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Thanks Jandra! Cor, it's a bit quiet around here. Where is everyone?

Hi everyone! I joined the forum in 2006 and I am still a newbie!!! I forgot my password for quite a while so that is why I haven't been commenting. I hope everyone is well and I look forward to getting involved again.

Don't be so hard on yourself. Next year sow less seeds so you have less to manage. This year I am only growing tomatoes and French beans. Unless you are growing food to live off there is no need to worry.

Avoids having to bend over so much!

I forgot my password and remembered it this morning hence why I haven't been around much! I used to love visiting here and will make more of an effort to get involved again!

Hi there! I have not been around for ages as I forgot my password! Anyway, I am looking for some gardening blogs to read and to promote my new gardening blog called sybilsplot.blogspot.co.uk. Are there any up to date gardening blogs worth visiting?

My rhubarb leaves are covered in holes. Every single leaf has been got at. Any idea what could be doing this? I have checked the leaves and surrounding earth but can't see any pests. Any help and advice would be appreciated.

In addition to the various way of making rag rugs, I would like to know how to make braided rugs as a way to recycle fabric.

Just wanted somewhere to let off steam. My husband has just phoned me to say that someone has stolen his bag with his computer, PDA and diary. He has months of crucial work stored on his computer. I feel so angry and so sad that this his happened to him. Its not the fact that the items are valuable ...

Andy, try not to roll out the dough to thinly. Better to have six plumptious scones rather than 10 flat! I tend to use a fluted edge cutter which seems to give the appearance of height when baked and I use self raising flour so there you go!

Thought forum members would like to try this recipe that I found whilst trawling the internet. I made it on Monday and thought it was very moreish. This sauce (which is more like a salad dressing) is delicious served over new potatoes or a firm fish such as a tuna steak. It is tangy and has quite a ...

Last year I bought a load of Strawberry plants. I took the flowers off of them as advised by the 'experts' so I would have a bumper fruit crop the following year. I overwintered them in an unheated greenhouse and they all died! :cry: With hindsight I suppose I should have watered them throughout the...

I'm off to bed now grumpy old woman that I am. Today and all week in fact has been like the midst of winter. It has been cold, dark, wet, windy and miserable. I am not worried about my runner beans being eaten by slugs and snails anymore as there aren't any runner beans left. :( I've been trying to ...

Not sure what number we are up to but here's another one to add to the collection. In the gardening section of the Daily Telegraph today Claudine Beaumont advises that slugs hate lavender, so to use it as a useful and attractive barricade. I don't really want to plant lavender around my runner beans...

Thank you for your suggestions Hedgewizard. I am going to put in a small wildlife pond to encourage frogs and toads. I have got two chickens but they would rather eat the plants than the slugs and snails. One good thing about my tatty old garden is that I've noticed loads of ladybirds so that can on...