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Is there a secial ‘tips’ section on this Goy?
I know there are lots of tips incuded in various comments etc, but it would be really easy to look through tips if there was a section just allotted to that!

I think one useful tip is to put USED TEA BAGS in the bottom of your pots for drainage.
They hold the moisture but also let any excess drain out.

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Think most of us put 'tips' into blogs SW. funnily enough I did a blog telling all about the great use of spent tea bags!

24 Jul, 2012

 

Sorry Grandmage I haven't spotted that one.

24 Jul, 2012

 

I was told at the weekend that spent teabags were very good therapy for ailing ivy plants (do ivy plants EVER ail?) Quite strange advice to be hearing in a country where tea is not drunk very often, I thought, but it's encouraging.

24 Jul, 2012

 

I thought ivy was a plant that you wouldn't want to revive!!
Well maye the decorative ones, but not those that cover the walls & trees outside!!

We had a fence covered in ivy once & when we cleared the ivy (with difficulty I might add!) the fence almost fell down!!

24 Jul, 2012

 

We had exactly the same problem with a huge stone wall, and once the ivy was gone, OH had to rebuild the wall we found underneath!

24 Jul, 2012

 

Please dont be sorry, we all love reading different blogs on here, 'tips' and all. :)

24 Jul, 2012

 

It would be a good idea to have a tips section.

I also like the tip with the spent teabags, I will definitely try that ~ thanks. :-)))

24 Jul, 2012

 

I like the idea of a tips section.

27 Jul, 2012

 

So do I - I can contribute one straight away about keeping cats, stray dogs, foxes, etc., out of flower beds and lawns. In fact I think I shall write a blog about it. Watch this space.......................:o)

27 Jul, 2012

 

I am waiting...the stray cats round here think my garden is their personal toilet :(
I think a tips section would be great idea too.

30 Jul, 2012

 

Floral..Gattina put it in a Blog, Gattina owns 23 cats at the last count I think. Worth a look.

30 Jul, 2012

 

Miss Marbles just pointed out 23 cat OWN Gattina.!

30 Jul, 2012

 

How very true! She's very perceptive isn't she, Miss Marbles? Does she solve murder mysteries as well?

30 Jul, 2012

 

Thanks Pimpernel, I will have a look.
Gattina, want some more?? They'd love to have a home I'm sure :)

31 Jul, 2012

 

I'd probably not notice, but any new outsiders would get shredded, I'm afraid, by the others.

31 Jul, 2012

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