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Here is one of my pea pods. It's the first time I've grown them so am feeling especially proud. This variety is Little Marvel and is delicious straight from the pod.

Hi Sophie, welcome aboard.

Hi Shirley welcome aboard.

thank you! I'll try the mint or the garlic water for starters as the boiling water might kill the poppies too !!

Hi I'm gardening with the children at the local primary school and we discovered ants farming aphids on some poppies. Fascinating to watch but the children don't want to actually garden in that area. When I pointed it out to the teacher she said that they'd been having huge problems with ants gettin...

Thanks guys - they did cress heads recently. Ohh just thought we could do some grass heads and make some little scarecrow things out of recycled stuff. That should be easy enough.

thank you - think we'll have a salad race and they can plant a few rows of different lettuce to see which ones come up first :-)

Got some pumpkin seeds but the pack said to sow May - reckon they'll still come up in time?

need to do something with the kids at school tomorrow - been putting some stuff in and tending the stuff that's already there but school breaks up for hols in 4 weeks or thereabouts. Is there something we could sow and harvest before that time? I'm guessing lettuce would work but is there anything e...

mrsflibble wrote:well he ate it, went back for more and then said "so. what's the topping if it's not cream cheese then?" I told him it was tofu and he said "you doing this again then? cos i can eat tofu like this"!

Result! Nice one.

You WILL love it Andy. I've moved up there twice now and I would go again like a shot if the opportunity arose. What Cassiepod (hello you x) says is so true - I am hating every minute of being down here in Manchester. It's smelly, it's noisy, there are too many cars (I've not driven since I moved ba...

I give mine a little tickle with my fingertip to make sure the deed has been done - I've got quite a few in my conservatory and they are setting chillies now. YAY!

had them on my hydrangea and they didn't half have a feast, but didn't decimate the whole plant. All finished now (until the next invasion)

cool - but you are allowed 2 pics mrs F - so you could have the mallard too

How pretty!

I can't think of mange tout without remember my daughter's mispronunciation of it.... man get out.