Tussiemussie's Blog

13 Apr, 2008

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Victorian hotbeds.

With winter running into spring I'm seriously considering making a victorian hootbed for an early start to crops next year. Does anyone here...

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27 Mar, 2008

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Peat Bogs, habitats and Global Warming

A plea to buy peat free products this year, save wildlife habitats, and prevent further global warming. check out this link -
http://www.climateark.org/shared/reader/welcome.aspx?linkid=23323
Alternatives...

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27 Feb, 2008

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Digging for Victory over Global Warming

well...... every little bit helpsSpring appears to have arrived.!!!!The daffs are in flower, I saw my first bumble bee yesterday a huge one.Buds...

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16 Jan, 2008

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Freecycle.

Do you have a local Freecycle website, keep an eye on it. I have seen greenhouses, lawnmowers and other gardening equipment offered free, also...

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24 Nov, 2007

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Bumbling Around.

Today Nov 24th I went to our local independent supermarket, they had winter pansies and cyclamen for sale outside.A very enterprising large...

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7 Nov, 2007

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Is my plant POISONOUS ?

Useful site to chech if a plant is poisonous to animals, people.here is the link.
http://www.cbif.gc.ca/pls/pp/ppack.list?p_sci=comm&p_type=all&p_x=px

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12 Oct, 2007

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Love your garden?

Shop carefully for your seeds, save seeds, swop seeds.
check out this link http://www.earthportals.com/free.html
I have also been saving seeds...

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22 Aug, 2007

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Windy day.

A brisk wind was blowing when I finnished my early morning job, feeding the ducks and chickens and turned to go indoors.I try to live in the...

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23 Jul, 2007

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Rain Gardens - turning it to our advantage.

It seems like this heavy rainfall is here to stay. Let's pool our brains to learn how to live with it ? I have just been reading a Telegraph...

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17 Jul, 2007

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Garden keeping me busy.

The strawberries, raspberries, loganberries, black/redcurrants have finnished cropping, and we have enjoyed them with cream,yoghurt, in trifles,...

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15 Jul, 2007

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Slimy Customers are Still Sniggering.

I read somewhere that a good natural slug repellant could be made by soaking rhubarb leaves in water, and watering round vulnerable plants with...

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12 Jul, 2007

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*Parentless plants*

I am going to adopt a wee vegetable, a heritage tomato, Jersey Sunrise.Partly because I spent a very happy childhood in Jersey, and because I...

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