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Oh Annpan WTG you :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: fantastic news :) We have lots of recylcing bins here, 1 grey bin for normal waste, 1 burgundy bin for bottles, tins and plastic , 1 green bin for garden waste and peelings ( which I hope will be mostly redundant once I have my own compost bin up and goin...

Thanks Julie :) I will take a look see if I can find a number :) They will be sick of my voice soon lol I have been on the phone twice this week already asking why my green bin wasn't emptied.. apparently they broke down, but they were coming again yesterday.. no show ...... and again today. I am w...

Grrrrrrrrrrr the wind yesterday was a real nuisance :( It blew one of the windows completely through in my shed, which meant in a howling winds and rain I had to TRY to make it waterproof........ ok I had the things to do it, but not enough arms and hands!!!! meanwhile my mini greenhouse took a gus...

Odsox thank you so much for your advice . I have got two in the ground and the others at the moment are in enormous pots, they recommended 30 litre pots, I have them in double that size, but I shall try find space for them in the ground, the espalier looks interesting too :) I have mixed fish, bloo...

I am sooooo excited :cheers: :cheers: my OH sent for a set of five trees for me :) They are all on dwarf rootstock so shouldn't be a problem I hope in my smallish garden. There is a Bramley cooker :) a braeburn apple , a Stella Cherry, a Conference pear and a Victoria plum . I have got the cherry a...

Hi everyone :) I am in Bolton, and I joined a few days ago. I have a small garden( read handkerchief lol) and I'm not particularly fit either lol but I just want to grow veg adn fruit that I can taste lol. I have an ongoing battle with slugs :roll: Thanks for a great site. I look forward to reading...