the clor capture. last picture. awesome and if a bee or wasp could have been snapped taking nectar could be a winner !!

why have an indoor garden. you mention school. where i live the local school has a veg garden set aside, the pupils run the garden taking care of everything, the food grow is also used in cooking classes and by the school itself. you dont need a huge amount of land at all, growing by the...

spearmint will have a look around base of plant your looking for a think'ish red stalk/stem. this will be ideal candiate rooting powder will help but is not realy needed. another way is the stone method. take a faily heavy stone that will make stalk touch soil. you want too get a nodule...

so here she comes rolling down the hill september on east coast of england. the poor greenhouse has taken a good deal of damage now from wind and the uk weather. it is still tied down well but these plastic covers are lets say useless. the cloth ties used too hold covering too frame have...

the humble potato, everyone love chips, french fries. but not all of us have a large garden and the time too dig over a suitable potato plot. the humble car tyre. thrown away and burned on fires these things are becoming a problem. but how could a gardener use his old tyres. first...

pop down local veg store and get a bulb or two i broke one of mine down and replanted the 6 cloves in the front yard. But im reraly not sure on garlic powder and dont want too say yes or no.

Home made Fertilizer / Plant feed. you will require: grass clippings and green leaf waste. cloth sack - pillow case. water butt - very large water bucket. Air pump ( not required realy) rain water - tap water first of we will need too fill your water container with water. if using...

So Here you are in the Gardeners corner. posts in this thread will be full of tips and tricks of the trade us gardeners use. from recycling old cd's too making your own greenhouse you will find it all here in this topic. a kinda one stop shop with ideas and tips. please feel free too add...

yeah a mould of some sort 100% two types of spore can cause this in veg. mildew can also affect mellons and squashes and can change there taste. found a site with some very helpful infomation on this mildew you have. http://www.gardenguides.com/pests/tips/powderymildew.asp

ok drastic action is needed then with this leaf problem. a basic homemade insecticide can be made, im sure a few of the weed guys will have ideas on making some. next beer traps say two -4. one beer can equaly spilt between these cups and sunk into ground a little above ground levelplace...

nope thats a cucumber top lol

tomato damage: ok i start here first as it can lead too leaf damage you have. looks like too me slug/snail damage i have the same exact marks and do have snails in my greenhouse. now couple of things can help here, the usual chemical slug killer or a sunken cup in garden and some cheap...

good too see you bouncing back and not letting one thing get in they way. hopefuly that ol blight wont be around for next year

have some cayenne peppers coming into harvest. im somewhat in experimental mode. i put two on the windowsill in the sun and have just left them. another two i sliced open along its length and left on windowsill. all picked and harvested at same time and place on same windowsill...